A sold-out crowd of UNM, city and state leaders filled SUB Ballroom C for the 16th annual Arthur A. Blumenfeld Endowed Lecture........

School of Public Administration Director Bruce Perlman was honored by the University of Guadalajara and gave a keynote address, because of the institute’s unique ties to UNM.......

In honor of Women’s History Month, an SPA Professor was recently highlighted in the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences......

Assistant Professor represented The University of New Mexico on the national stage, presenting at the 2018 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) in DC.....

The University of New Mexico School of Public Administration (SPA) is creating opportunities for students to learn about Beijing, China from a first-hand source.....

In early November, Assistant Professor Nick Edwardson was invited to present to the state’s Legislative Health and Human Services Committee (LHHS) on work he and his colleagues completed on Consumer Participation in Marketplace Health Plans....

Dr. Agustín León-Moreta, assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at UNM, published an article in the Public Administration Review (PAR). PAR has been the premier journal in the field of public administration research and theory for more than 75 years....

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) has elected Regents’ Professor Mario A. Rivera a Fellow of the Academy. NAPA is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization established by Congress...

In the beautiful and productive news of the UNM School of Public Administration (SPA), we had the honor to welcome and meet with our partners from Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB) in Beijing, China...

Assistant Professor Agustín León-Moreta has published an article titled, “Special District Formation: Evidence from Panel Data,” with the Public Administration Quarterly (PAQ) for Fall 2017...

We are proud to announce that the Villa Therese Catholic Clinic (VTCC) Board of Directors unanimously elected Victoria Otero, MHA, as the VTCC Executive Director...

SPA is delighted to report that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded our own, Dr. Roli Varma, and her collaborator, Dr. Meghna Sabharwal from The University of Texas at Dallas, with a grant...

Assistant Professor Agustín León-Moreta presented his findings as the last installment of the SPA Speaker Series for this spring as the public has a “renewed interest in the performance of policing services in America..."

The School of Public Administration was able to send three MPA students to Arizona State University in Phoenix to participate in the site’s student simulation competition. "We had an opportunity to contribute our ideas and efforts to help solve regional food security problems. It was a very busy day, but so rewarding!" Nourie commented...

Attend in-person or online! Experienced compliance officers John Rodriguez (UNM) and Tim Korte, along with UNM Regents' Professor Bruce Perlman and local TV reporter Chris Ramirez will discuss the value of state and federal sunshine laws (IPRA in New Mexico and FOIA at the federal level) for transparency, accountability and democratic process, as well as their legal and administrative implications...

One of the University of New Mexico’s School of Public Administration master's programs is being hailed one of the best in the country...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that Regents' Professor Mario Rivera (UNM School of Public Administration) and Postdoctoral student Dr. Rebecca Beals (UNM Institute for Social Research) are the lead evaluator and co-evaluator respectively for an external assessment...

For the first time, Regents’ Professor and SPA Director, Dr. Bruce Perlman, is a Fall 2016 recipient of the Online Course Advisory Best Practices Certificate for PADM 522 Program Evaluation...

Assistant Professor, Dr. Agustín León-Moreta, published an article, “Functional Responsibilities of Municipal Governments,” in the American Review of Public Administration (ARPA)...

In summer 2016, Assistant Professor Kate Cartwright co-led a study abroad program on Comparative Healthcare Systems in London, England, for Emory University with Emory Professor Emeritus John Boli...