Mellon Foundation has awarded The University of New Mexico a $2 million grant to support students in the Humanities at Central New Mexico Community College and UNM branch campuses in transferring to the UNM main campus in Albuquerque. The program is led by UNM Professor Irene Vasquez.
The basic definition for the Spanish language word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the verb querer, which means "to want” or “to love." But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions...
The University of New Mexico's Center for Regional Studies recently selected Aimee Villarreal to participate in its Scholar-in-Residence Program as a short-term Visiting Research Scholar for the Summer 2021 term. Villarreal received her Ph.D. in...
The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI) at The University of New Mexico will be under new leadership when students arrive back on campus for classes. Irene Vásquez, professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and American Studies, is the new...
The University of New Mexico Department of American Studies presents a public talk with Barni Axmed Qaasim on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. in Education Building, Room 103.
Bárbara Reyes has been appointed director of the UNM Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI). Reyes, an associate professor of History, has research interests that include Chicano History, Southwest History, U.S. Immigration History, Gender and...
Award-winning director Alex Rivera is coming to The University of New Mexico campus to talk about his film, Sleep Dealer, and other current projects during two public events.
Renown filmmaker Alex Rivera speaks at the University of New Mexico on Monday, Oct. 5. The campus-wide event, “The Ins and Outs of Filmmaking,” begins at 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, room 102.
More than 100 local high school students were on the University of New Mexico campus recently for the first ever Ethnic Studies High School Conference.
Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...
A forum to address constituent safety concerns at the University of New Mexico is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 8 at 2 p.m. via Zoom, with members of the University of New Mexico Police Department (UNMPD), Albuquerque Police Department (APD), Federal Bureau...
The University of New Mexico held a safety forum to update the campus community on an investigation involving the deaths of four Muslim men in the Albuquerque-area the last nine month, including three in the past two weeks. The University, along with...
By Lawrence Guy Straus, Emeritus Leslie Spier Distinguished ProfessorJune 22, 2021
Philip Bock, Presidential Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, died in Albuquerque on June 16, 2021. Born in 1934, Bock’s death leaves gaping holes in many domains: the ethnography of the Micmac in Quebec and peasant...
Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope, began transmitting incredible, never before seen images of distant stars, galaxies and planets down to Earth to the wonder and amazement of JWST...
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...
UNM Parking & Transportation Services (UNM PATS) and UNM Health and Health Sciences (UNM HHS) hosts two virtual security and parking town halls on Friday, Aug. 12. The first, from 10 to 11 a.m., is for students, while a second town hall, from 1 to 2...
Liping Yang, assistant professor of Geographic Information Science (GIScience) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at The University of New Mexico, was chosen to participate in the 2022 cohort of the TRELIS project, Training and...
Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...
The UNM Fountain Sculpture was dedicated in 1962 in honor of Herb Goldman (1922-2012), an Albuquerque sculptor who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UNM in 1949.
The University of New Mexico celebrated the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021 inside University Arena, The Pit for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. Congratulations to one and all!!
