UNM faculty members Rebecca Sánchez and Cris Elder have new half-time roles in the Office of Academic Affairs as leadership changes are made following the departure of Provost James Holloway later this month. Starting July 1, Sánchez, of the College of Education and Human Sciences, will be interim associate vice provost for academic personnel. On […] Read More
Securing funding to meet your research goals can take some creativity and imagination. Get some ideas in the replay we’ve just posted of the MacGyvering Funding Sources to Meet Your Research Goals workshop. You’ll hear from Hannah Yohalem, Assistant Director of the Faculty Research Development Office and Andrea Orzoff, Faculty Research Support Officer, FRDO. Access […] Read More
Congrats to Sally Davis, Michelle Harkins, Douglas Perkins, Iain D. Thomson and C. Fernando Valenzuela for being promoted to the rank of distinguished faculty at UNM! Read more on the UNM news site.
A new UNM policy now requires all faculty to complete a training on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training every three years, effective for the 2025-2026 academic year. Read more from Provost James Holloway on what you need to do.
Have you ever thought about seeking some of your research funding from a foundation? The latest video in our workshop series on diversifying your research funding looked at ways researchers can work with the UNM Foundation on possible proposals. Access the video and learn more.
Many faculty work with staff members who are concerned about the future of their jobs amid federal funding uncertainty. To address this, UNM Human Resources is launching the Term Retention Initiative (TRI), a new program that aims to support term appointment staff in positions that are ending because of external funding cuts. The TRI “offers […] Read More
UNM IT has announced that a new help system will launch June 16. According to IT, you’ll get a “modern and user-friendly platform that will make requesting help from UNM IT faster, smoother, and a whole lot easier.” To make it easy, the new system will be available right where the old one was, at […] Read More
An administrator who has worked extensively with faculty on the tenure and promotion process as well as on faculty-labor relations and academic policies will soon be the university’s interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Barbara Rodriguez, who has been senior vice provost since 2018, starts July 3. She will replace James Holloway, […] Read More
The next workshop in our Diversifying your Research Funding series is June 11 and features Jim O’Brien, Senior Director of Development for the Vice President for Research at the UNM Foundation. Jim will talk about the best ways to work with the foundation to find research funding. Register or learn more about the series.
Our latest Faculty Fanfare is for UNM Distinguished Professor Lisa Broidy, who has been selected as a fellow of the American Society of Criminology. Broidy, chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology was chosen in April for the prestigious award. “I am honored to be selected as a fellow of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), which […] Read More
You might be heading to a national park this summer for fun, but UNM scientists who are leading a team of researchers at Yellowstone National Park have been busy working at one of the country’s most iconic spots. The team is looking to answer questions about how deep the magma chamber underneath Yellowstone is, and […] Read More
How much do you know about the process of how federal funds are received at UNM? Amid current federal funding changes, UNM Vice President for Research Ellen R. Fisher and HSC Vice President for Research Hengameh Raissy explain some of the inner working in their weekly update. Read their message on our Faculty Information and […] Read More
Yes, summer break just started. But it won’t be long until new colleagues from around the country are here for New Faculty Orientation in August. To introduce them to campus, we’re building our page of new faculty, which you can visit to learn more about faculty members who will be joining a variety of departments […] Read More
