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The New Mexico Local News Fellowship and Internship Program has just launched its fifth cycle with a record seven fellows and eight interns who will work in newsrooms around the state. That is double the normal number of young journalists. The growth...

The term research – originally derived from the French word "recherche” in the 1500s – means "to seek," more specifically to seek new knowledge, and that’s a firm practice Omathanu “Om” Perumal has believed in since he was a child. It’s the mantra that...

Dr. Nora Domínguez, director of the Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico, and Dr. David Law, professor at Utah State University Uintah Basin, are the editors of the new comprehensive handbook Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective...

Nine women faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2023 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will explore how to reduce the number of Native American students with dyslexia, why some...

The University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections recently announced the addition of A Book of Cranes to its permanent collection. This collaborative masterpiece brings together 12 New Mexico poets and artists to capture the...

This week, New Mexico in Focus looks back on some of the key stories of the last few months that will have lingering impacts around the state.  Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus speaks with Mario Atencio, whose family lives on the eastern Navajo...

Jesse Alemán, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies, has been named the 2023-2024 Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Worcester, Mass. He will be the senior fellow in residence at the AAS, where he will...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named interim deans across several areas including the Honors College, University College and Graduate Studies. The interim dean appointments include...

For centuries, nomadic pastoralists have been moving their livestock with the seasons between camps at the headwaters of the Yenisei River in Tuva in Russia and northern Mongolia. In new research, Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at The...

The University of New Mexico-Gallup has hired an employee who has worked for the branch campus for 17 years as the new dean of instruction effective July 1, 2023. John Zimmerman, the chair of the UNM-Gallup Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences...