University of New Mexico
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The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889, and today offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs. While offering degrees in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering, it is considered to be the liberal arts school of the three universities on the New Mexico stretch of I-25. Its Albuquerque campus currently spreads over 600 acres (2.4 km²), and there are branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, and Valencia County.
Statistics as of
- The mean student age is 27.4.
- The median student age is 23.6.
- UNM and UNM Hospital together employ 20,210 people.
- There are 114,767 alumni worldwide.
Campus
The main UNM campus is located between Central Avenue, Girard Boulevard, Lomas Boulevard, and University Boulevard, in central Albuquerque. 
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, which has been used for all university buildings since 1908.
Academics
The Anderson Schools of Management @ UNM are listed as one of the top ten business schools for Hispanics in Hispanic Business Magazine. Anderson's Management of Technology MBA program is ranked #6 in the world.Athletics
The school's athletic teams (known as the Lobos) compete in the Mountain West Conference. The Lobo mascots are named Louie and Lucy Lobo. The official school colors are cherry and silver.
UNM maintains strong athletic rivalries with New Mexico State University.The UNM-NMSU rivalry is called the Battle of I-25.
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 three bowl games in the past four 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.
Media
UNM owns and operates KUNM-FM, one of two National Public Radio stations in Albuquerque. With the Albuquerque Public Schools, UNM also operates KNME-TV, Albuquerque's public television station. The Daily Lobo is UNM's student-run daily newspaper.Notable Alumni
- Edward Abbey (1927-1989), author
- [Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum], PhD & MSc Petroleum Engineering, Minister of Oil, Republic of Iraq (April 2005 - January 2006)
- Warren J. Baker, PhD, Civ Eng 1966, [President], California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Michael Cooper, former NBA basketball player
- Robert Creeley, American poet, affiliated with the Black Mountain poets
- Mel Daniels, former ABA player; Director of Player Personnel for the Indiana Pacers, NBA
- Tony Hillerman, Master's in English
- Katie Hnida, first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A football game
- Eliot A. Jardines, BA, Political Science & Latin American Studies; Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open source intelligence 2005-present
- 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-present
- Luc Longley, former NBA player
- Honorable Petra Jimenez Maes, J.D. 1973, New Mexico Supreme Court Justice [bio]
- Joe Maloof, former Lobos football player and president of Maloof Companies, which owns the NBA's Sacramento Kings, WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs, and The Palms hotel/casino in Las Vegas
- Kenny Thomas, drafted by Houston Rockets, traded to Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings
- Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears linebacker
- Rick Maese, columnist, Baltimore Sun
- Danny Granger, Indiana Pacers
- Stoney Case, NFL Quarterback
Notable staff
Murray Gell-Mann, 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles is currently a University Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of New MexicoEsteemed professors include Everett Rogers, founder of diffusion of innovations theory, who moved to the university in 1995 to set up a doctoral program in communications. Rogers was named Regents' Professor, the highest title the university bestows.
Norman Bay, who is a Law professor, holds the honor of being the first Chinese-American U.S. District Attorney.
Pictures of campus
Points of interest
External links
- [University of New Mexico] official website
- [GoLobos.com], official athletics site
- [Anderson Schools of Management @ UNM]
- [2004-2005 UNM Factbook]
- [Mascot-Colors-Traditions]
- [KUNM], University-affiliated radio station
- [The Daily Lobo], UNM's student-run newspaper
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