EDD Expands Science and Tech Office

Broadens capacity, adds Entrepreneurship Coordinator SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announced today the expansion of the science and technology office. The newly expanded Office of Strategy, […]
EDD to launch two new science and tech grant opportunities

Awards will focus on advanced energy and higher education teams. SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Economic Development Department Deputy Secretary Jon Clark announced on Thursday that the department’s Office of Strategy, […]
UNM Rainforest Innovations Announces FY2023 Year-End Metrics

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, […]
The Brookings Institution and Lisa Kuuttila: how a community innovation site is advancing entrepreneurship in Albuquerque

Lisa Kuuttila, CEO & Chief Economic Development Officer for UNM Rainforest Innovations, provided a commentary piece for the Brookings Institution on the development of the Lobo Rainforest Building and how […]
Right to Start Seeks Support for Statement of Principles and Celebrates 3rd Anniversary

The Right to Start Movement is seeking signers for their Statement of Principles. During the election season of 2024, they will deliver the Statement with all signatures to the U.S. […]
New Mexico University Students Win Pitch Deck Competition with Innovative Ideas

Albuquerque, NM – May 5, 2023 – Five teams of university students presented their innovative business and startup ideas to a supportive audience of investors and members of the business […]
Bustling Bioscience Community in New Mexico Drawing National Attention
Over the past 10 years, the New Mexico bioscience community has spun off nearly 150 startup companies. Thanks in part to the innovative research taking place at the state’s research […]
Entrepreneurship in New Mexico Highlighted at UNM Business and Economic Summit
The 2022 UNM Business and Economic Summit took place on October 26 at the Lobo Rainforest Building. The purpose of the summit was to collectively consider a potential Right to […]
Federal Laboratory Consortium Enters into Partnership with UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI)
(WASHINGTON, DC – April 11, 2022) The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has entered into a strategic partnership with UNM Rainforest Innovations, based in Albuquerque, NM, as part of an ongoing […]
UNM Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Finds Startup Opportunity in the NM Rainforest
Before starting her Hispanic Linguistics Master’s Program at The University of New Mexico (UNM), Isabel Last was trained to teach Spanish as a second language. Throughout her teaching experience, she […]