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April 22, 2024
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April 20, 2024
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Eight New Mexico colleges and universities are getting funding from the New Mexico Higher Education Department to address food insecurity among students, faculty and staff. A total of $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds will be disbursed among the schools as part of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Food Initiative. The money […]
April 19, 2024
A total of $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds will be disbursed among the schools.
February 8, 2024
UNM Food, in collaboration with UNM Information Technologies (IT) and Honors College, announces the release the LoboEats App, an original, award-winning platform focusing on food waste and food insecurity on The University of New Mexico’s central campus....
November 13, 2023
Emergency food facility started in 2013 with a single bookcase and some cans of food.
November 5, 2023
NNMC President Hector Balderas envisions a destination for students, staff, community members and industry professionals.
May 14, 2023
Earlier this semester, the University of New Mexico’s Basic Needs Project — in collaboration with the New Mexico Higher Education Department — sent out a survey to 27 universities and colleges statewide to collect data on the basic needs of students, faculty and s...
May 9, 2023
University of New Mexico senior Blake Hautzinger had heard the jokes about eating a lot of ramen in college. But they didn’t seem the type who would need to worry: The child of college educated parents who paid for tuition and fees to subsidize a...
February 16, 2023
Startling research in 2020 by a team from The University of New Mexico revealed that many UNM students were not getting their food and housing needs met. The research report Basic Needs Insecurity at UNM showed both food and housing insecurity prevalence...
December 18, 2022
Just after her freshman year in 2020, University of New Mexico student Kiana Frederick decided to take a course with associate professor Sarita Cargas in the Honors College. Cargas was looking for students who wanted to explore food and housing security of college students in New Mexico.