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The University of New Mexico’s College of Population Health, in partnership with departments and programs across campus, invites one and all to a forum titled “Creating a Safe Campus Environment: Preventing Gun Violence & Racism” on Thursday, Nov. 21...

In a single day in 2013, New Mexico domestic violence programs served 951 victims. Police responded to 18,954 domestic violence calls, 12,027 cases were filed in magistrate court, and judges issued 7,606 domestic violence protective orders. These and...

For the 19th consecutive summer, Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs and professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, hosts the “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico,”...

ASUNM’s Student Special Events hosts guest speaker Michael Sam on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Student Union Ballrooms from 7 to 9 p.m. Sam will be discussing how to use personal strengths to pursue one’s own dreams. An All-American football star from the...

UNM Human Resources and the Women’s Resource Center have partnered to make available a new lactation room, one of 26 across campus, now open in the John and June Perovich Business Center. From the Bursar’s Office transaction center, to Payroll, to...

The University of New Mexico’s Women’s Resource Center (WRC) was awarded a $300,000 grant through the Office on Violence Against Women's "Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program," one of...

Domestic violence impacts millions of people each year, but it can be prevented. It requires the collective voice and power of individuals, families, institutions, and systems – each of whose “one thing” adds a valuable and powerful component to...

Nurturing families and communities is the central vision of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC), and to that end, August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. In order to bolster and encourage these efforts, The University of New Mexico (UNM)...

According to a recent CNN report, many states, including New Mexico, require more training hours to receive a barber’s license than a police badge. Some states are even encouraging cosmetologists to receive victim response training. It’s part of why...

With the momentum of movements like Me Too and Time’s Up, society is experiencing a shift around sexual violence – how it’s identified, reported and prevented. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time to raise public awareness about sexual...