University of New Mexico

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University of New Mexico
Image:UNMseal.png
Motto:Lux Hominum Vita (Latin, "life, the light of men.")
Established1889
Type:Public
President:David J. Schmidly
Staff:1,838
Undergraduates:18,027
Postgraduates:6,065
LocationAlbuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Campus:Urban, 600 acres (2.4 km²)
Athletics:16 varsity teams
Colors:Cherry and Silver           
Mascot:Lobo
Website:www.unm.edu
Image:Unmlogo.gif

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 Valencia County.

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[edit] Campus

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Mesa Vista Hall
The main UNM 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 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.

[edit] Academics

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is ranked 14th in the Princeton Review Top 20 Graduate Engineering Programs[1]

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.

The graduate program in Photography (Department of Art and Art History) is ranked second in the country by US News and World Reports.

The University of New Mexico is ranked 5th out of the top 100 federally funded institutions in regard to the impact of materials science papers over the years 1996-2000 by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)

For the 13th consecutive year, US News & World Report [2] 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: 2nd in Rural Medicine, 3rd in Nursing Midwifery, 5th in Family Medicine, 6th in Primary Care, 15th in Community Health, 15th in Family Nurse Practitioner, and 23rd in Occupational Therapy.

[edit] Athletics

See also: New Mexico Lobos basketball, New Mexico Lobo Football, and Lobo (New Mexico Mascot)
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UNM Lobos logo

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 called the Battle of I-25. This 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 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. The football team went to the first year of the New Mexico Bowl in 2006 and lost to San Jose State University, 20-12. Their current record of 2007 is 8-4. They have had some close losses to BYU, Utah, UTEP, and TCU. Other than that they are undefeated.

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.

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Sports teams based in New Mexico
Baseball PCL: Albuquerque Isotopes
Basketball D-League: Albuquerque Thunderbirds
Football AIFA: New Mexico Wildcats, IWFL: New Mexico Menace, WPFL: New Mexico Burn
Hockey CHL: New Mexico Scorpions
Soccer NPSL: Albuquerque Asylum
College athletics
(NCAA Division I) 		New Mexico • New Mexico State

[edit] 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.

[edit] Notable people

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Faculty

  • Everett Rogers, was founder of diffusion of innovations theory and he 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. He has since died.

[edit] Pictures of campus

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Zimmerman Library

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Duck pond

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Communications & Journalism

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Alumni Memorial Chapel

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] People of interest

  • Don Schrader
  • John Ackerman
  • David Joseph Burns
  • Dallas Smith

[edit] Organizations

[edit] External links

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