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A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at The University of New Mexico is reaching the end of its fruitful contract with RWFJ and is in transition to its new initiative, the UNM Center for Social Policy. The RWJF at UNM has...

A new Native American Budget and Policy Institute launching this week aims at empowering Native American communities to improve their health, education and economic well-being. The NABPI will conduct research, budget and policy analysis, social justice...

The University of New Mexico’s Summer Institute in Community Based Participatory Research for Health, hosts a presentation titled, Uneven Power Relations, the Built Environment, and Policy Tools for Community Based Participatory Research, on Friday, June...

University of New Mexico graduate student Cindy Nava has been selected to attend the first-ever "United State of Women Summit" hosted by the White House Tuesday, June 14 in Washington D.C. First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey have...

The University of New Mexico’s Office of Vice President for Research presents the campus-wide inaugural Community Engaged Research Lectureship Award, one of the highest honors presented to UNM faculty, on Thursday, April 14 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Nina...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor Gabriel Sanchez spoke to hundreds of attendees, including federal lawmakers, at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual policy conference.

New survey information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been released by researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico. The survey shows an increasing number of Hispanics, who now have health care insurance due to ACA.

The RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM hosts a sneak preview screening of the forthcoming documentary, "The Raising of America," on Thursday, April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Uptown, located on Louisiana and Menaul Blvds. NE in Albuquerque. The...

A two-day symposium, “Early Childhood Development & Health Symposium: The Intersection of Science, Policy, & Practice,” is scheduled for Thursday, April 23, beginning at noon; and Friday, April 24 ending at 5 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Uptown, located at Louisiana and Menaul Blvds. in Albuquerque.