College of Arts & Sciences

The University of New Mexico's Native American Studies and Chicana & Chicano Studies departments host the third annual Ethnic Studies and Alumni Town Hall on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. it’s being co-hosted by each program’s Alumni...

The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine recently released its annual Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics' issue, and The University of New Mexico is well represented. Every year, the magazine puts together the lists to chart the national...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico has announced its Fall 2020 Im/migration and Human Rights Series, co-sponsored by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, and El...

Family, friends and colleagues will come together Sunday, Nov. 10 to celebrate the life of UNM Professor Ruth Trinidad Galván. At a young age, Galván and her four younger siblings, Esmeralda, Teodoro, Juan Carlos and Abraham moved to Los Angeles,...

The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies is hosting an event with Representative Christine Trujillo as the keynote speaker.  The event is aimed at highlighting lasting contributions of the Chicano/Latino Civil Rights Movement in New Mexico and its...

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: counting all the people residing in the United States. Not only is the count mandated by the U.S. Constitution, it also affects the allocation of funding for our community’s public...

National debates about historic, sometimes controversial, art on college campuses are opening conversations at The University of New Mexico. The focal point? ‘The Three People’s Murals’ in the historic west wing of Zimmerman Library on UNM’s Main...

Chicano culture runs deep in New Mexico. It’s in the food, the politics, the music, the art – shaping nearly every corner of the state and flowing through the veins of many who call the Land of Enchantment home. That tremendous influence is what’s...

The University of New Mexico’s Chicana and Chicano Studies department is hosting Fandango Burqueño on June 3 from 2 – 10 p.m. at the departmental offices located at 1829 Sigma Chi Rd. NE.

Called the ‘Dean of Chicano writers’, University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus and author Rudolfo Anaya is being honored by President Obama as one of 12 recipients of the 2015 National Humanities Medal.