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During this year’s general election, voters statewide have the opportunity to help The University of New Mexico upgrade several old and outdated laboratories in a number of key areas across campus with the passage of GO Bond C including the Department of...

The UNM Action Collaborative for Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, a local facet of the National Academies for Science, Engineering, and Medicine, is offering several upcoming opportunities for the campus community to examine how to...

Alexandre Frederick Mills, a graduate student in The University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy, is among 52 students from across the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)...

As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High Risk, High Reward Research Program, Victor M. Acosta has received the 2020 Director’s New Innovator Award. Acosta is an assistant professor of physics and a member of the UNM Center for High...

Buildings, classrooms, electrical, high-speed internet, optical fiber, research laboratories – the importance of education infrastructure cannot be overstated. Studies have shown that high-quality academic and research infrastructure leads to better...

A woman forced underground during political upheaval in Mexico, separated from her four children who were sent to safety, and later deported from her own country for “subversive writing” – what sounds like a suspenseful plot is actually the real-life...

It’s called PAÍS, a Spanish name meaning country or nation. It is a reflection of The University of New Mexico’s commitment to share research and space while recognizing UNM as a Carnegie I research and Hispanic-serving institution. It’s also UNM’s...

Siemens Industry and The University of New Mexico have signed an agreement to begin a collaboration on the integration of renewable energy systems and microgrids. The agreement, signed September 14, begins a collaboration centered around the UNM-owned...

The University of New Mexico Ph.D. candidate Milena Carvalho was with a team of archaeologists excavating a site in Portugal when she found an archaeological “smoking gun” that, along with the team’s other finds of stone tools, shows modern humans...

The day after a rare snowstorm hit the state in early September with snow, cold, and gusts up to 70 mph, The University of New Mexico student Jenna McCullough received an email with a report of dead birds at the Tijeras ranger station. It was her first...