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It’s a full week to celebrate and recognize the land we stand on in New Mexico and beyond. In conjunction with the national Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 14-18 and Geographic Information System (GIS) Day, Nov. 16, The University of New Mexico’s...

Protecting an endangered language is just as consequential as safeguarding animals on the verge of extinction. The Navajo language faces threats to its vitality just as imperiled animals do. Like protecting the planet, preserving a language, and the...

The University of New Mexico recently initiated the planning process for its new, updated Integrated Campus Plan (ICP), and is looking for feedback and ideas from the campus community. The ICP will replace the 2009 Master Plan and address all UNM...

Forty-two percent of people say they can’t work out because they don’t have the time, according to a 2019 poll. Seventy percent in another poll said they don’t have a routine that works for them. Another reported 15 percent of people are just not happy...

UNM Communication & Journalism Professor and health scholar Tamar Ginossar has just received a prestigious career award for her extensive public health communication work. The American Public Health Association (APHA) is presenting Ginossar with the...

A historic celebration is coming to not just the University of New Mexico, but the entire country on Nov. 8. It’s the 55th anniversary of the Higher Education Act, legislation signed into law by Former President Lyndon Johnson. He proposed to Congress...

A large part of the next wave of Indigenous school principals will come from The University of New Mexico. There’s a growing group of dedicated learners aiming for that goal, in the Promoting Our Leadership, Learning, and Empowering Nations (POLLEN)...

A new opportunity to support local craftsmen and women is coming from the University of New Mexico. UNM Continuing Education is hosting the first ever New Mexico Arts & Crafts Festival Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organizers say this event, also...

Because of the “nerd” association, Taos Academy instructor Lee Shawver thinks computer science gets a bad rap. But that doesn’t deter him or his students from learning how to manipulate, manage, transform, and encode computer software information. The...

The University of New Mexico is highlighting a wide range of educational, cultural, social, and topical events for this November, in honor of National Native American Heritage Month.   This month was signed into law by former President George H.W....