Albuquerque Named Top 10 City for Women in TechBy City AliveFebruary 26, 2020Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinAlbuquerque has been named a top 10 best city for women in technology for two years in a row. According to the new study from SmartAsset, Albuquerque has one of the highest percentages of women in the tech workforce, and one of the lowest gender pay gaps. …
Tamarind Institute and CABQ Join ForcesBy City AliveFebruary 13, 2020Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinNM Artists Gain World Class Support For those in the art community in Albuquerque, it is a point of pride to be home to Tamarind Institute. Not only is Tamarind one of the world’s finest collaborative lithography workshops, it also offers the only printer training program of its …
FUSE Makerspace: Multimillion Dollar Machines for AllBy City AliveJanuary 30, 2020Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinCNM Ingenuity’s FUSE Makerspace provides education and access to state-of-the-art fabrication equipment to anyone who wants it On any given weekday afternoon at FUSE Makerspace, the space is humming with activity. Someone is learning to use the metal lathe for a personal construction project. Several 3D printers are churning …
Lab Retirees Lend Expertise to Local Small BusinessesBy City AliveJanuary 30, 2020Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinA group of retirees from the Labs and Air Force Base is working with startups and small businesses in Albuquerque who need their advanced skill sets—for free. New Mexico is home to some of our country’s highest level scientists, engineers, and technology professionals: Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos, …
Talent and Skill Development in High Growth IndustriesBy Robert DelCampo, Executive Director, UNM innovationAcademyNovember 19, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinEntrepreneurship Is a Growing Ecosystem, Sprouting in the Desert How the innovationAcademy Works with City Alive to Create Change By Rob DelCampo, Executive Director, UNM innovationAcademy It may appear from statistics that New Mexico is a dry, dustbowl of education and business, blowing away …
The Private Sector’s Responsibility to Educational Outreach and Mentorship By City AliveNovember 19, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinNora Tocci of Contrast, Inc. talks about her company’s investment in the future of Albuquerque We’ve all heard about the dreaded “brain drain” that haunts Albuquerque: young people tend to get their degrees in-state, then leave for cities with (supposedly) more and better job opportunities. This …
Ensuring the Future of New Mexico’s Agricultural EconomyBy City AliveNovember 5, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinStudy by UNM’s Shraddha Kunwar highlights the problems that young farmers in New Mexico face today, and some potential solutions. The smell of green chiles roasting in the autumn and the earthy taste of blue corn are icons of New Mexico’s unique culture. Agriculture has always been a …
How Lilia and Silvia Beat the BanksBy City AliveOctober 15, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin“Banks don’t believe in food trucks,” says Lilia Avila. To the banks, it didn’t matter that business at the Fiesta Mexican Food Truck was booming. Demand for their catering events and homemade salsa was overwhelming, but their food trailer was too small to keep up. They wanted to upgrade. …
UNM’s Partnership with the Air Force Research Lab Is Changing the Future of Aerospace Photo from the UNM Newsroom.At this very moment, there’s a tower on Sandia Crest sending experimental, high frequency microwaves across the city. Using frequencies outside the range of conventional electronics, this tower is used to collect data on potential electromagnetic signals for future space communications.It’s a …
Closing the Gaps in the New Year By Robin Brulé | Chief Executive StrategistWhen we embarked on this experiment in collective impact nearly five years ago we did not know where the path would lead. We knew Albuquerque was facing some of our toughest economic challenges. We knew there were no simple solutions. We knew that progress toward realizing our …
