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The University of New Mexico's Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice will welcome Shiv Desai as its new director starting July 1. Former director Shinsuke Eguchi will leave UNM for Wake Forest University in North Carolina this...

This week, New Mexico in Focus sits down with Leon Howard, the new executive director of the ACLU of New Mexico to discuss his priorities as he takes the helm of the local chapter of the national civil rights organization. Plus, Howard weighs in on a few...

The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) recently held its annual summer conference in New Mexico to showcase and discuss the latest research findings, contributing to the knowledge and advancement in environmental and resource...

The University of New Mexico will test its emergency notification systems on Tuesday, June 17, at 11:02 a.m.  The test will include all parts of the University's warning systems, including sirens, e-mail, text messaging, social media updates,...

Charla Orozco, director of The University of New Mexico’s Office of Institutional Analytics, and Alejandra Villalobos Melendez, who leads institutional research at UNM-Taos, have been selected as Strategic Data Project fellows, an initiative of the...

New research from The University of New Mexico's School of Law advocates for increased intervention by school psychologists on campus instead of officers, emphasizing their crucial role in school safety.

From New Mexico to Norway! Sharon Erickson Nepstad, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at The University of New Mexico, is heading overseas next spring for research after being awarded a prestigious grant at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, questions remain for Santa Fe's Institute of the American Indian Arts (IAIA) as the school's federal funding is threatened to be cut. Robert Martin, president of the institute, gave Senior Producer Lou Divizio his...

Recently published research from a Ph.D. graduate from the biology department at The University of New Mexico finds that frequent fires have the potential to reduce tree water stress.

Rosa Vallejos-Yopán, a linguistics professor at The University of New Mexico, has received the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award to further her research on Amazonian languages in Peru.