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The University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections recently teamed up with the Albuquerque Museum on the exhibition, "Dictators and the Disappeared: Democracy Lost and Restored” by loaning several collection items to be on...

New Mexico found itself at ground zero of a changed world on July 16, 1945 when scientists from the newly created Los Alamos National Laboratory detonated the world’s first atomic bomb, exposing nearby communities to radiation. Just 34 years later to the...

Áine McCarthy has been named director for The University of New Mexico Women’s Resource Center (WRC) following a competitive national search. She began working at the WRC as an advocate supporting student survivors on campus, and most recently served in...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line Opinion Panel rejoins the show. After the release of the film Oppenheimer, Gene Grant asks the panel about the legacies of nuclear testing in New Mexico and whether the film should have included an examination...

The Department of Music within the College of Fine Arts at The University of New Mexico takes great pride in announcing the first scholarship specific to jazz studies. The Richard Karmel Endowed Scholarship in Jazz Studies will be awarded each year to a...

UNM School of Public Administration (SPA) graduate student Sharilyn Roanhorse is the true model of a key idea: never stop learning. Roanhorse was just chosen for the incredibly prestigious, competitive American Hospital Association (AHA) Institute for...

After a three-year hiatus, the Museum of Southwestern Biology’s annual open collections tour recently returned – better than ever. Over the course of two separate events, Evolution Revealed brought 600 people into the museum to view some of the four...

The saying that it’s about the journey, not the destination, would be an apt way to think about The University of New Mexico’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineering (FSAE) LOBOmotorsports team. In June, the team competed in the Formula SAE...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a grant of $4 million to The University of New Mexico's Southwest Environmental Finance Center at a ceremony Monday, July 24. The Investing in America event was held in the Centennial Engineering...

This summer, University Communication & Marketing is getting outside, and hitting the road with its  newest series: "Adventure Abound at UNM." We will explore the Outdoor Adventure Center, a unique UNM amenity with biking, getaways, classes, and...