Schools and Colleges

This year’s Fall Undergraduate Research Scholarship awardees have been chosen. Four University of New Mexico students are supported in their pursuit of research with a UNM faculty member. Winners are given a $500 departmental award. 

Yu-Lin Shen, longtime chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has stepped down from the position after 9 years. Shen returned to the faculty as a professor in July and reflected on his time as chair and his insights on leadership in...

In the New Mexico Intimate Partner Violence Death Review Team’s 2025 Annual Report, the study looked at 26 cases of intimate partner violence in 2021 that resulted in death. It examines each incident and demographics, such as the relationship between the inmate partner pair and contact with services.

The College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences (CULLS) announces that Stephanie Moore and Victor Law have been selected as fellows of Microsoft's inaugural AI Economy Institute.    This prestigious fellowship recognizes their contributions...

The initiative will build a national-level, fully open AI ecosystem to drive scientific discovery through AI and, in doing so, will also advance the science of AI itself.

On a busy day along Albuquerque’s Central Avenue—the city’s storied but troubled corridor that runs directly alongside The University of New Mexico—students stream between classes, buses, restaurants, and dorms.

The University of New Mexico’s Parking & Transportation Services (PATS) has launched a new, student-funded initiative to support sustainable alternative transportation for Lobos.

University of New Mexico researcher Katie Witkiewitz Ph.D., was recently honored with the Marlatt Mentorship Award from the Research Society on Alcohol, the largest organization of alcohol researchers in the country.  

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics and Astronomy scored a rare scientific hat trick this summer as three faculty members received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award.

After a competitive search, Miriam Barba, a Chicana and Chicano studies and political science major and Bree Hawkins, a biology major, have been appointed by Eric Scott, Ph.D., vice president for Student Affairs, to serve as Student Affairs Leadership...