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This week, New Mexico in Focus discusses the results of the recent legislative session with a panel of former state lawmakers. Also, two experts talk on state and national gun policy, addressing the amount of gun-related deaths in New Mexico.

Marc Powell, owner of Albuquerque-based transportation company ReCARnation, is donating the use of two vehicles benefiting two initiatives in the UNM School of Engineering: the Lobo MotorSports Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) team, and outreach and research efforts led by the Center for Water and the Environment.

The University of New Mexico Dean of Students office recently hosted the fifth annual ‘Alternative Spring Break’ (ASB) trip. Eight students visited New Orleans with staff members Lisa Lindquist and Anna Trio. Students and staff assisted Camp Restore, a nonprofit organization, with several community-based partners to continue aiding the community 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.

The University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute presents Joe C. Leestma, master's candidate in Latin American Studies, who will offer his thesis defense in Brazilian Studies, "A Tropical Flour: Manioc in the Afro-Brazilian World, 1500-1800," on Thursday, April 2 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the LAII conference room. The event is free and open to the public.

From James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehicles for topical commentary. More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, women’s rights and immigration.

High in the Atacama Desert, around 10,000 feet, anyone with a computer and Google Earth can look at the fields around Turi, Chile and see small...

The UNM School of Architecture and Planning and the Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII)  host three finalists next week for the position of Assistant Professor of Latin American Development Planning.

The University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management prepares students for the world they will face when they leave the university - even if they are only freshmen today.

The University of New Mexico Department of Civil Engineering hosts the 2015 Rocky Mountain Regional Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers from April 9-11.

The UNM Biology Department hosts its 24th Annual Research Day and Open House this Thursday and Friday, March 26-27. The annual event is a showcase of student research celebrating discovery and education in the biological sciences.