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The University of New Mexico (UNM) has announced a new strategic scholarship program, Beca México, which is designed to encourage more students from Mexico to make UNM a first choice for undergraduate and graduate degree study.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched its first Signature School Program at The University of New Mexico. During a speech at UNM on Nov. 9 about future intelligence and security challenges, CIA Director John O. Brennan announced the new...

The University Libraries’ Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP) is launching the Michael and Enokena Olson Memorial Scholarship, established to support Native American students at UNM.  INLP is using this scholarship to offset the cost of attending...

The University of New Mexico will receive a $344,325 grant to provide training, licensing and induction services to Native Americans interested in pursuing a career in education announced U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The purpose of the...

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded The University of New Mexico-Valencia campus a nearly $5 million Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and Articulation Programs (HSI-STEM) grant.  

Students at The University of New Mexico were encouraged to take their learning outside the classroom as part of a new, weeklong initiative to teach self-awareness, the mitigation of danger as well as overall safety support. Safety Week, sponsored by...

Summer for most college students is a time for road trips and odd jobs. The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program takes this tradition and turns it into a life-changing experience for UNM students.  

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...

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...