From tenure and promotion to creating work life balance and getting the most from your career, there are a variety of resources available at UNM to help faculty succeed. Advance at UNM records and posts videos of the workshops we host and we provide other information on events that benefit all faculty. Advance’s workshop schedule […] Read More
Places to relax around campus We all need some down time, and there are so many unique places around campus to chill out by walking, visiting museums and more. See other fun things around Albuquerque here. Amazing trees Did you know UNM’s main campus in 1994 was designated as an arboretum? Check out the […] Read More
Whether you want to just chat with a colleague over some coffee or tea or need more formal networking connections, UNM has various opportunities around campus. This is the main sitting space at Dane Smith Hall. Here faculty and students can meet up to learn or work casually. Photo by […] Read More
UNM has a wide range of resources to support research, scholarship, and creative works. This list is only a summary. If you need help and are not sure where to start, contact the associate dean for research in your college/school or the Faculty Research Development Office (frdo at unm dot edu.)
Seven winning projects will look at better ways to manage water, how healthy brains age, and methods for transferring knowledge between robots Twelve faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2021 Women in STEM awards. Winning projects this year will look at new ways to reduce the environmental impacts of […] Read More
Sandia National Labs is a major research partner of UNM and there are a number of ways to initiate collaborations with colleagues at the labs.Advance at UNM hosted a workshop in 2020 on ways to work with Sandia. See a video of that event here and read more tips in the sheet we’ve compiled below.PDF Embedder requires a url attribute Read More
Bringing science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) faculty and students together to exchange ideas and promote more productive research teams. Join us for the inaugural Team Research Symposium from April 20 through April 22. Register here.Sponsored by UNM Interdisciplinary Science Co-Op and UNM Grand Challenges.
Proposals due April 19 The call is open for women faculty in UNM’s STEM fields to apply for a variety of grants as part of the 2021 Women In STEM awards. Awards range from $3,000 to $15,000 and three types of grants will be awarded through the program. They include travel awards to […] Read More
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
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
The Center for Teaching Excellence requests proposals for the 2020-2021 Teaching Allocation Grant (TAG). We seek proposals that will enhance teaching effectiveness that support UNM’s diverse student population. We encourage proposals from UNM Main and all branches that explore new methods for updating existing courses, develop interdisciplinary approaches, or use technologies to enhance teaching and […] Read More
For the 2020-2021 academic year, the University of New Mexico welcomed 57 tenure-track faculty into several different departments despite the COVID-19 pandemic changing the way research is conducted and classes are taught. Here’s how some of the new faculty members are adjusting to the new normal while at a new university: Dr. Tania […] Read More
The University of New Mexico Grand Challenges will host a virtual Fall 2020 welcome back event on Zoom on Sept. 1 from 11 a.m. to noon. During the event, the Challenge leaders will give project updates and announce plans for the upcoming academic year. The Grand Challenges initiative began in February 2019 when UNM […] Read More
LatinXChem was created in June 2020 as a virtual forum to bring together and showcase research carried out by the LatinXChem community across the world. The LatinXChem 2020 Twitter Conference will take place entirely over Twitter and will include eleven categories across chemistry. The conference will begin at 12:00 UTC on the 7th of September, 2020 […] 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
OIRB Fall Workshop Series Submitting to the IRB?? The OIRB fall workshop series has been scheduled for September and October (see attached flyer). These workshops cover a variety of topics relevant to IRB submission and review including human research protection regulations, an overview of the submission process, writing an IRB protocol and consent form, avoiding […] 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
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.
In this video, Dr. Angela Catena, Title IX coordinator at UNM, explains the changes made to Title IX effective August 14, 2020 that UNM faculty should know about. The Department of Education released its final regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Department of Education is giving […] 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
The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center is requesting applications to their ACS-IRG pilot program. American Cancer Society – Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG) The American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant supports cancer research by junior faculty in all of UNM’s Schools and Colleges. Early career faculty who have not yet obtained national, peer-reviewed funding for […] 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
The UNM Successful Aging Grand Challenge leadership team announces our second Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund pilot research projects. We are currently requesting proposals to support research that is focused on engaging senior residents in community activities, to expand programs and services for vulnerable populations, supporting independent living (age in place), creating lifelong education […] Read More
