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As part of the University of New Mexico’s continued growth and evolution, construction projects will be underway throughout the summer of 2025 as things quiet down at the Albuquerque and Branch Campuses. Outdated structures will be replaced with...

While many students are lucky to call the University of New Mexico home for four years, many faculty and staff double that number. A special group of Lobos, like UNM Police Department (UNMPD) members Patricia Young and James Madrid, get that privilege...

You may have seen a slew of celebrities give the world a closer look at their lives off the big screen, in Vogue’s 73 Questions series. While it’s not Zendaya, Zac Efron, or Selena Gomez, UNM Communications is taking the fun to a local UNM...

It’s been nearly nine years since current UNM Police Department Chief Joseph Silva began serving Lobos on campus. While the safety and security issues facing the campus have changed across nearly a decade, the commitment from UNMPD remains...

The University of New Mexico held a safety forum to update the campus community on an investigation involving the deaths of four Muslim men in the Albuquerque-area the last nine month, including three in the past two weeks. The University, along with...

The University of New Mexico Chief of Police, Kevin McCabe, has announced his plan to retire on June 30, 2020. McCabe has been with the UNM Police Department since 2010, serving as chief since 2014.  “Six years ago, The University of New Mexico gave me...

Members of the BeKind UNM committee and the Lobo men’s basketball team delivered teddy bears and other toys to Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier and area commanders last week as part of the BeKind UNM initiative. The bears will be kept in APD patrol...

Safety has been and continues to be of the utmost concern to The University of New Mexico. Annually, the UNM Security and Fire Safety Report offers a glimpse into overall issues faced by the Lobo community. The report is an opportunity to review crimes...

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...

The University of New Mexico established “SMART,” or Sexual Misconduct and Assault Response Team, as front line campus responders for a range of sex crimes. The team is an evolution of SART, which responded exclusively to sexual assaults.