Schools and Colleges

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales looks at how individuals and programs are helping to reduce the dropout rate for Native American students across the country, including here in New Mexico.  Gonzales sat down recently with...

As substance abuse continues to be a health concern in colleges and universities across the U.S., a social scientist from The University of New Mexico (UNM) and a colleague from the University of Missouri (UM) has found that female student-athletes who...

The 2017 Jim Davis Staff Council Award for Meritorious Service has been awarded to longtime staff council representative Mary Clark. Clark came to UNM in 1995 and is currently UNM’s Sustainability manager within the Physical Plant Department. As a...

New numbers show The University of New Mexico is making big strides toward addressing a rising national problem: sexual misconduct on college campuses. Just six months after UNM reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S....

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Career Services is hosting the Educator’s Job Fair, on Wednesday, April 26 from 12 to 5 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building ballrooms. There will also be career fair preparation workshops, to provide tools to...

Just how diverse is The Land of Enchantment? That’s the question that the Humans of New Mexico project hopes to answer by shining a light on the vibrant culture that the state has to offer.

Greg Heileman, vice provost for teaching and learning at The University of New Mexico, has accepted a similar position at the University of Kentucky. Heileman will serve as associate provost for student and academic life. In his capacity at the...

The University of New Mexico’s Division of Genomic Resources (DGR) recently celebrated the grand-opening of its newly-expanded biological material repository installing several frozen nitrogen repository tanks designed to better protect the...

A book co-authored by a UNM Sociology professor is gaining increased national attention, including reviews by some of the most prestigious journals in the field. “A Shared Future is both optimistic and critical about a compelling model for social...

The 2017 Miss Indian UNM Pageant will be held this Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium.  The 2017-2018 Miss Indian UNM will be crowned, and a farewell to the current Miss Indian UNM, Marika Trujillo, is also part of the...