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 […]
$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 […]
The University of New Mexico Ranks on Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. June 4, 2024—The University of New Mexico (UNM) has ranked #61 on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023, a list published by the National […]
Inventor Spotlight – Eirini Tsiropoulou, PhD
Associate Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of New Mexico Active Startup: IC Safety, LLC Pending U.S. Patent Applications […]