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Assistant Professor of History Holly Guise has been awarded two national fellowships to support her research on the colonial/Indigenous relationship during World War II Alaska. Guise is one of 60 recipients of the American Council of Learned Societies...

Two recent grant awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Advanced Study will help support the development of a new book by Associate Professor of History, Sarah Davis-Secord. These awards will allow her the opportunity...

The University of New Mexico Black Alumni Chapter announces the recipients of its 2023 Trailblazer Awards including Brandi Stone, Simone Vann and Gerald M. Byers. These three remarkable individuals will be celebrated amongst community members at the...

An inaugural event organized by the R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography and the Center for the Southwest will bring some of the leading experts in Indigenous Cartographies together to initiate important conversations in critical...

A new international partnership is official, between the University of New Mexico and the University of Nagasaki. Dr. Shigeru Kono, President of The University of Nagasaki and his team of advisors visited UNM today to establish a new exchange program...

Startling research in 2020 by a team from The University of New Mexico revealed that many UNM students were not getting their food and housing needs met. The research report Basic Needs Insecurity at UNM showed both food and housing insecurity prevalence...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships are presented to researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out...

A rat runs through a maze to reach the other side. Whether there’s a reward strategically placed, the presence of water, or an alteration in the rat’s brain chemistry, it’s a test most people can picture or remember. The goal is to uncover some...

A touching tribute for one late University of New Mexico professor is taking place, not in the Southwest, but in the Southeast. The University of Georgia (UGA) hosts its Wind Ensemble Concert Thursday, Feb, 16. In addition to local performances, there...

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...