Category: Education & Outreach

Join us at Explora on June 2 from 1-2:30 pm to learn all about how the future of our power grid is being developed right here in NM. In addition, you will get to play with Explora’s new traveling exhibition “The SMART Grid” and sign up to host it for free at your organization. Finally, you will receive a free copy of our SMART Grid board game. We hope to see you there!

  Four reasons the force may be with the NM SMART Grid Center

NMDOT District 3 – Albuquerque and surrounding area

Open to all. These are virtual office hours WOULD YOU LIKE TO START OR GROW YOUR BUSINESS? COME MEET WITH UNM-GALLUP MENTOR, MYTEGIA LEE TO DISCUSS YOUR IDEAS! Come to virtual 1:1 mentoring with Mytegia Lee where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective, and connections to enhance entrepreneurship and connections to resources at UNM and in the community. There are many resources available to those who have ideas that they may want to turn into a business! Join Mytegia on Zoom and learn more about what is available and which connections are the best fit for you.

Innovation Ecosystem Connect (IEC), funded in part through a Lab-to-Market Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem award and an award under the DOE OTT EPIC program, is a new online platform that connects you to researchers, businesses, and universities for growth and development. IEC can connect you to the resources you need to define your innovation, receive technical development support, and find opportunities for expansion, via a smart connection system based on identified needs and capabilities.

A group of distinguished professors, former government representatives, and industry leaders will share their perspectives on legal and technical impediments to achieving scale and equity in the distributed (localized) energy space and will explore solutions to these challenges.

Monte Randall, Muscogee Creek, EdD, President, College of the Muscogee Nation Session Sponsor: Bald Eagle Erectors

“INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP MY GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT US” Laurie Harper, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwekwe, Director of Education, LLBO Leech Lake Leadership Program: https://vimeo.com/672004164 Session Sponsor: Walksback.com

“INDIGENOUS NEWS THROUGH INDIGENOUS EYES” Dalton Walker, Red Lake Nation, Managing Editor, Indian Country Today Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daltoncwalker Session Sponsor: Northwest Indian Community Development Center

Registration is now open for the 2nd annual UNM Team Research Symposium, presented by the Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative and UNM’s Grand Challenges. Faculty, students, alumni, and community partners are encouraged to join us for this special event dedicated to exchanging ideas and promoting more productive research teams.