Schools and Colleges

The Maxwell Museum education department will offer virtual summer camp sessions so children ages 6 through 12 can learn about Anthropology and Archaeology. Virtual Summer Camps will be led by Maxwell Museum educators on Zoom. The museum remains...

UNM Library Information Specialist Joseph Lane was announced as the recipient of the 2021 Staff Council Jim Davis Award. Lane is a dedicated councilor, committee member and the co-chair of the Staff Council Rewards and Recognition Committee who has...

KUNM news staff took home dozens of awards this year for radio coverage ranging from podcasts to breaking news. The awards are especially notable after a year of immense challenges where reporters struggled to keep communities informed on COVID-19 and...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan joins the program from Washington, D.C. to talk about the federal government’s plans to pay for and expand access to broadband internet service. It’s been a major challenge in New Mexico. Correspondent...

In April, UNM-Valencia Campus Chancellor Alice Letteney was selected to participate as a panelist for La Academia de Liderazgo’s seminar, “Overview of a President’s Role in Advocacy & How do Institutions of Higher Education Make Their Best Case to Policy...

Alumna Rana Chan recently accepted a job at National Public Radio (NPR) headquarters in Washington D.C. as a Digital Media Planning Associate. Chan graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, earning double degrees: a B.A. in Honors Interdisciplinary...

A new study conducted by researchers from The University of New Mexico has found that wildfires — which have been increasing in frequency, severity and extent around the globe — are one of the largest drivers of aquatic impairment in the western United...

University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate Guillermo Terrén-Serrano and Professor Manel Martínez-Ramón, in association with New Mexico New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM...

Althea Denlinger said she always knew she wanted to work with computers - so enamored by how they work, it prompted Denlinger and her brother to build a desktop at home. After moving to Los Alamos from Pittsburgh, Denlinger worked at Hot Rocks Café and...

Alumna Melanie Anderson created a new superhero in collaboration with Jonathan Dombrosky, a recent grad from the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico. Catfish Cleo made her debut last month as an Archaeology Superhero...