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With the sale of recreational cannabis across the state of New Mexico beginning April 1, The University of New Mexico campus, including branch campuses, remain drug-free environments, including the use of marijuana. Following a special legislative...

The Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, the largest and highest geologic structures in the world, started forming some 50 million years ago through the crashing and colliding of the Asian and Indian continental plates. The Tibetan Plateau is a...

Scientists at the University of New Mexico are modeling water in deep Earth using the mineral wadsleyite to determine composition and temperature variations in an effort to decipher the material exchange processes between the upper and lower mantle. The...

In head-to-toe Saggios attire, UNM President Garnett S. Stokes and Executive Vice President for the UNM Health Sciences Center Dr. Douglas Ziedonis brought pizzas to the departments with the most noticeable rates of giving for the annual UNM Gives...

This weekend, LoboTHON is holding its annual dance marathon benefitting UNM Children’s Hospital (UNMCH), and for the first time in three years – it’s back in-person. LoboTHON is UNM’s largest student run philanthropy. This year’s goal is to raise money...

Out of hundreds of applications from talented educators, Brooke Zanetell, UNM-Taos Natural Resources Management program director, has been selected by the non-profit organization Ecology Project International (EPI) to participate in an 8-day Teacher...

With more than 50 years of experience working at two-year colleges and 27 years dedicated to The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus, Alice V. Letteney has announced she will step aside as chancellor, effective July 31. “It has been an honor and a...

At first glance, a research conference may sound like an event reserved for professors or graduate students. However, conducting research is a crucial skill for undergraduate students.  For students planning to go to graduate school, undergraduate...

Community member Maewyn Padilla is spreading positivity across The University of New Mexico with her chalk art masterpieces. Although drawings will fade, the impression remains.      “Temporary art is something I adore and gives me perspective on what...

Two alums have reconnected over their love of art nearly six years later after studying English as graduate students and forming a friendship while at The University of New Mexico. Now, they’re collaborating with more than a dozen different artists...