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Recent News About University of New Mexico
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The University of New Mexico-Gallup completed the demolition of Lions Hall in July, but the legacy of the branch campus’ first official building will live on.
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The University of New Mexico’s Welcome Back Days are set to return this year, marking the beginning of the 2024 fall semester. Hosted by UNM's Student Activities Center, these events provide new and returning students an opportunity to explore campus offerings.
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University of New Mexico alumna Raven Delfina Otero-Symphony is seeking to recruit students, mentors, and sponsors for a space development project. Otero-Symphony has initiated the Space Collegiate Opportunities & Pathways for Excellence, New Mexico (SCOPE-NM) to make space development accessible to all New Mexicans.
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Each August, golfers gather for the annual El Mezquite Golf Tournament to raise scholarship funds for University of New Mexico (UNM) students. Now in its 14th year, the event features exciting prizes, unique food, and a festive atmosphere. The tournament hosts 50 teams and has raised over $750,000 to date.
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ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K'é, Iiná / Land, Home, Kinship, Life, an innovative traveling photography exhibition and museological project at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, will conclude with a reception and panel discussion on Saturday, June 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibition features the work of Diné photographer and curator Rapheal Begay. The event is free and open to all.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a nearly $16 million investment in three research projects led or supported by The University of New Mexico (UNM). This funding is part of a broader $77.8 million NSF initiative under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), aimed at building climate resilience capacity.
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A group of Political Science students at The University of New Mexico had the opportunity to learn about a historic U.S. Supreme Court case from one of the main individuals involved in the worldwide scandal.
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The University of New Mexico (UNM) has been named one of the top 20 producers of Hispanic bachelor’s degrees in education, according to a recent report by Excelencia in Education. The report, published in March, ranked UNM 18th nationally for producing Hispanic education graduates at the bachelor’s level during the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Steven Feld at The University of New Mexico has been elected as a British Academy Fellow. He is among the 86 leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences elected from the United Kingdom and around the world.
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New Title IX regulations and their impact on The University of New Mexico community were the focus of a virtual town hall hosted by the UNM Office of Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity (CEEO) recently. The changes, released by the U.S. Department of Education in mid-April, are set to take effect on August 1, 2024.
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Warning labels on social media: That’s what the United States Surgeon General called for last month, saying the apps are a significant contributor to the mental health crisis among younger people.
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Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards. The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New Mexico healthcare workforce challenges and opportunities, and the development of new software for large-scale 3-D printing with adobe.
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Two students in the University of New Mexico's Department of Mechanical Engineering have been awarded the 2024-2025 New Mexico Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Scholarships.
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Lauren Humble, who graduated from The University of New Mexico in 2016 with a Bachelor of Music Education with a vocal emphasis, has successfully completed an intensive three-year program at the CJD Schule Schlaffhorst-Andersen in Bad Nenndorf, Germany. She now bears the title staatlich geprüfte Atem-, Sprech- und Stimmlehrerin (state-certified breath, speech, and voice teacher and therapist) utilizing the Schlaffhorst-Andersen method of breath, voice, and body work.
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The Office of the CIO has issued a warning regarding an increase in email-based threats affecting members of the University of New Mexico (UNM) campus community. These threats often involve finance-related keywords in subject lines, such as 'Invoice' and 'Payment,' and may include links to shared files.
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Four students from The University of New Mexico-Gallup had the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research in their microbiology class and present their findings at the annual UNM Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC). Arleth Arreguin, Jordan Belmont, Chalanie Davis, and Angelina Romero participated in the 2024 UROC in Albuquerque. The conference is designed for undergraduates to showcase their research, explain their ideas, and display their contributions to their respective fields.
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The Cretaceous period concluded dramatically 66 million years ago when an asteroid over six miles wide collided with Earth near the Yucatan Peninsula. This event triggered significant environmental changes across land, sea, and atmospheric habitats, leading to the extinction of dinosaurs and other notable fossil groups such as ammonite mollusks.
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Christian Slough joined UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI) as an Innovation Intern during his last semester at The University of New Mexico, where he was completing his Master of Business Administration. As an Innovation Intern, he conducted in-depth prior art searches and market analyses and identified potential commercial partners for local technology startups. Additionally, he drafted non-confidential summaries to position university technologies for external licensing and partnerships.
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University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy graduate student Josef Sorenson has been selected to receive the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. This recognition will allow him to pursue his Ph.D. next year at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) with his proposal, “Co-design of sensors and electronics for 4D trackers.” The project involves experiments with readout electronics on sensors for the ATLAS experiment, which measures high-energy proton collisions.
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This week on New Mexico in Focus, the program assesses New Mexico's media ecosystem in celebration of Independence Day. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland engages with three individuals working to enhance the financial stability of local news organizations.