UNM voting faculty are invited to submit proposals for internal funding for small grants (budgets that are less than $4,000 per proposal), and large grants (budgets between $4,000 and a maximum of $10,000 per proposal), with proposal duration of 18 months from the receipt of funds. We have recently modified the review rubric for proposals and […] Read More
The Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge is developing a list of faculty and staff that are engaged in water-related research and interested in being involved in Grand Challenge activities. We will use this to develop a listserv as well as post information about each researcher on the grand challenge website to facilitate collaboration opportunities. If […] Read More
Our communication team wants to hear from you about your research, teaching, awards, publications and more. Fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch about helping you publicize your work using videos, articles for our website or posts on social media.
Despite women tending to outlive men in almost all societies, they experience more sickness along the way. This gender-health paradox has long puzzled researchers. Biological differences between the sexes — females’ higher body fat percentage, for example — are often thought to be the reason why women are subject to a higher burden of […] Read More
In the fall of 2020, we began to host the UNM Faculty Lightning Lounge events online. See the playlist of those events here. We invite you to join us for these monthly events to meet and hear from colleagues, who give 7-minute presentations on their work. If you are interested in presenting your work, […] Read More
UNM Provost James Holloway and Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodriguez answered questions from recently promoted associate professors during a Q&A event on Oct. 23.
Hear from four University of New Mexico faculty about their research in 7-minute presentations. This month’s speakers are Heather Edgar, an associate professor in Anthropology at UNM, Fernando Moreu, an assistant professor in Civil Engineering, Marissa Greenberg, an associate professor in English and Rosa Vallejos, an associate professor in Linguistics. See more videos
ECE Associate Professor promoted to Professor, receives SoE Research Award and is part of a recently funded NASA initiative Dr. Meeko Oishi, an associate professor at University of New Mexico’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE), has been promoted to professor, received the 2020 SoE Senior Faculty Research Excellence Award and is part of a […] Read More
It was great to virtually meet so many of you at the New Faculty Orientation! As promised, here is the list of helpful links that was presented. On campus support Comprehensive plan for return to campus New worksite protocols to know LOBO RESPECT (the one-stop resource for non-academic challenges) Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) […] Read More
Work-life balance has been a longstanding challenge for faculty, particularly along the lines of gender and race. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified and added to these challenges in unique ways. Learning about these obstacles can provide academic leaders with tools to try to alleviate them. In the report below, we present quantitative and qualitative data […] Read More
Our fall workshop schedule is here! This semester, join us for a variety of workshops including New Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research and Education at UNM, a presentation on Research and Scholarship Resources and a panel on Using Wrong-Thinking and Universal Design in Your Research Planning. We’ll also be hosting our workshops for newly promoted associate […] Read More
How does the UNM Student Experience Project keep students in class? Watch the video above and learn small ways to make STEM classes more engaging and inclusive based on data from UNM students.
Update, Sept. 1, 2020: We had a great response to our summer program! Please stay tuned for details on how we might continue this project. Email advance@unm.edu with questions. ADVANCE at UNM is finding new ways to assist women STEM faculty with making research and scholarship progress this summer. Research and scholarship support Are you […] Read More
Winning projects will develop sustainable concrete for 3-D printing, analyze social media discourse about the novel coronavirus and study groundwater resources on the Navajo Nation. Eight UNM faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2020 Women in STEM awards. Their work includes research on the impact of global warming on […] Read More
Please note that we are in the process of updating this page for the fall 2025 semester. There are so many twists and turns along the trail to tenure and promotion. We are here to help! Visit our resources below to learn more about preparing yourself — and your documents — for milestone evaluations.
During the COVID-19 outbreak, universities also should do more than extend tenure clocks to limit inequalities, professor Mala Htun says in a letter published in Science The extension of tenure clocks for faculty at universities around the country is a helpful step toward mitigating academic setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic but isn’t enough and […] Read More
Provost James Holloway and Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodriguez recently had a Town Hall with assistant professors scheduled for a milestone review in the next two years. They answered a range of questions including about the tenure extension policy, on-going support for current faculty, considerations in promotion and tenure decisions, and planning for the fall. […] Read More
Teagan Mullins Title with Advance at UNM: Graduate research assistant Your background in academia: I am PhD student in the Cognition, Brain, and Behavior track of the psychology department. My research focuses on neuroimaging, developmental disorders, and transdiagnostic neurological markers. Previously, I worked as a research assistant in the UNM psychology department and I […] Read More
Updated September 30, 2020
Letter of support for Africana Studies and faculty from ADVANCE at UNM We, the ADVANCE (NSF) leadership team at UNM, stand in solidarity with Africana Studies and its faculty, students, and staff. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the criminal anti-black racist attacks on Africana Studies and its leadership. Africana Studies is a […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM:Program ManagerYour background in academia:Sandy Rodrigue has been a staff member at UNM since 2002, first serving as an administrative assistant to the Arts and Sciences Associate Deans. Before working with Advance, she spent 15 years serving two academic departments as their Department Administrators. Professionally, one of her proudest achievements came in […] Read More
UNM’s parental leave policy works well in units in which the leadership understands the policy, is supportive of faculty using the policy, and can help departmental faculty with the implementation and subsequent evaluation of faculty accomplishments. Supportive colleagues clearly play an important role in the experiences of new parents. Likewise, unsupportive or uninformed leadership and […] Read More
We’re excited to share our spring schedule of workshops. Join us to learn about mentoring grad students, getting promoted, writing your first book and more. Please register here for events. [pdf-embedder url=”https://advance.unm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Spring-2020_workshop-schedule_draft-1-22-20-1.pdf” title=”Spring-2020_workshop schedule_draft-1-22-20″]
UNM Earth and Planetary Science professor named AAAS fellow The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) named University of New Mexico Earth and Planetary Science Professor Dr. Laura Crossey as one of their 2019 fellows. “It is truly a highlight,” Crossey said. “I have had other recognitions from my discipline, such as being […] Read More
