Anna Padilla

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is a two-year research program that provides research opportunities, financial support, mentoring, graduate school preparation, and professional development. The program is part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and works to build up communities by supporting the arts and humanities.

UNM’s College of Education and Human Sciences is continuing its work to provide experienced educators for New Mexican students. One program in particular is already showcasing positive benefits.

The 41st annual Black History Month Kick-Off Brunch will be on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 in The University of New Mexico Student Union Building Ballrooms. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. and will feature keynote speaker Nichole Rogers. This year's theme is "Rooted in Legacy, rising in Purpose: The Power of Participatory Change."

Graduate Studies’ 2025 LoboBITES competition boasted a wide array of research topics.

Veronica Lopez has spent the last two years getting her master’s degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies. Her area of focus was researching ways to support Chicano students and teachers in urban areas, and she did it all while working full time as a high school teacher in Chicago.

UNM ARTSLab's Community Immersive Technology Hub is an innovative initiative aimed at making Virtual Reality technologies accessible to the broader community.

Annmarie Garcia Sheahan, Ph.D., spends her days as an assistant professor of secondary literary education within the College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS). But she spends her free time dancing with her troupe, BreakingEven.

An Albuquerque apartment hiding a dark secret and a young teacher running from her past are at the center of a novella written by UNM alumnus Victoriano Cárdenas.

As a child, Rachel Swanteson-Franz used to run and play on what is now UNM’s School of Law campus. She never thought she would end up right back at that school years later to complete her juris doctorate.

New research out of the University of New Mexico’s English department is shining a light on the experiences of faculty with disabilities. Marissa Greenberg, associate professor within the Department of English Language and Literature, co-authored the paper Confronting Disability Pasts, Constructing Disability Futures: Recommendations for Growing Access, Equity, and Inclusion for Disabled Faculty in Higher Education.