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University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Clifford Villa and UNM SOL Professor Emeritus Eileen Gauna are adding to growing influence of the School of Law’s Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program (NREL) with the release of the third...

Families are staying home but this weekend will give them a great opportunity to discover wildlife. Right in their own back yard, says Laurel Ladwig, an orginizer of City Nature Challenge ABQ 2020. Ladwig is a graduate teaching assistant in the UNM...

The University of New Mexico School of Law made a significant move up the annual US News and World Report national rankings in Environmental Law, coming in at No. 33 (tied with three other law schools at that rank, including the University of Arizona)....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a second grant to the Environmental Data Initiative to continue gathering and storing ecological data. A collaboration between researchers at The University of New Mexico, University of Wisconsin, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $6.4 million grant in new support of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico with a research focus on environmental changes in dryland ecotones. The...

Clean spaces and manicured landscapes are important first impressions that attract students and faculty to The University of New Mexico (UNM). The University’s unique main campus is maintained by the Physical Plant Department (PPD), and the newly...

“The Legacy of Uranium Mining on Navajo Nation: an environmental impact workshop” will be hosted in Zimmerman Library on Thursday, Nov. 17 at noon in the Willard Reading Room.  

Find out how maps get made and who makes them at this year’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on Wednesday, Nov. 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is held in conjunction with the Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 13–19, and is hosted by the Earth...

A Lobo Engineering team won first place, $2,500 and the Intel Environmental Innovation Award for their design in “The People’s Water” Treatment of Wastewater for Reuse” in the 26th Annual International Environmental Design Contest. The competition was...

The Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program at the University of New Mexico School received an “A” rating in the winter issue of preLaw magazine. “The UNM Law School has a strong tradition in this field, and we are happy to be recognized as one...