Sociology professor Ray publishes new research citing indifference and cruelty toward black and immigrant girls of color…
Campus Connections
Hello, Dean Lo
Lo joins UNM from The Pennsylvania State University, where he was associate dean for Learning, Undergraduate Services and Commonwealth Campuses, overseeing operations at 20 campus libraries throughout Pennsylvania…
And, We’re Back!
On campus, in-person classes — like a lot of things interrupted at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year — are back for the Fall 2021 semester. UNM’s Main and branch campuses, which looked lonely…
Jackpot
The UNM Lottery Scholarship, which benefits one in five college students enrolled in New Mexico, is back for this school year at 100 percent of tuition. The scholarship, funded by lottery ticket sales, will be $63.5 million…
Sunshine On A Cloudy Day
Photovoltaic panels are a tried-and-true way of harnessing the sun’s power and converting it to electricity — except when the clouds roll in. In UNM’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. candidate Guillermo Terrén-Serrano and Professor…
Green Chile, Red Planet
UNM’s connection to exploration of planet Mars — a relationship that dates back to the 1970s — continues to grow. The latest Mars/UNM connection involves — what else? — growing green chile on the red planet…
How Do You Spell Relief?
On a scale of zero to 10, how nauseous are you? That question formed the basis of a UNM-based study of the effects of cannabis consumption on nausea symptoms, ranging from five minutes after consumption…
Old Friends
Socioemotional selectivity theory proposes that people shift their social behavior from a focus on forming new friends in youth to maintaining a smaller network of close, fulfilling relationships in old age. “The proposal is that this shift happens because of our...
New Leader at Health Sciences Center
The UNM Health Sciences Center has a new leader — Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist who most recently served as associate vice chancellor for Health Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. The UNM Health Sciences Center’s mission encompasses...
It’s Official – UNM Has A New Seal
UNM’s official seal for decades, which featured a sword-carrying Spanish conquistador and a rifle-toting frontiersman, has been scrapped and replaced by a simple graphic design. The Board of Regents chose the new design on a 3-1 vote, ending a controversy that has...