Schools and Colleges

Aleksandra Faust, a senior computer science research & development engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, was selected to receive the Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize during the University of New Mexico’s graduate commencement.

When Chemical and Biomedical Engineering student Monica Padilla graduates this week with her Master’s degree, she will have the satisfaction of knowing her research helped develop the science to answer the question - can a problem gas become an industrial solution?

Students at the University of New Mexico come from all walks of life. Some are leaving home for the first time, some have battled through adversity and some are returning after decades away from any sort of formal schooling. Regardless, their decisions to return to school were driven in part by life’s experiences.

The state Public Education Department released teacher evaluation data this week. According to the PED, about 47 percent of teachers were ranked "effective" and 24 percent were ranked "highly effective." This week on New Mexico in Focus, a panel of Albuquerque teachers will convene in studio to discuss testing and teacher evaluation.

This year marks the end of an era at the University of New Mexico's Tamarind Institute, when three litho legends plan their retirements.

Not many people can say they’ve been up close and personal with Ellen DeGeneres. But University of New Mexico alumna Sonya Romero can. DeGeneres invited the kindergarten teacher, known for her “big heart,” to the show after hearing about her work with...

Inside/Out is an interactive public art light installation created by Ivan Toth Depeña for WisePies Arena aka The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. It premieres Friday, May 8, as part of the UNM graduation ceremonies. In honor of...

The University of New Mexico recently hosted 25 teams for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life, and even though inclement weather forced the event to relocate, spirits remained high in support of university community members and others...

The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded a $1 million endowment to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of New Mexico (UNM). OLLI at UNM is a non-profit, member-based organization that provides a distinctive array of non-credit...

Michael Blake, author of “Dances with Wolves” died Saturday of heart failure in Tucson, Ariz. He was 69. His life’s work as an author and screenwriter is available at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections in the College of...