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Approximately 200 Navajo men and boys recently attended a “Hero Twins Workshop” held at the University of New Mexico-Gallup campus. Students, family members and other supporters were encouraged to attend to learn about their Navajo traditions and ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the show celebrates International Women's Day on March 8 by talking to winners of the Women in Technology awards, sponsored by the New Mexico Technology Council. NMiF correspondent Furhana Afrid interviews Julianna ...

Innovate ABQ, the University of New Mexico planned hub for entrepreneurial education and economic development will be a central part of a new initiative announced by Mayor Richard Berry this week. The partnership brings in an initial $100,000 ...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute, UNM Continuing Education and the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, offer a unique opportunity to experience "Mexican Cuisine & Culture: Pre-Hispanic to Modern Times," June 15-22. The trip is open to the ...

It has long been known that birds and bats have small genomes, but the cause was uncertain. Now researchers at the University of New Mexico have shown that the genome shrinks over evolutionary time in species that spend lots of energy on flight. This ...

Cipriano Frederico Vigil is the most important performer of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The book, "Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest and New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero del ...

First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on 35 years of field research by a giant of modern music. Composer John Donald Robb (1892–1989), a ...

Members of the 20 fraternities and sororities at the University of New Mexico concluded their annual Greek Week activities this past week.  Every year around the last week of February, the UNM Greek community gathers in the name of competition and ...

The UNM Office of the President Office and College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences host a lecture on Friday, March 21 from 3 - 5 p.m. in Zimmerman Library Willard Room.

Over the decades, the University of New Mexico has been a pioneer in sustainability and conservation, saving the finite resources of the earth, and ultimately utilizing tax payer dollars in the most efficient way possible. This has been accomplished ...