Schools and Colleges

UNM Press author Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed Poet Laureate by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today. Herrera will be the 21st Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2015–2016. The nation’s first Latino poet to hold the position, Herrera...

UNM’s Center for Water and the Environment recently hosted an awards ceremony recently for high school students. The students received awards from Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, commander of the South Pacific Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Thirteen nursing students at the University of New Mexico-Gallup received their Nursing pins recently. Joined by families and friends, they recited the Florence Nightingale pledge and celebrated the completion of their course of study. Families were called on to present the pins to the students, and everyone enjoyed a post-ceremony celebration.

The University of New Mexico Information Architects Group is offering two innovative classes this summer specifically designed for UNM staff. Modern Web Development is geared for web designers, content editors and other professionals with aspirations ...

Eighty days after the New Mexico Legislature adjourned sine die, ending its regular session, legislators were back in the roundhouse in a special session called by Gov. Susana Martinez to complete some unfinished business on Monday. The legislature ...

The University of New Mexico Parking & Transportation (PATS) department is conducting maintenance and repairs to “A” Lot Monday, June 8 through Friday, June 12.

Andy Martinez, a groundskeeper at UNM-Gallup, has a passion for making children happy. When he noticed kids walking around his neighborhood, he wondered why they weren’t on bikes. He fondly recalled his own youth where he’d always had a bicycle, although...

The Office of Academic Affairs presented a plan for a faculty compensation project at its June 4 meeting of the Board of Regents’ Academic/Student Affairs and Research committee. The plan is aimed at developing policies and practices that result in...

New Mexico’s Public Education Department is partnering with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to create a new MBA school leadership program for aspiring school principals and superintendents at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico...

The Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) has announced Carl Agee, professor, University of New Mexico Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences as its incoming president.