Our lineup this semester includes workshops on using logic models in your research, tapping into opportunities for undergraduate research and help with your promotion and tenure journey. We also hope you’ll join the Faculty Research Development Office for its Early Career Lunch Learn series. You won’t want to miss workshops on everything from getting […] Read More
Advance at UNM has added three new members to its leadership team. Melissa Emery Thompson, assistant vice president for research, Hannah Torres, director of the Faculty Research Development Office, and Steven Verney, a professor of psychology, are joining the Advance team in January. The changes come as former Advance Co-PI Mary Jo Daniel retired in December, and […] Read More
Researchers in the Salinas Lab at UNM’s Department of Biology have discovered an immune structure in the nasal cavities of rainbow trout that scientists previously didn’t think existed. The new knowledge will allow fish immunologists better understand the efficacy of aquaculture vaccines. While fish and mammals have similar immune systems, there are important anatomical […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM:Leadership team memberYour background in academia:Dr. Melissa Emery Thompson received her PhD in Anthropology from Harvard University in 2005 and arrived at UNM as a postdoctoral fellow in 2008. She is currently Professor of Anthropology and Assistant Vice President for Research. In the Office of the VP for Research, Melissa focuses […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Leadership team member Your background in academia: Dr. Hannah Torres holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from Florida State University and had a career as a schoolteacher before earning an interdisciplinary Masters Degree from Duke University in Coastal Environmental Management. She earned a PhD in Geography and Environmental Science […] Read More
UNM faculty members are still affected by ongoing stress and work obstacles stemming from the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report compiled by Advance at UNM. The report, based on data collected in spring 2022, found faculty feeling burned out, strapped by caregiving obligations, and struggling with scholarship amid a pandemic that scientists […] Read More
Engineering professor to study decisions by Latinas to attend graduate school Dr. Liz Godwin, an Inclusive Excellence Research Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UNM, has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how the unique identities of Latinas might influence their decision to attend graduate […] Read More
By Kate Cunningham / Advance at UNM A substantial grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will boost inclusive excellence efforts at UNM and support the hiring of nine diverse faculty in biomedical research in the College of Arts and Sciences. The $15.6 million, five-year award to the University is part of […] Read More
