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ADVANCE publishes UNM Faculty Search Resources
If you’ve ever served on or run a faculty search committee, you know the process has a lot of moving parts. To help, ADVANCE at UNM is partnering with colleagues in Academic Affairs to support all aspects of faculty searches, including recruitment and hiring. We also collaborate on the required workshops on search best […] Read More
UNM faculty health and wellbeing guide
Counseling, Assistance and Referral Services (CARS) Type of support offered: individual and couples counseling; supervisor/manager consultations; coaching; department in-service training; seminars and workshops; internal and external resource suggestions and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) services. For: UNM main and branch campuses and UNM Health Sciences faculty and staff and their domestic partners, and UNM […] Read More
UNM physics professor lands prestigious NSF grant to develop high quality imaging of living tissue
Work will include developing next-generation microscope systems at UNM to advance deep tissue imaging UNM Assistant Professor Dr. Tonmoy Chakraborty has received a coveted NSF CAREER Award for his work on a powerful imaging technique to study living tissue. Chakraborty, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said he’s grateful and excited. […] Read More
ADVANCE and FRDO host ongoing series on diversifying your research funding
ADVANCE at UNM and the Faculty Research Development Office are working together to provide workshops, resources and information to faculty to help navigate changing research rules and policies. We have hosted some workshop in this series already, while others remain. Stay tuned to this page for details or email advance at unm dot […] Read More
2025 summer camp guide for UNM faculty and staff
Have work to do or just looking to give your kids a cool summer experience? Albuquerque has camps for everything from flamenco dancing to forest excursions. Check out our list of summer camps around the city. Registration for many camps starts early in the year and continues until camps are full.
Teaching and learning resources for UNM faculty
The UNM Center for Teaching and Learning Type of support offered: teaching feedback and resources, trainings, workshops For: faculty, GAs and TAs, students Faculty, GA and TA topics: best practices for teaching and academic classroom management, technical support Student topics: improving studying and writing skills, conversation groups, STEM tutoring At a glance: If you are […] Read More
14 UNM faculty members chosen for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards
The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New Mexico healthcare workforce challenges and opportunities, and the development of new software for large scale 3-D printing with adobe Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected […] Read More
Faculty experiences with UNM campus climate mixed, according to new Advance survey
Fall 2023 survey finds faculty are engaged with the work they do, but struggling with well-being and inequities A new survey by Advance at UNM finds that full-time, main campus faculty report a complex mix of organizational experiences and attitudes. The fall 2023 survey found, for example, high levels of work and teaching […] Read More
Academic freedom on campus: resources and information
Ahead of the fall 2024 semester, Advance at UNM and the Office of Academic Affairs hosted a series of workshops for faculty, staff and graduate students on developing communities in academic settings and on responding to conflict and stress in the classroom. The workshops were part of an ongoing series on academic freedom and civil […] Read More
Call open for 2024 Women in STEM Awards
Proposals are due May 14, 2024. Applications are now being accepted for the Advance at UNM 2024 Women In STEM awards. The awards, now in their ninth year at UNM, range from $3,000 to $15,000, and three types of grants will be given. The categories include travel awards to foster collaborations, seed awards […] Read More
2024 summer camp guide
Have work to do or just looking to give your kids a cool summer experience? Albuquerque has camps for everything from sewing to horseback riding to opera and more! Check out our list of summer camps around the city. Registration for many camps starts early in the year and continues until camps are full.
UNM Faculty Fanfare campaign highlights successes across campus
UNM’s faculty are amazing, and the Advance at UNM Faculty Fanfare campaign is here to highlight the research, publishing and teaching being done across campus. Enjoy our digital shoutouts to faculty below, and nominate someone for their own fanfare.
Advance at UNM opens latest faculty survey on wellbeing, climate, and caregiving
Building on its previous surveys of UNM faculty, Advance at UNM is conducting a comprehensive climate survey with the goal of understanding and improving programs to recruit, retain, and support all faculty. The survey of full time main campus faculty is open now and invitations have been emailed to faculty members. Advance at UNM encourages faculty […] Read More
Nine UNM faculty members chosen for the 2023 Women in STEM awards
The funded projects will look at using drones in rural areas to expand healthcare access, how to better understand water scarcity along the Rio Grande and the rise of citizen journalists, among other things. By Kate Cunningham Nine women faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2023 […] Read More
UNM psychiatrist revamps overloaded behavioral health system
Dr. Poonè Tehrani building an efficient system to provide care to as many people as possible By Kate Cunningham / Advance at UNM Even before the COVID pandemic crashed through the doors at UNM’s Sandoval Regional Medical Center, Dr. Poonè Haghani Tehrani could see that psychiatric services needed to be more efficient. […] Read More
Faculty Guide to UNM Student Resources
Many faculty at UNM know students who need support, whether it’s with academic, health or other concerns. But it can be hard to know where to direct students for the right kind of support. We’re here to support you with videos and information so you can connect students to the right resources on and near […] Read More
Call for 2023 Women in STEM Award proposals now open
This post was changed April 28 to reflect that the deadline for the proposals has been extended to May 8. The call is open for Advance at UNM’s 2023 Women In STEM awards. The awards, now in their eighth year at UNM, range from $3,000 to $15,000 and three types of grants will […] Read More
Advance at UNM hosting variety of faculty workshops this spring
Our lineup this semester includes workshops on and help with your promotion and tenure journey. We look forward to seeing you! Please register using the links below.
New leadership team members join Advance
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