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A new center designed to create community and foster success in students of Asian American, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) heritage is scheduled to open at The University of New Mexico this fall. The mission of the new UNM Asian Pacific...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced the appointment of Dr. Eric Lau, Professor of Music – Saxophone and Chair of the Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, as the dean of...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced today the appointment of Dr. Arash Mafi as interim dean of UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mafi takes over for Mark Peceny, who has served as...

In April 2020, as everyone struggled to adjust to the unprecedented changes brought about by the COVID pandemic, the American Planning Association New Mexico Chapter (APA-NM) began to discuss ways to help as an organization...

The University of New Mexico is conducting a national search for a new chief of police. Former chief of police, Kevin McCabe retired in June 2020 after 10 years of service. The UNM Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency with the...

A panel of Asian American leaders recently discussed their journeys and several areas of thought that affect Asian American communities such as the terms model minority, forever foreigner and the tricultural myth idea. The panelists, University of New...

Two students from The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts recently released a video featuring a song they co-wrote and perform. What started as a joke between them about becoming a band became a reality and both hope the new song and video is...

UNM is honoring the outstanding directors, employees, student employees and departments that make up the Division of Student Affairs through the Lucy Awards. This year the Lucy Awards will be held in a virtual, pandemic-safe was, as recognition of those...

Lt. Col. Thomas Chae is departing as head of the UNM Army ROTC program at the end of the month to continue his military service at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Chae worked at UNM for two years—over half of which was encompassed by the pandemic.  “It wasn’t...

Associate Professor Anna Nogar of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of New Mexico and UNM Mexico Studies Chair Lorena Ojeda-Dávila, professor at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, recently collaborated on a...