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Two New Mexico professors have been selected for this year's NM EPSCoR Mentor Award—Dr. Manel Martínez-Ramón and Dr. Jun Zheng. Both were nominated by mentees and demonstrated characteristics of exceptional mentors, including strong professional and...

The College of Education and Human Sciences is deeply saddened by the death of our former colleague Alfredo Martinez. Dr. Martinez recently retired from the faculty of the Sport Administration Program in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences...

University of New Mexico School of Law second-year law student Jessica Martinez and third-year law student Luis Sanchez are the newest recipients of Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) Scholarship Awards. The HNBA has selected these students to...

University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes has named Loretta Martinez as chief legal counsel. This is Stokes’ first permanent leadership appointment since she took office in March of this year. “Ms. Martinez brings a proven record of leadership,...

Two University of New Mexico professors are representing the institution at a national conference in New York City. Jesse Alemán and Danizete Martínez, of the English departments at the main campus and the UNM-Valencia branch campus, have been selected...

Faith Perez thought an Art History class she was required to take would never really be useful for what she wanted to do. That is until she was presented with an unexpected opportunity. And ended up directly using knowledge she’d learned at UNM. Perez,...

With one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country, New Mexico is now looking to college campuses to affect change in surrounding communities. A new, first-of-its-kind effort designed to curb prescription drug opioid use and underage...

The dormant volcanoes west of Albuquerque frame the view on the western horizon from anywhere in the city. Next summer westbound drivers on I-40 will be able to glance to their right as they rumble over the Westside I-40 diversion channel, and they just...

UNM-Valencia Campus Associate Professor of English and Chair of CHESS, Danizete Martínez, begins her three-year membership to the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Community Colleges (CCC) after being appointed by its Executive Council. “What...

Gov. Susana Martinez was on the University of New Mexico campus Wednesday kicking off her Summit on Higher Education. As the event’s keynote speaker, Martinez discussed a variety of issues facing higher education; focusing on the need for a more unified...