Sexual assault is arguably the most disturbing issue on our college campuses nationwide. At UNM, it has become a primary focus over the past few years, beginning with some high profile cases involving our students, and culminating in a Department of Justice review of our policies and procedures.
This year, the University of New Mexico has been ranked among the top 1,000 colleges in the world by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). According to its website, the CWUR considers more than 25,000 institutions of higher learning worldwide in its ranking, “making it the largest academic ranking of global universities.”
UNM made a move towards the future this week as the University hosted its first ever electric and hybrid car show, "Ride and Drive." The event took place last Friday afternoon at the southeast corner of Yale Boulevard and Lomas Boulevard as UNM students, staff, and local citizens took turns test driving the latest electric vehicles provided by Albuquerque dealerships.
UNM's Office of Equal Opportunity begins advocacy training this week in order to step up efforts to combat assault on campus, as well as a negative reputation. Training aims to improve sexual assault and discrimination prevention, focusing specifically on advocacy. Advocacy training reminds trainees to respect confidentiality and seeks to make the investigation process clearer for everyone involved.
The Rio Grande Rivalry has been around for decades, and like this past season, UNM football took the victory against New Mexico State in 1969.
Why did you choose your degree plan and how are you going to apply it to the real world?
2016 isn't the first year that saw a minority rights group protest a University design; in 1993 murals at Zimmerman Library were the subject of controversy for allegedly promoting inequality.
Multiples times over the last decade, UNM's undergraduate student government leaders led the charge to start a discussion about safety on campus, and what can be done to improve it.
Many of UNM schools hold high rankings across the country for their success, and over the years the work of individual professors have also garnered honors.
Throughout the course of the University's history, UNM groups have fought against a culture of sexual harassment.
The area on and around UNM has changed dramatically over the years and decades, but not without some citizens speaking out in defiance.
UNM has underataken different methods over the years to brand itself as a university that prospective students should consider.
In the spring the Daily Lobo ran a piece about UNM's Fencing Club, the creation of which was chronicled almost 50 years ago.
As they did in 2016, University regents in 1998 raised the cost of attending UNM, albeit for very different reasons.
UNM athletics was unable to bring home a national title for 115 years. Then, in just over a decade, two programs stood alone in their respective sports.
Shortly after setting a new collegiate record, 9:24.41, in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase last month, Frerichs signed a professional contract, joining Bowerman Track Club, to continue training for the Olympic Trials. Frerichs’ dream became a reality when she qualified for the Olympics with a late burst to finish second in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in Eugene, Ore. on July 7, finishing in 9:20.92.
Fiestas is one of UNM's most popular annual events for students to partake in. However, the event in 1963 was much different than today's iterations.
From international conflict to domestic tension, UNM has always been a popular place for activists to convene and protests to be held.
Editor, Do Asian lives matter too? Doesn’t look like it, if you see all these Asian store workers in inner cities across America being murdered in cold blood while their stores are robbed – that’s what they get in exchange for providing basic necessities and accepting food stamps and welfare cash.
Pokémon Go encourages players to visit local landmarks to complete in-game activities like stocking up on pokeballs or battling to claim a gym, and some businesses are using discounts or in-app features to bring the visitors in their parking lot and the building. “It kind of shocked me to see how this blew up overnight. I think it kind of shocked everybody, but we knew we had to capitalize on it right away,” said Colten Hudson, general manager of Gravity Park.
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