The programs at NMSU and UNM are collaborative but will be independent of each other so students will graduate with a degree from a single university.

Ruth Gyan-Darkwa, an 18-year-old University of New Mexico PhD student, is pursuing a doctorate in electrical engineering.

A UNM news release last week stated the accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME, “ensures that the state’s only neurosurgery training program will ...