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The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently Dr. Nina Wallerstein of The University of New Mexico has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Nina Wallerstein Wallerstein will complete a...

An idea to simplify how migratory populations of ducks, geese and cranes are counted first hatched around a campfire. The project took flight in Bosque Del Apache earlier this month for its first-ever waterfowl survey. Every winter, wildlife managers...

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows New Mexico's population is aging. New Mexico’s total population increased by 2.8% from 2010 to 2020, but the population of people ages 65 and older increased by 43.7%, according to 2020 Census data...

One University of New Mexico student is joining the rare ranks of Fulbright recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year.  Latin American Studies master’s student Miguel Sabol just received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to...

The Friends of Fulbright at UNM may be headed home, but they will remain true to the name–longtime companions of the university. For five years now, UNM has hosted the Friends of Fulbright Argentina Undergraduate Student Exchange Program through the...

In what is possibly a first for The University of New Mexico, an alumnus has won a Grammy award. Col. Jim R. Keene, UNM Class of 1988, received a Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album for the recording Soundtrack of the American Soldier, on which he...

U.S. News and World Report today released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, and several University of New Mexico programs are among them. The rankings focus only on graduate programs, as opposed to other rankings released from U.S. News and World...

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Office of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) hosted U.S. Senator Heinrich (D-N.M.), showcasing UNM research on sensor systems for natural gas leak monitoring and detection. Oil and gas infrastructure accounts for 30...

Proof of vaccine will be required for those attending the performance of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo for the Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Tuesday, Oct. 5. All ticketed...

On Monday, April 19, 2021 – nearly three months following his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States – Joe Biden issued a memo directing the nation’s two largest immigration enforcement agencies, Customs and Border Protection, and...