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This is the last month UNM faculty and staff can subscribe to the 2020-2021 Popejoy Presents season in Popejoy Hall at half price and secure their seats for Hamilton. Broadway in New Mexico subscribers are guaranteed seats to Hamilton, which has been a...

A University of New Mexico research center has recently been awarded a $19 million award to conduct communications, positioning, navigation and timing projects, which have been deemed a priority to the U.S. Space Force and other military and governmental...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 37,968 people in the US were diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, during 2018. In this same year, at least 15,820 HIV-positive Americans died. Modern medicine has made impressive...

The LAII has announced the appointment of Dr. Frances Hayashida as Director of the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII). Hayashida brings to the LAII a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching on Latin America in the field of Archaeology,...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics Naomi Shin has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.  “This award is a tremendous honor to me. I care so deeply about teaching...

In a virtual ceremony set for Thursday, Aug. 6, winners for the annual Paul Ré Peace Prize will be recognized. Winners will be named in several categories including one winner in the general category, four lifetime achievement awardees, three career...

Life after law school has been anything but sedentary and sedate for Professor Emerita Sherri Burr. Burr officially retired from teaching three years ago after a distinguished career that spanned 30 years, a noteworthy span that saw her become the first...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering will welcome a new leader this academic year with the arrival of Hyoung K. Lee. Lee, who comes from Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), will begin as department...

A professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was recently selected for a New Mexico EPSCoR Mentor Award. Ali Bidram is one of two professors to receive the award. Nominated by their mentees, recipients...

Every summer about this time, water is on the minds of many New Mexicans. There never seems to be enough precipitation to fill the reservoirs and dry riverbeds, even as summer monsoons flood arroyos and bring welcome relief to parched gardens. A new...