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The University of New Mexico is part of a new National Science Foundation-funded engineering research center that will develop new technologies to produce fuels from U.S. shale gas deposits that could inject $20 billion annually into the economy. UNM...

It is with great sadness that the UNM Sociology Department says goodbye to one of its emeritus faculty members, Bob Fiala. He passed away on July 28, 2017 after valiantly fighting pancreatic cancer. Professor Emeritus Susan Tiano and Professor Felipe...

At the beginning of this summer, close to a few-hundred would-be attorneys took the New Mexico Bar Exam with hopes of passing the rigorous test to become a licensed practitioner of law. The New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners (NMBBE) just released the...

Every year, Americans commemorate the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. On that date, 39 founding fathers signed the document that became the cornerstone of law in the United States of America. The Constitution...

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is creating a new free online resource, making archives more accessible to students, families, researchers and communities.

In the courtyard of UNM’s Maxwell Museum, a totem pole stood for many decades, weathered by seasons and avian inhabitants. Its beauty and physical condition faded by age, was one concern for university anthropologists—the other, was trying to understand...

A researcher in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has received $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation in two separate grants to study issues of water quality using holistic approaches that have never been attempted...

The University of New Mexico Black Alumni Chapter is honoring the recipients of its 2017 Living Legends and Trailblazer awards in a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29 in the Centennial Engineering Auditorium located on UNM’s main campus. This year’s...

This week’s New Mexico in Focus Producer Sarah Gustavus interviews documentary editor Paul Barnes, a Santa Fe resident who is one of the editors of the Ken Burns epic 10-part, 18-hour series The Vietnam War, which begins airing on NM PBS, Ch.5.1, Sunday....

September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month across the United States. With that in mind, The University of New Mexico hosts its second annual Safety Week, Sept. 18-22, featuring a weeklong schedule of events designed to promote campus...