The Southwest Film Center and the Albuquerque Chinese American Film Festival (ACAFF) invites students, faculty, and staff to meet award - winning filmmakers, directors, editors, and producers who craft films about social justice. The event brings five...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a time to honor and celebrate the many Indigenous cultures and communities around the country, even here at The University of New Mexico. On Monday, Oct. 14, there will be several events to celebrate the holiday on campus from...
The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts hosts its third annual ARTSSPLASH event on Wednesday, Sept. 25. ARTSSPLASH 2024 will celebrate Fine Arts at UNM and raise awareness about the various programs within the college. The event will take...
The Department of Film & Digital Arts within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico announces the first scholarship specifically for the Department, created to support Indigenous Native Students, and a new course titled Indigenous...
Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson, a The University of New Mexico alumna, has joined the Film & Digital Arts Department as an assistant professor. Originally from Tohatchi, N.M., Emerson received her degree in Media Arts in 1997 from UNM and her...
Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards. The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New...
Trinity Moody didn’t grow up watching television, but they do plan to make a career out of writing for TV shows. They recognize the irony. Moody will graduate this month with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Digital Media with a focus in...
The Associated Students of The University of New Mexico Southwest Film Center (ASUNM SWFC) is preparing for the 2024 Cherry Reel Film Festival. This event, sponsored by the Albuquerque Film Office, is a marvelous showcase of UNM student filmmakers'...
Brian Levant admits he didn’t choose to enter The University of New Mexico to engage entirely in rigorous academics. However, during his time at UNM, he found his passion, graduated, and has gone on to have a highly successful career in the TV and film...
UNM Health Sciences Center RR is on a 2-hr. delay Nov. 8. Classes & work hours begin at 10 a.m. No delay on UNM Main Campus. All clinical services at UNM Hospital, Sandoval Regional Medical Center and UNM Medical Group are operating on a normal...
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...
Professor Sonia Gipson Rankin is a Professor of Law at The University of New Mexico School of Law. Her work focuses on the legal and justice implications of new technologies like artificial intelligence, implicit bias, and criminal justice reform, as...
Registration for the Spring 2025 semester at The University of New Mexico begins on Monday, Nov. 11. The class schedule is now available online. Students may check their registration date by visiting my.unm.edu and clicking the Registration and Records...
Collaborative studies using new analytical techniques combined with traditional field geology in one of the world’s premier geologic laboratories have led to new views of the Cambrian explosion of life. Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6...
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has announced four finalists for dean of the Honors College. Each candidate will hold open forums for students, staff, faculty, and also a presentation,...
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...
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) will publish a series of stories highlighting immigration issues and concerns. The series is titled Immigration: A Look at the Issues. To help set the background for the...
Voters in New Mexico gave higher education in the state a funding boost for brick-and-mortar projects with the decisive approval of GO Bond 3 in Tuesday’s general election. GO Bond 3, a statewide $230 million bond, will fund more than 40 projects at New...
The University of New Mexico will be closed for Winter Break beginning Friday, Dec. 22 through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. UNM wishes one and all a safe and happy holiday season!
This year a new balloon can be spotted in the sky, 'Cherry On Top,' the official University of New Mexico hot air balloon. UNM and Rainbow Ryders, Inc. revealed the new UNM hot air balloon ahead of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta as 'Cherry On Top' made its first public appearance on Johnson Field.
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