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University of New Mexico African American Student Services presents their 30th Annual Black History Month Kick-off brunch in the Student Union Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year’s speaker is Roslyn M. Brock, who will focus on...

Distinguished Santa Fe preservationist Nancy Meem Wirth has been selected as a 2015 George Pearl Fellow by the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. Her Pearl Fellow presentation, "Preserving What Matters,” is Friday, Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the...

University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of History Virginia Scharff is the first author/researcher of “Women and the Myth of the American West,” published in Time magazine.

The University of New Mexico's Provost Committee for Staff (PCS), under the direction of Provost Chaouki Abdallah, has chosen the recipients for the Academic Support Scholarship for Spring 2015 semester.  

Last year, University of New Mexico film major Nick Nelson presented the pilot of “The End Begins” to a packed house and great reviews. Fans eagerly awaited...

Just prior to winter break, University of New Mexico President Robert Frank received a letter from Higher Education Department Secretary Jose Garcia notifying him that the Legislative Lottery Scholarship award would no longer cover 100 percent of tuition. UNM has stepped in to cover the reduction for most students affected by the cut.

Extreme climate events such as an El Niño or La Niña weather patterns can wreak havoc on global economies, health systems, and plant and animal communities. In tropical Costa Rica, where rainfall is usually abundant, researchers from the University of...

In the United States popular stories of heroes and villains, bandits and fallen women are seen in films or graphic novels. In Brazil those tales frequently come in cordéis or little books hung on strings, filled with narrative poetry and popular images...

Kevin K. Washburn, assistant secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, and former dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, will be honored with the ABA’s prestigious Spirit of Excellence Award at the ABA Midyear Meeting on...

The UNM Dean of Students Office (DOS) hosts the fifth annual “Alternative Spring Break” (ASB) Sunday-Friday, Mar. 8-13. The Alternative Spring Break gives UNM students the opportunity to travel to New Orleans, La. to assist Camp Restore with several community-based projects for Hurricane Katrina survivors.