UNMRI’s FY2024 Year-End Metrics Reveal Increases Across the Board

UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI), the University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer and economic development organization, has wrapped up another successful fiscal year. Metrics for technology-transfer and commercialization activities from July 1, […]
Heather Gomez Makes it to the Pow Wow Pitch Semi-Finals

Heather Gomez, a Tribal Liaison for the New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Enhancement Program (NMTEEP), has been chosen as a semi-finalist in a pitch competition for Indigenous entrepreneurs. Dubbed the Pow […]
Student Interns @ UNM Rainforest Innovations – Aliah Gibbs

University of New Mexico students from an array of academic disciplines join our internship program every year to learn about university technology transfer and commercialization here at UNM Rainforest Innovations […]
UNMRI Board Chair Sandra Begay Receives Distinguished Level Promotion at Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories has announced that 22 members of their Division 8000 staff members have been promoted to the Distinguished level, including UNM Rainforest Innovations’ Board Chair Sandra Begay. Promotion […]
How 5 UNM inventions could change the world

By Carly Bowling | July 1, 2024 Every day, faculty at The University of New Mexico work to uncover the next technological frontier and expand our knowledge about the world. […]
$250k Awarded to Ten Collaboration Seed Grant Awardees

UNM Rainforest Innovations has announced the awardees of the 2024 UNM Health Sciences & Main Campus Research Collaboration Seed Grant. The pilot program was launched this past year to support […]
11 U.S. Patents Issued to UNM Rainforest Innovations for UNM Technologies in April, May, and June

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued 11 U.S. patents to UNM Rainforest Innovations during the months of April, May, & June for technologies invented at the University […]
Inventor Spotlight – Janet Page-Reeves, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Family & Community Medicine Director of Research Office for Community Health UNM Health Sciences Center Copyright (UNM-Affiliated) Addressing Social Determinants of Health […]
New UNMRI Startups to Receive Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ in FY2025

Starting July 1, UNM Rainforest Innovations will start giving out a Lucky Entrepreneur Coin™ to each newly founded startup company based on a University of New Mexico technology. Starting a […]
Cecilia (Pacheco) Becenti Makes the 40 Under 40 List

Cecilia (Pacheco) Becenti was recently inducted into the Albuquerque Business First’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2024. Every year a cohort of outstanding young professionals are highlighted for going above […]