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Seventeen students from The University of New Mexico (UNM) recently returned from a summer study abroad program in Limerick, Ireland led by David Wright, director of Education Abroad. The trip was geared toward service-learning, a teaching strategy that...

The residential College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) was established to identify, recruit, admit, and enroll migrant and seasonal farm worker students and provide them with academic, social, and financial support to enable the completion of their...

Having grown up in Nepal, Ramesh Giri knows what it’s like to not have many opportunities and resources in school. So now, as a professor of chemistry at The University of New Mexico, Giri thought of a way to give back to this community by starting a program to bring local high school students into his lab to learn about chemistry in a hands-on way.

The University of New Mexico has encouraged students to get involved this summer through various university programs and events. One of the events UNM is hosting, before the fall semester starts, is the “Discover Your Science Exploration Festival” for...

The University of New Mexico is ranked among the world’s top universities according to the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) – the largest academic ranking of global universities. In CWUR’s 2016 rankings, UNM is ranked No. 196 among...

For about a month every other year, graduate students from across the United States come to The University of New Mexico to learn about thousand-year-old manuscripts from the other side of the world. The class, Paleography & Codicology: A Seminar in...

The University of New Mexico is helping the National Park Service celebrate 100 years in 2016. UNM is a part of their history through faculty and student projects including a current initiative with the NPS’ National Trails Intermountain Region...

It takes more than just great professors and dedicated learners to graduate thousands of students from college every year. Students need classrooms and appropriate facilities, a place to park their vehicle, housing, food, textbooks, study spaces, entertainment and even electricity and water.

UNM-Gallup Visiting Assistant Professor Kristi Wilson and two of her students recently attended the annual Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) Conference in Asheville, N.C. and brought home a wealth of information, education and...

The University of New Mexico has announced the appointment of Nasha Torrez as the new UNM dean of students, effective June 1. “Nasha’s experience and expertise as an associate counsel in UNM’s Office of University Counsel will benefit the Dean of...