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Michael Hix, associate professor of Voice, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Music at The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts. Hix served as associate chair for five years under the direction of former chair Professor Eric Lau....

The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) recently announced UNM-Taos Dual Enrollment Program’s proposed session, “Expanding Dual Enrollment: Hispanic and Tribal Communities in Rural Southwest,” will be presented during the...

Philip Bock, Presidential Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, died in Albuquerque on June 16, 2021. Born in 1934, Bock’s death leaves gaping holes in many domains: the ethnography of the Micmac in Quebec and peasant...

Gabriel Sanchez and Shannon Sanchez-Youngman at The University of New Mexico are helping lead a national effort to understand effective COVID-19 vaccine messaging and hesitancy factors. The massive American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll is a partnership between...

The American Society of Mammalogists announced University of New Mexico Professor Felisa A. Smith as president-elect at its 100th annual meeting last week. The Society, established in 1919, is the oldest and largest mammal society in the world. She is...

The Summer Intensive Research Internship (SIRI): Creating Technology to Help People is currently in session. The internship is an 8-week summer program that provides competitive stipends, housing and meal plans, and travel allowance. The program...

The next edition of “Engineering in Action: How Our Innovation is Impacting Our Community,” a periodic virtual series presented by The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, will feature a discussion with researchers from UNM’s Center for Water...

For the fifth year in a row, students from UNM's Arabic program were awarded the prestigious U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). Two students were awarded scholarships this year. Here is the list of current and past UNM...

As The University of New Mexico continues the planning process for its full return to normal operations on Aug. 2, UNM senior leadership will host a staff virtual town hall on Thursday, June 24 from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Join President Garnett S....

This week on New Mexico in Focus, after testifying at a congressional hearing on PFAS last week, New Mexico Environment Secretary James Kenney joins the show to talk about trying to pressure the federal government to set standards for exposure to the...