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...
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...
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...
The University of New Mexico Student Union Building will serve as an early voting location for the 2024 election. The voting location will be in Louie's Lounge, Room 1076 (North End of the SUB, Plaza Level One). EARLY VOTING Saturday,...
The story of La Llorona is an ancient one imbedded in the folklore of Latin America and New Mexico. There are many variations on the theme but, basically, it’s a tragic tale of the ghost of a grieving woman roaming rivers, lakes, or acequias seeking her...
Abrianna Morales, an alumna from The University of New Mexico, will travel to Denver this November to participate in the finalist interview for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the world. Morales, a native of Las...
Eric Lang, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, will lead a new consortium funded by the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to...
A $7 million collaborative research grant will unite four universities in New Mexico to research and develop intelligent additive manufacturing in a project titled, “Research Center for Distributed Resilient and Emergent-Intelligence-Based Additive...
The John Donald Robb Musical Trust at The University of New Mexico will present ¡Música del Corazón! Sacred Choral Music and Ritual Dance on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro on Sunday, Nov. 24, starting at 2 p.m. at Keller Hall on the UNM campus. The...
The Institute of American Indian Research (IFAIR) announces the 3rd annual Luci Tapahonso Distinguished Indigenous Speakers Series, featuring keynote speaker Nancy Marie Mithlo, Ph.D. (Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe). The event will be...
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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