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Victor Polyak, senior research scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UNM, was recently awarded the National Speleological Society (NSS) Science award for his dedication to the research of caves. Polyak manages the UNM Radiogenic...

The University of New Mexico Parent Association hosts its annual student scholarship fundraising golf event, on Saturday, Oct. 3 at UNM’s prestigious Championship Golf Course with registration beginning at 11 a.m.

This week, New Mexico in Focus takes a behind the scenes look at the Albuquerque stop of Antiques Roadshow. The latest season of the program kicks off next Monday, Sept. 28 – Oct. 12 in Albuquerque. Gene Grant sits down in studio with series executive...

President Barack Obama has proclaimed Sept. 14-20 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) week. According to the proclamation, Hispanics are projected to account for almost one-third of our Nation's population by 2060 and ensuring they have...

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning kicks off its fall lecture series with a presentation from Kim Yao - principal of Architecture Research Office, Friday, Sept. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Garcia Auditorium in George Pearl Hall, Central and Cornell NE on the UNM main campus. Architecture Research Office (ARO) is the New York City firm led by Stephen Cassell, Kim Yao and Adam...

This week at the New Mexico State University campus, nine UNM students will attend the Domenici Public Policy Conference, where they will present questions to each speaker. Students from NMSU, UNM, ENMU, New Mexico Tech, and Western New Mexico ...

The University of New Mexico-Valencia campus has received the Public Partnership Award from the Mid Region Council of Governments. UNM-Valencia campus Executive Director Alice Letteney accepted the honor from MRCOG executive director Dewey Cave and board...

Debra Martin, the Lincy Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas presents the XLI Journal of Anthropological Research Distinguished Lecture, titled “Hard Times in Dry Lands: Apocalypse in the Ancient Southwest or Business as...

Ann Ravel, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency created to administer and enforce campaign finance laws in the U.S., speaks Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Student Center in Anderson School of...

Former University of New Mexico Professor Edward DeSantis had a special way of connecting with students with an impeccable, down-to-earth scholastic approach with an Ivy League demeanor. DeSantis, 78, died peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 8. DeSantis, who...