ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 27 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * From Anderson to the Executive Suite: Michelle Coons' leadership journey * For Michelle Coons, leadership has never been about a single title -it has been about adaptability, relationships and understanding people. Michelle Coons Coons, executive director at WaFd Bank and previous N.M. regional president at WaFD, graduated from The University of New Mexico in 1983 with a dual major in finan  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 28 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * How to improve mental health safety on social media - not just for young people New court rulings and other news draw attention to the harmful design of multiple platforms; experts offer free research-based tools that can help anyone reduce harm * Juries in California and New Mexico recently found social media companies liable for opening yo  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 27 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * NMiF looks at reckoning with forced sterilization in New Mexico * This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM's Jeanette DeDios sits down with three state senators who kickstarted an investigation into the state's long history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women and other women of color. Later, DeDios asks the table how difficult it is for Native women to find a doctor in their community,   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 27 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU public health professor to receive national health equity award * The Society for Public Health Education will bestow its 2026 Dorothy Nyswander Health Equity Award to Elizabeth England-Kennedy of New Mexico State University's Department of Public Health Sciences. England-Kennedy, an assistant professor who joined NMSU's College of Health, Education and Social Transformation in 202  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 27 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM study challenges "motherhood penalty," finding workplace advantages for moms * For decades, working mothers have been judged by a quiet assumption: that caregiving makes them less committed employees. In many workplaces, unconscious bias continues to shape how working parents-particularly mothers-are perceived. However, new research at The University of New Mexico suggests the opposite. T  more