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It’s no secret that newly sworn-in Vice President of the Navajo Nation Richelle Montoya has made history. Every time you search her name, you see her groundbreaking accomplishment: the first woman to take on that helm. Still, there’s so much that lies...

One UNM Communication & Journalism Professor is seeing what all the buzz is about–and if he can change it.   Dave Keating is a purveyor of strategic communication. That entails the development of a certain message or campaign meant to reach a certain...

Signaling the beginning of a safer, more accessible, and even more beautiful Klauer campus, the groundbreaking for Phase 1 of infrastructure upgrades recently took place at UNM-Taos. A UNM-Taos project has been funded to create a new Klauer campus...

One University of New Mexico Ph.D. student is embracing the Hawaiian term ‘ikaika;. Leilani DeLude is dedicating her educational mission, with immense determination, to the island she was born and raised on.  DeLude just received a $2,000 Diversity...

The University of New Mexico Creative Writing Program hosts alumnus and National Poetry Series Award-winning poet Jake Skeets for two events.  Skeets will read his poetry in the Garcia Honda Auditorium of George Pearl Hall at the School of Architecture...

“A good education can change everyone; a good teacher can change everything.” That’s one of the many adages about the crucial role a teacher plays in a student’s life. It’s an even more impactful one when the instructor resembles the children who look...

Frances Hayashida, professor of Anthropology and director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, has received the Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly category for Rethinking the Inka:...

After a two-year hiatus, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s annual Ancestors lecture will return with a talk by The University of New Mexico assistant professor and evolutionary anthropologist Ian Wallace. The lecture will be Thursday, Feb. 16, at 6:30...

A series created by students in a class in the Film and Digital Media Arts Department at The University of New Mexico recently won an award and may be on its way to the TV screen. Drifteen, a short film created by FDMA students...

The University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of History Richard Etulain points to his Spanish Basque-born father when explaining why he’s such a prolific writer. This year he has four new books being released, his 61st through 64th. “Dad always...