The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also 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.
Campus
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.
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.
Athletics
- See also: New Mexico Lobos
basketball, New Mexico Lobo Football, and Lobo (New Mexico Mascot)
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.
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.
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 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.
- 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.
- Hank Baskett, wide receiver for the Philadelphia
Eagles.
- Rich Bradford, Nose Tackle 1981-1985 Outland Trophy Finalist.
- Timothy Braun, writer and playwright.
- Stoney Case, NFL Quarterback.
- 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.
- Brad Franchione, College Football
Coach.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rick Maese, columnist, Baltimore Sun.
- Penny Marshall, actress (left after two years).
- Barrett Martin, drummer and composer for Screaming
Trees, Mad Season, and Tuatara
- 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.
- Winslow Oliver, Carolina Panthers & Atlanta Falcons.
- Robert S. Scott, World War II Medal of Honor winner.
- Elyse Sewell, second runner-up on Cycle 1 of America's Next Top Model.
- Kenny Thomas, drafted by Houston
Rockets, traded to Philadelphia 76ers and then Sacramento Kings.
- Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears linebacker.
- Wes Zunker, former placekicker and Groza Award Finalist, attended Canyon High School in New
Braunfels, TX.
Faculty
- 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.
- 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.
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