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This week on New Mexico in Focus, a Russian-American living here in New Mexico is working to raise awareness and support for the innocent people fighting for their lives in Ukraine. He shares the one issue that he thinks is standing in the way of...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico and head of the Syed Neural Diversity Lab, is hosting Building Diversity in Neuroscience, a workshop this week for local high school students as part of his Pueblo...

The Center for Community Geography at The University of New Mexico is hosting a workshop later this month, a great opportunity for people outside the University to learn about new initiatives in community geography, and for students and faculty to hear...

Out of hundreds of applications from talented educators, Brooke Zanetell, UNM-Taos Natural Resources Management program director, has been selected by the non-profit organization Ecology Project International (EPI) to participate in an 8-day Teacher...

The Office of the Vice President for Research has recently partnered with the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education and Human Sciences to pilot the Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program,...

With more than 50 years of experience working at two-year colleges and 27 years dedicated to The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus, Alice V. Letteney has announced she will step aside as chancellor, effective July 31. “It has been an honor and a...

The University of New Mexico’s long-scheduled Journal of Anthropological Research 52nd Distinguished Lecture will host Christina Warinner, a bioarcheologist at Harvard and the Max Planck Institute best known for her research on the evolution of ancient...

At first glance, a research conference may sound like an event reserved for professors or graduate students. However, conducting research is a crucial skill for undergraduate students.  For students planning to go to graduate school, undergraduate...

Community member Maewyn Padilla is spreading positivity across The University of New Mexico with her chalk art masterpieces. Although drawings will fade, the impression remains.      “Temporary art is something I adore and gives me perspective on what...

The UNM College of Arts and Sciences recently announced three full-time faculty members were selected to receive a 2022 Marshall Award for Course Development and Curriculum Enhancement. Each Marshall Award winner will receive $2,000 to support the work...