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Every culture has pottery, says assistant professor Clarence Cruz, who teaches Pueblo pottery classes at The University of New Mexico. Regardless of anyone’s ancestry, every culture uses clay for utilitarian and aesthetic purposes, from Mexican saltillo...

From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a complex process lasting thousands of years and involving multiple waves of Pleistocene and early Holocene period immigrants entering into the Neotropics.  Paleoindian...

The Safer Buildings Coalition hosts a special pilot version of its regular Seminar Series on Aug. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Ballroom C at The University of New Mexico’s Student Union Building. This interactive seminar is based on model codes...

For the second time in as many years, uninvited guests took up residence near the entrance to the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the campus of The University of New Mexico (UNM). Nested within the decorative trim of the carved window covering adjacent...

Every New Mexican counted in the 2020 Census could result in about $3,000 more federal dollars for our state. That means serious funding for New Mexico is at stake this spring when the U.S. Census Bureau completes its count on April 1, 2020. “If...

A UNM Alumnus and captain of the 2008 College Bowl team will soon be back in the national spotlight.  Jason Zuffranieri, who led the UNM College Bowl team to a second-place finish 11 years ago, is competing on “Jeopardy!” Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. on...

Jerome (Jerry) Hall, a professor emeritus at The University of New Mexico Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, died July 8 at his home in Albuquerque. He was 75. He taught for 34 years at UNM, including seven years as...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with Nikki Nojima Louis, who was among 120,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated in camps across the West during World War II. Nojima Louis now lives in Albuquerque and works with the...

Sharon Head, doctoral candidate in Special Education at The University of New Mexico, was recognized by the Moriarty-Edgewood School District with the New Mexico School Boards Association 2019 Excellence in Student Achievement Award. The Excellence in...

The UNM Student Fee Review Board (SFRB) is now accepting applications for the FY 2020-2021 budget recommendation process. UNM departments seeking funding from student fees are encouraged to submit completed applications by the Sept. 6 deadline. SFRB is...