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The 2019 UNM Gives campaign, through the enormous generosity of faculty and staff, raised more than $915,000 and counting. Every year, Lobos take part in the annual giving campaign that benefits the UNM Foundation and United Way of Central New Mexico,...

For nearly 40 years one of the courts at The University of New Mexico's Johnson Gym has stayed dedicated to one specific group of basketball players called, Noontime Legends.  “It started out as just a group of guys who rather play ball than eat...

The University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College's annual Mobile App Contest is meant to spark creativity in students as they work to develop and design community-based applications. UNM’s Chief Information Officer Duane Arruti said...

Hundreds of Lobos packed the Roundhouse in Santa Fe for the annual UNM Day at the Legislature.  Schools, departments and programs decked out tables in cherry and silver, showing off all the opportunities offered to students at The University of New...

UNM departments, schools and colleges will soon paint the Roundhouse cherry for the annual UNM Day at the Legislature. Every year, a variety of departments, faculty, staff and students travel to Santa Fe to fill the Rotunda with tables and displays,...

The University of New Mexico Department of Communication and Journalism has received a $100,000 grant from the New Mexico Local News Fund for a fellowship program to place three recent graduates in local newsrooms for eight months of professional...

The University of New Mexico Seal Committee has opened the voting process for its new seal representing the past, present, and future of UNM. Four finalists and their respective seal designs have been selected by the Seal Committee for public input. The...

Nonprofits of all kinds need grant funding to do their work, but competition for grant dollars is fierce. To help nonprofits win the grants they need, University of New Mexico (UNM) Foundation is bringing the Grantsmanship Training Program® to...

It was somewhere around the dawning of the Age of Aquarius and the San Francisco music scene was thriving when a new art form evolved. To promote concerts by not-yet-legendary musicians like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis...

UNM alumna Nina Lanza, a planetary scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, summarizes her job on her Twitter account, @marsninja, as “I shoot the lasers, pew pew.” Her career isn’t one young girls are traditionally encouraged to follow, but Lanza...