Spring 2026 | Mirage Magazine

Traditions – 2026

UNM Alumni and our regional chapters roasted more than 13,000 pounds of chile for Lobos. Lobos play for prizes in the traditional tortilla walk at the UNM Alumni Washington, D.C. Chapter Green Chile Roast. Volunteers at the Albuquerque Chile Roast are all...

Lobo Excellence Awards

2025 COEHS Alumni Awards (l. to r.): Ann Darling, COEHS Alumni Chapter former chair (BAED ’79, & MA ’83, Graduate Programs); Deborah Good, COEHS Alumni Chapter chair (MA ’83, Graduate Programs & Ph.D. ’96, Graduate Programs); Debra Harris, Alumni Award...

Class Notes – Spring 2026

Look for a classmate, friend or relative in every section! Email your alumni news to the Mirage Editor at alumni@unm.edu. Please include a brief write-up with your name, including middle name or initial, degree, graduation year, a few sentences about your news and/or...

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In Memoriam – Spring 2026

We remember alumni who recently passed away...1940-1949George W. DeGregori, ’45Martina B. Franklin, ’48Madeline Kepner, ’491950-1959Harriet Abrams, ’54 John Joseph Birosak, ’59 Felix Briones Jr., ’56 Delmar E. Calhoun, ’50 Robert Joseph Cheshire, ’58 Pietro Chiello,...

UNM Receives Renewal of Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement

The University of New Mexico’s commitment to serving communities across the state continues to gain national recognition—something Lobo alumni know well through the University’s lasting impact.

Alum Launches Viral Snack Shop

Monaco Market is one of New Mexico’s largest exotic snack shops.Munji Kahalah never expected that a degree grounded in computational thinking would lead him to importing viral snacks from around the world. Today, the UNM alumnus is the creative force behind Monaco...

UNM Center for Fire Resilience Making a Difference Across New Mexico

New Mexico has been getting hotter and drier each year. Last winter, the state experienced record-breaking warm temperatures that could significantly affect this spring’s wildfire season.

Knapps Increase Commitment to $4.5 Million for Winograd Law Scholarship

Eric Knapp (’98) and his wife, Dana Marie Knapp, have pledged $4.5 million to the Peter A. Winograd Endowed Annual Scholarship in Law at UNM’s School of Law. Their new commitment builds on more than two decades of giving and includes a principal-level estate gift that...

UNM Professor Emeritus Nasir Ahmed Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Nasir Ahmed was elected to the 2026 class of the National Academy of Engineering.Nasir Ahmed, a UNM alumnus and professor emeritus, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering’s class of 2026 for inventing the discrete cosine transform (DCT), the data...

New Mexico’s Educator Pipeline Is Taking Root at UNM

The UNM College of Education and Human Sciences recently received national recognition for producing Hispanic education graduates.Momentum is building at UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS). Across urban and rural communities, on tribal lands and...