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Science and research are without borders, and with advancements in travel and communications, the opportunities for international partnerships have never been more accessible. Collaboration on an international scale provides numerous benefits for...

For the 19th consecutive summer, Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs and professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, hosts the “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico,”...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with a groundbreaking local figure in the field of public health. Michael Bird is a regular contributor on the New Mexico in Focus Line opinion panel segments, but he is also a...

A free traditional health fair, feria de salud, will be held in conjunction with the annual Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico class in July.  The health fair will be held Wednesday, July 17 from 12:30 p.m. to...

Running Medicine is celebrating 500 runs with people across New Mexico. The community-oriented running group, co-founded by UNMH family medicine doctor Anthony Fleg, is holding a celebration to mark the occasion and all are welcome to attend.  “At...

When Albuquerque was chosen as the host city for the 2019 National Senior Games, it became the second-largest event in the City and the single-largest athletic event in the country with more than 14,000 athletes participating. Not only that, but The...

Through a partnership between the Provost’s Office and the Office of the CIO, The University of New Mexico has finalized an agreement with Adobe that allows UNM to license all main campus and HSC students, and interested faculty and staff, for the full...

Shelece Easterday, who received her Ph.D. in linguistics from The University of New Mexico in 2017, has received this year’s Joseph Greenberg Award from the Association for Linguistic Typology for the best piece of typological research embodied in a...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Megan Kamerick sits down with researchers at The University of New Mexico School of Medicine who have developed a vaccine that carries the tantalizing possibility of preventing Alzheimer’s disease. NMiF...

The modern obesity epidemic is growing, with genetic, metabolic and environmental factors all influencing the trend. However, the obesity epidemic does not affect all individuals equally, with some race and ethnic groups being...