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
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.
Our lineup this semester includes workshops on ways to quickly understand funding solicitations and techniques; how to understand the differences between writing for publication and writing for funding; and ways to write a winning proposal. We also encourage you to attend the UNM Research and Discovery Week and the UNM Grand Challenges Team Research Symposium. […] Read More
Advance at UNM stands with UNM President Garnett Stokes, Provost James Holloway and other academic leaders across the country in declaring that work towards a diverse, equitable, and inclusive academic community will continue. The Supreme Court decision to strike down race-based college admissions will have an impact far beyond undergraduate admissions. We don’t know […] Read More
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
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
The pandemic has dramatically changed how all of us work. Faculty who are juggling teaching, research and more face new challenges, including those that stem from time lost during the height of the pandemic. We know from our Pandemic Impact Report that many of these issues including feelings of burnout and barriers to scholarship still […] Read More
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 help with videos and information on connecting students to the right support network on campus. Learn about […] Read More
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
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.
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
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
UNM has a multitude of resources available for faculty, from help finding grants to networking events and faculty development workshops. Explore each topic below to learn about help for teaching, support for COVID-related work challenges, fun things for down time and more.
We look forward to seeing you this fall at our workshops. Among other things, we’ll be exploring how to craft the best research proposal, how to add broader impacts to your work and how to keep your semester planning on track. See the list below for our events as well as those from […] Read More
Eleven winning projects will look at capturing and recycling carbon dioxide, genomics of piñon pine trees in the intermountain west and planet formation among other things Twelve women faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will look at patterns of […] Read More
By Steve Carr / UNM UCAM What started out as an effort to increase the representation and advancement of women faculty in science and engineering departments campus wide through a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant has blossomed into sustainable change that has contributed to success of women and faculty from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM-related […] Read More
Proposals due May 2 The call is open for women STEM faculty at UNM to apply for a variety of grants as part of the 2022 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 foster […] Read More
We look forward to seeing you online this spring at our workshops. Among other things, we’ll be exploring how to find the best support team on campus for your research, how to manage your grant money and how to battle imposter syndrome during the pandemic and beyond. See the list below for our […] Read More
Dr. Cindy Gevarter, an assistant professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at UNM, recently was awarded a grant for $830,000 to create Project SCENES– a program dedicated to increasing the number of special education professionals and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in New Mexico who focus on social communication interventions for children with […] Read More
Women in STEM from across disciplines at UNM are looking at ways to understand and fight SARS-CoV-2, from studying what it does to our lungs to researching how animal modeling can be applied to our knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. UNM researchers also have examined the virus’ impacts on our social and educational […] Read More
UNM assistant professor of literacy Dr. Mary Frances Rice recently co-authored multiple publications on the rising importance of the work by instructional designers to support impartial education during COVID-19. The work includes an article in Information and Learning Sciences called Self-regulated learning in online learning environments: strategies for remote learning and two in the Distance Education […] Read More
