Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences

Walk into Associate Professor John Barnes’ office in the basement of Johnson Gym and you can’t help but feel Lobo pride. The walls and shelves hold memorabilia from his nearly two decades of learning and teaching at The University of New Mexico. Now, his...

A health education years in the making and culminating with a final semester of remote learning due to a worldwide pandemic. But time and time again, with every calibrated move, Tiffany Martinez-Durant has strategized ways to further her educational...

His enthusiasm and colorful words often fill the seats of vacant lecture halls - now those words have University of New Mexico Professor Len Kravitz recognized by a premiere organization in exercise science, the American College of Sports Medicine...

The goal seemed unattainable for most; gain access and interview a handful of NBA players for a dissertation. A University of New Mexico doctoral graduate did better than that as he aimed to illustrate the importance of mentorship, but most importantly,...

She’s become a local icon overnight, standing alongside New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and interpreting valuable information for the deaf community. During a chaotic and quickly-changing time, Nixo Lanning has...

Comadre a Comadre is a community-based intervention program addressing breast cancer disparities in New Mexico through education, navigation, the provision of support and resources for the most vulnerable women in NM who need low-cost or free mammograms,...

Rachel Balkovec reported to the New York Yankees’ Spring Training complex in Florida Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 as the team’s minor league hitting coach, but just 10 years ago the 32 year old was living in Albuquerque as a Lobo. “I loved living in...

An associate professor of sports administration in UNM's College of Education is strengthening New Mexico’s ties to Hungary’s flagship sports university, the University of Physical Education (UPE) in Budapest. John Barnes was recently asked to be the...

The holiday season should be a magical time of year spent relaxing with family, but often times it’s spent stressing about what’s on your plate. There’s some good news according to Peter Pribis, associate professor of nutrition and dietetics in the...

The University of New Mexico’s Comadre a Comadre program, housed in the College of Education, plans to expand its Breast Health Pláticas project after receiving a one-year, $25,000 grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF). This is the second...