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For nearly two decades, University of New Mexico Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Lawrence G. Straus, his colleague Manuel R. Gonzalez Morales from the University of Cantabria and their students have spent part of every summer in Spain, in a cave that once held penned goats. They have been searching for a glimpse of the inhabitants who lived in this part of the world between 40 and 3,000 years ago.

The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts is partnering with 516 ARTS to host The Potential Project a talk by guest artist Mel Chin, for “HABITAT: Exploring Climate Change Through the Arts,” a season-long collaboration offering an array of public programs this fall, on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Keller Hall, Center for the Arts.

UNM students and the campus community are invited to attend open forums hosted by ASUNM and GSPA. The forums will be held in the SUB Atrium on Wednesday, Sept. 2 and Thursday, Sept. 3 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. These forums will highlight UNM’s capital...

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Business and Communications Center, a 104,000 square foot building and home to Project ECHO, is the latest UNM building to go green and receive LEED Silver certification. The building, commonly referred to as “1650,” because of its location on University Blvd., recently underwent major renovations.

For the next few years hundreds of young people will have their brains scanned at the Mind Research Network on the University of New Mexico’s north campus as researchers try to understand precisely how normal young brains rapidly develop the complex...

University of New Mexico Staff Council hosts a “Let’s Do Lunch!” Brown Bag lecture, “Sustainability for the Future: Albuquerque Public Transit and UNM Alternative Transportation,” Friday, Aug. 28 from noon to 1 p.m.  at the Faculty Staff Club. The ...

The UNM Student Support Services (SSS) program, part of the TRiO program, was recently awarded funding in the amount of $1.23 million from the U.S. Department of Education to support their program from Sept. 1, 2015 through Aug. 31, 2020. The award process to secure the grant was extremely competitive as the number of applicants increased and the number of programs to receive TRiO funds decreased.

New Mexico in Focus host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists discuss the many sides of a scandal in the administration of Albuquerque Public Schools. Deputy superintendent Jason Martinez, who resigned late last week, is facing felony charges in two...

Nominations for the Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award are now being accepted through Monday, Sept. 28, by UNM’s Office of the President. The award, recognizes the volunteer service work done by members of the UNM community, was established and...

The University of New Mexico's University College has created new programs that not only assist freshmen academically in their first year, but to also help them feel empowered by their education. Academic Foundations courses are designed to help...