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In 2023, professors Jennifer Tucker, community and regional planning, and Andreas Hernandez, sustainability studies, partnered with the community organization People’s Budget to design a participatory budgeting (PB) process for Albuquerque.

The City of Albuquerque and The University of New Mexico (UNM) recently announced a new partnership to explore expanding UNM's presence into the heart of the city in an effort to revitalize the urban core while also enhancing educational opportunities...

Whether you walk or drive to The University of New Mexico, hundreds of students, staff, and faculty trek across Albuquerque’s Central Avenue to get to class, including UNM Senior Jackie Davis. She crosses Central at Buena Vista daily and has noticed a dangerous trend that she wants to see fixed.

The City of Albuquerque is collaborating with the UNM's Tamarind Institute to create opportunities for several local artists. Five local artists have been selected to create lithographs through the project: Eric Garcia, Szu-Han Ho, Gabriela Hernandez,...

Penguins at the Albuquerque’s BioPark were just chilling – literally – one recent morning soon after the new exhibit opened, snacking on fish, and hopping off a rocky promontory to take a dip in the water that fills their glass enclosure. Soon the space...

The University of New Mexico is partnering with the City of Albuquerque to offer students opportunities to experience city management and the policy project. “This is an outstanding chance for our students to take what they learn in the classroom, and...

Innovate ABQ, Inc. has taken a significant step toward selecting a developer for an entrepreneurial partnership site in downtown Albuquerque. The board of Innovate ABQ will be entering into a 90-day due diligence agreement with Signet Development,

Aaron Walker and his company Twist Resist won first place in the Technology Ventures Track of the Anderson Schools Business Plan Competition. Twist Resist is a patent pending rotational exercise machine which allows the user to target a number of areas...

The City of Albuquerque is embracing transparency in an unusual way.  The city’s information technology department has opened the databases the city uses to make decisions on everything from air quality to food inspections...

UNM graduate students and faculty will be working out of a building at 505 Central NW in downtown Albuquerque this fall. The ground floor of the building, which the city is allowing the UNM School of Architecture and Planning to use rent free, will serve ...