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The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It was founded in 1889. It offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. Its Albuquerque campus currently spreads over 600 acres (2.4 km²), and there are branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and in Valencia County.
main campus is located in central Albuquerque between Central Avenue on the south, Girard Boulevard on the east, Lomas Boulevard on the north, and University Boulevard on the west.
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The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It was founded in 1889. It offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. Its Albuquerque campus currently spreads over 600 acres (2.4 km²), and there are branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and in Valencia County.
Campus
The main campus is located in central Albuquerque between Central Avenue on the south, Girard Boulevard on the east, Lomas Boulevard on the north, and University Boulevard on the west. The North Campus, which includes the medical and law schools, is located on the north side of Lomas. The South campus is centered around the intersection of University Boulevard and Avenida César Chavez and includes most of UNM's athletic facilities.
The UNM campus is noted for its unique Pueblo Revival architectural style, introduced when the university's third president, William G. Tight, plastered over the Victorian-style Hodgin Hall to create a monument to Pueblo Indian culture. Vilified for his primitivism, Tight soon found himself removed from office. History would eventually vindicate him, however, as his vision found new life under the regime of university architect John Gaw Meem. Meem, a famed Santa Fe architect, designed many university buildings in the pueblo style, including Zimmerman Library and Scholes Hall, and is credited with imbuing the campus with its distinctive Southwestern feel.
In recent years, UNM has undergone a comprehensive overhaul of many of its main campus buildings, including a $5.8 million renovation of the historic Communication and Journalism building. In addition to its remodeling efforts, UNM has added several new buildings to the campus such as the $42 million Centennial Engineering Center and a 108,000-square-foot Architecture and Planning building.
Academics
The University of New Mexico offers more than 215 degree and certificate programs, including 94 baccalaureate, 71 masters and 37 doctoral degrees.
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is ranked 14th in the Princeton Review Top 20 Graduate Engineering Programs. The Princeton Review also ranks the University of New Mexico at 14th in the nation for worst professors and 1st in the nation for least accessible professors.
For the 13th consecutive year, US News & World Report ranked the UNM School of Medicine in the top 15 primary care-oriented medical schools in the country. In its "America's Best Graduate Schools" issue for 2006, the UNM Health Sciences Center's curriculum received the following rankings: 5th in Rural Medicine, 3rd in Nursing Midwifery, 5th in Family Medicine, 6th in Primary Care, 5th in Community Health, 15th in Family Nurse Practitioner, and 23rd in Occupational Therapy. The University of New Mexico School of Law is currently ranked 68th in the country and has steadily climbed in the USNews rankings. The Clinical Law program in particular is one of the best in the country according to US News & World Report, coming in at #5 nationwide. Also according to US News ranking the school is the 5th best graduate school in photography.
The University of New Mexico Model United Nations team is one of the top ranked teams in the country. They have won Multiple Awards at several different competitions, most notably the Harvard World Model United Competition in Geneva, Switzerland and Puebla, Mexico. They have also competed and won awards at the St. Mary's University Model Organization of American States Conference.
Athletics
The school's athletic teams (known as the Lobos) compete in the Mountain West Conference. The Lobo mascots are named Lobo Louie and Lobo Lucy. The official school colors are cherry and silver.
UNM maintains strong athletic rivalries with New Mexico State University. The UNM-NMSU rivalry is represented by the Rio Grande Rivalry, a series based on points awarded to the winners of head to head competitions between the two universities in every sport. A rotating trophy is granting to the winning university for a period of one year, until the award presentation the following year. The rivalry is celebrated at UNM by the Red Rally, a large bonfire that takes place the Thursday before the UNM-NMSU football game.
The Lobo basketball team is famous for its venue, University Arena, better known as "The Pit." The Pit may be best known as the site of the 1983 NCAA basketball championship, in which North Carolina State University, coached by Jim Valvano, upset the University of Houston. The Lobo football team plays at University Stadium, which is located across the street from the Pit.
The UNM football team has been to four bowl games in the past five years, visiting the Las Vegas Bowl in 2002 and 2003 and the Emerald Bowl in 2004. Placekicker Katie Hnida made history in the 2003 Las Vegas Bowl when she became the first woman to play in a NCAA Division I-A game, attempting but missing an extra point in the Lobos's 27-13 loss to UCLA. She later attempted and made two extra points in UNM's 72-8 victory over Texas State. New Mexico also lost its 2003 and 2004 bowl games, making its record in bowl games 2-8-1. The football team went to the first year of the New Mexico Bowl in 2006 and lost to San Jose State University, 20-12. In 2007 the Lobos finished the regular season 8-4 and were invited to the New Mexico Bowl for the second straight season. The Lobos shut out the favored Nevada Wolfpack 23-0 to win their first bowl game since the 1961 Aviation Bowl.
The UNM Women's Basketball team has won the Mountain West championship for four of the past five years, and have gone to the NCAA Tournament for the past six consecutive years.
Both University Stadium and University Arena commenced intensive renovation projects in the first quarter of 2009.
Media
UNM owns and operates KUNM-FM, one of two National Public Radio stations in Albuquerque. In 2008, KUNM-FM won 16 Associated Press awards, including Station of the Year. UNM also owns and operates the University of New Mexico Press, its publishing arm established in 1929. With Albuquerque Public Schools, UNM also operates KNME-TV, Albuquerque's public television station. In 2008, KNME-TV celebrated its 50 year anniversary. It currently broadcasts in High Definition Digital on two channels, english and spanish. The Daily Lobo is UNM's student-run daily newspaper and is an award-winning publication serving the metro area.
Notable people
Alumni
- Edward Abbey (1927-1989), author of The Monkey Wrench Gang and other fictional works based in the Southwest
- Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima and other books of fiction based in New Mexico
- , PhD & MSc Petroleum Engineering, Minister of Oil, Republic of Iraq (April 2005 - January 2006)
- John Willard Baker (1944-1970) Lobo's WAC Mile Champion & two time Cross-Country Championship, Coach, Television movie A Shining Season
- , president, California Polytechnic State University
- Hank Baskett, wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Andrew Boyens, MLS Professional Soccer Player- New York Red Bulls Defender
- Rich Bradford, Nose Tackle 1981-1985 Outland Trophy Finalist
- Timothy Braun, writer and playwright
- Stoney Case, NFL Quarterback
- Robin Cole, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker
- Ryan Cook, offensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings
- Michael Cooper, former NBA basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, 1987 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 5 time NBA Champion, Current coach of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA
- Robert Creeley, American poet, affiliated with the Black Mountain poets
- Mel Daniels, former ABA player; Director of Player Personnel for the Indiana Pacers, NBA
- Preston Dennard, wide receiver, Los Angeles Rams 1978 - 1983, Buffalo Bills 1984, Green Bay Packers 1985
- Danny Granger, Indiana Pacers
- Pat Henry, legendary track & field coach
- Tony Hillerman, bestselling author, notable for his detective novels that revolve around the fictional Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee
- Katie Hnida, first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A football game
- David Iglesias, a key figure in the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy
- Eliot A. Jardines, BA, Political Science & Latin American Studies; Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open source intelligence 2005-present
- , author and biographer of Washington Irving
- Cissy King, singer and dancer, The Lawrence Welk Show
- Onawa Lacy, Miss New Mexico USA 2006
- Rocky Long, Lobo QB, 1969-71; UNM Head Football Coach, 1998-2008
- Luc Longley, former NBA player
- , J.D. 1973, New Mexico Supreme Court Justice
- Penny Marshall, actress (left after two years)
- Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
- Terance Mathis, former Lobos All-American football standout and Pro Bowl wide receiver in the NFL
- Lawrence T. Morgan, the current Speaker of the Navajo Nation Tribal Council
- Winslow Oliver, Carolina Panthers & Atlanta Falcons
- Don Perkins, Running Back for the Dallas Cowboys 1961-68
- Antoine Predock, Architect
- Robert S. Scott, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- Elyse Sewell, second runner-up on Cycle 1 of America's Next Top Model
- Clifton Snider, poet, novelist, literary critic
- Kenny Thomas, drafted by Houston Rockets, traded to Philadelphia 76ers and then Sacramento Kings
- Brian Urlacher, linebacker, Chicago Bears
Faculty
- Norman Bay, a law professor, holds the honor of being the first Chinese-American U.S. District Attorney
- Bradley Ellingboe, a Professor of Music and composer, knighted by King Harald of Norway for his work on Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg
- Murray Gell-Mann, who won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1969 for his work on the theory of elementary particles, is currently a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University
- Edgar Lee Hewett, pioneering anthropologist of the American Southwest and driving force behind the Antiquities Act that created most of the country's national monuments, founded the University's anthropology department, one of the world's best
- Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, 2008 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, visiting faculty of modern and classical languages at UNM, 1977-78 and 1984-85, and visiting faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 1992-93, when he also held the PNM Endowed Chair
- Everett Rogers, founder of diffusion of innovations theory and he moved to the University in 1995 to set up a doctoral program in communications, named Regents' Professor, the highest title the university bestows
- Terry Yates, a biology and pathology professor who is credited with discovering the source of the hantavirus in 1993
Points of interest
Organizations
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External links
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