In accordance with UNM leadership and the Bring Back the Pack website, UNM instruction will shift to remote only classes after the Thanksgiving holiday. University Libraries building and service hours will also be adjusted to coincide with this shift....
The November 2020 General Election will be crucial for many reasons, but especially for academic libraries across the state of New Mexico. General Obligation (GO) Bond B, if passed, will provide publicly funded New Mexico libraries with a total of $9.5...
A woman forced underground during political upheaval in Mexico, separated from her four children who were sent to safety, and later deported from her own country for “subversive writing” – what sounds like a suspenseful plot is actually the real-life...
UNM University Libraries (UL) is re-opening in a limited way, in order to maintain safe and health COVID-19 practices. Library buildings will reopen to the UNM Community on Tuesday, Sept. 8. A current Lobo Card will be required to enter. Zimmerman...
The Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections (CSWR) is introducing a new method of delivering its semester lecture series, People & Places. The virtual lecture series will be delivered through Zoom and will feature researchers and experts in...
The University Libraries continues to plan for fall course resource needs, specifically on efforts to move to electronic course reserves for fall 2020 due to COVID-19. The University Libraries (UL) recommends requests for electronic course reserves for...
The University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR) is offering limited onsite research opportunities. Since the closure of library buildings in March, researchers have hoped for access to CSWR collections onsite. CSWR...
After six years at The University of New Mexico, Richard W. Clement has announced his retirement and will step down as the dean of the College of the University Libraries and Learning Sciences (ULLS) on June 30. During his time, Clement has overseen...
From alternate histories to dystopias and from cyberpunk to space opera, the UNM University Libraries is inviting the campus community to celebrate science fiction this summer while making vital connections during these socially distanced times. The...
Dr. Paul Platero, Edge of the Water Clan, died Nov. 16 in an automobile accident. Platero served as director of the Navajo Language Program at The University of New Mexico from 2007 – 2014. Platero grew up in Canoncito, now Tohajiilee, about 30 miles...
To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...
A parking lot on the University of New Mexico’s Central Campus has been partially turned into a COVID-19 testing site for students. “This is a preventative measure as part of our Bring Back the Pack initiative,” said Byron Piatt, the UNM Emergency...
The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...
The University of New Mexico is once again offering The Lobo First-Year Promise for Fall 2021. Qualified first-time freshmen who have graduated from a New Mexico high school and have an annual family income of $50,000—roughly the state’s median family...
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...
In honor of their outstanding contributions to community service, the UNM Office of the President recently announced the winners of the 2020 Sarah Belle Brown award. They are Robert O. Valdez (faculty award) Amy Beggin (staff award) and Mirella Galvan De...
In 1896, a team known as the Hyde Exploring Expedition began excavating Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon. As they worked, they numbered the rooms, including one they labeled Room 28, which had a burned roof and walls. They were about to move on to excavate...
Through virtual workshops, students learned how to fold the bags and heard a bit of history on Luminarias and Farolitos. It's part of the 2020 virtual edition of UNM's Hanging of the Greens tradition.
COVID-19 screening stickers peeled off UNMH badges and put on hospital signs remind first responders and practitioners how much they mean to our community.
For the second year in a row the Salsa Showdown helped kick off this year’s UNM Gives Campaign, which began Oct. 1. For more information, visit UNM Gives Campaign at https://unmgives.unm.edu/.
