News

When the design team for The University of New Mexico's new Humanities & Social Sciences Complex (HSSC) wanted to understand Pueblo Revival style, they didn't just study examples like UNM’s Zimmerman Library. They got in a car to see “what Pueblo Revival...

Earlier this month, dozens of alumni of the Native American Program, College of Engineering gathered to celebrate the program’s 50th anniversary at Fifty Years of Impact: Celebrating the Legacy of NAPCOE, the first university program in the country...

In the New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team’s 2025 Annual Report, the study looked at 26 cases of intimate partner violence in 2021 that resulted in death. It examines each incident and demographics, such as the relationship between the inmate partner pair and contact with services.

The University of New Mexico Student Activities Center has welcomed new and returning students to campus every fall semester since the 1970s.  The event is a week-long series of celebrations and informational booths that kick off the fall semester,...

A new study from The University of New Mexico's Institute for Social Research shows Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is seeing an increase in its jail population.

The University of New Mexico's Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice will welcome Shiv Desai as its new director starting July 1. Former director Shinsuke Eguchi will leave UNM for Wake Forest University in North Carolina this...

A new study conducted by The University of New Mexico identifies two different Instagram profiles and how they interact with political and social issues.

UNM's 2024-2025 cohort of the WeR1 Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program proudly welcomed a diverse group of 18 researchers, each bringing unique perspectives and expertise to the initiative. In April, all 18...

A new study from The University of New Mexico’s Institute for Social Research shows nearly half of all people held in jail until their trial are not being convicted in Bernalillo County.

The University of New Mexico's Center for Applied Research and Analysis (CARA) is conducting a 22-year-long randomized controlled trial on a home visiting program within CommonSpirit St. Joseph's Children to study whether it's benefiting New Mexico families or not.