Other NM universities announcements

"The Ritual," a horror film starring Al Pacino and produced by New Mexico State University Creative Media Institute professor Ross Marks, will premier Thursday, June 5 at the Allen Theatres Cineport 10 at an invitation-only special screening hosted by Marks. The film will release in theaters nationwide on Friday, June 6.

The Ritual" features actors Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Ashley Greene, Abigail Cowen, and Patricia Heaton. The film is written and directed by Las Cruces International Film Festival alum David Midell. The film is about two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, who must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism. The film is based on a true story about the last officially ordained exorcism on U.S. soil.

The "E Pluribus Unum: Mogollon" exhibition at the University Art Museum (UAM) at New Mexico State University will feature more than 800 portraits collected from residents across New Mexico by artists Matthew Chase-Daniel and Jerry Wellman during a two-month period last fall.

The UAM is partnering with Santa Fe-based Axle Contemporary to present the sixth and final phase of their project, which is focused on communities south of Interstate 40 and west of Interstate 25. The artists captured portraits of residents from Belen, Deming, Lordsburg, Columbus, Truth or Consequences, Hatch, Socorro, Magdalena, Pie Town, Zuni, Pine Hill, Grants, Acoma, Las Cruces and Silver City.

Alejandro Gomez, a senior Honors student at New Mexico State University studying wildlife ecology, has been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education.

Gomez, who is also a McNair Scholar, will graduate this week and continue his education at NMSU, where he will study for a master's degree under the advisement of Obed Hernández-Gómez, assistant professor of wildlife disease ecology in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. Their research will focus on disease dynamics in native and non-native ungulates in New Mexico, exploring parasite and bacterial load and presence. Ungulates are any of a group of typically plant-eating four-footed hoofed mammals.

As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the United States, Narcan and other treatments that administer naloxone have emerged as effective tools to quickly reverse overdoses and save lives.

Yet, a new study by researchers from New Mexico State University and North Dakota State University found significant gaps in naloxone distribution and usage among adults in the United States, adding further complications to the opioid crisis that in 2022 alone claimed the lives of more than 100,000 Americans.

New Mexico State University will conclude the spring 2025 semester this week by conferring more than 2,000 degrees to students across its six colleges.

NMSU leaders and officials will recognize spring 2025 graduates at three commencement ceremonies over two days at the Pan American Center. 

A graduate ceremony for students earning master's and doctoral degrees will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 9. The first of two undergraduate ceremonies will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 10, for students earning bachelor's degrees from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, the College of Business, and the College of Health, Education and Social Transformation, followed by a second ceremony at 2 p.m. for students earning bachelor's degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering. 

New Mexico State University initiated its Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity in 2020 and last year graduated its first cohort. The program is cross-disciplinary, including courses in information technology and electrical engineering as well as computer science.

The BS in cybersecurity has a new certification to add to its value.

Portales, NM – May 5, 2025 – Eastern New Mexico University welcomes graduates and their families to Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena at the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m. to celebrate their academic achievements as part of the one hundred forty-eighth commencement ceremony. Professor Michael Boit, an ENMU alumnus, Olympic medal winner, and retired associate professor of recreation management and exercise science from Kenyatta University in Kenya, will give the commencement address.

To provide an enhanced experience for students and the community, New Mexico State University is making some major improvements to the recreation activity center and pool facilities on the Las Cruces campus this summer. 

To accommodate these upgrades and associated training needs, the URec Activity Center and pool will be temporarily closed to campus and the community from May 10 to June 7.