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The UNM Prevention Research Center and the Rio Grande Institute present the next lecture in its Journal Club Series titled, "Fueling the Obesity Epidemic? Artificially Sweetened Beverage Use and Long-Term Weight Gain," with Dr. Robert Kong on Tuesday, ...

The University of New Mexico Community Learning and Public Service (CLPS) office in the Division of Student Affairs was recently awarded a $400,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich.CLPS main initiatives include intentionally ...

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning hosts a Public Interest Design Institute Friday-Saturday, Sept. 16-17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pearl Hall, located on the UNM campus. Register by Aug. 17 to receive a $100 discount.The ...

It was less than a year ago that voters tapped John Sanchez to be the state's newest Lt. Governor. But since that time, Sen. Jeff Bingaman made the decision to retire at the end of his current term. The unique circumstances were too much for Sanchez to ...

Accelerated studies of mental illness with unique neuroimaging techniques and an expanded network for research has been advanced with $3.2 million in awards this summer to The Mind Research Network (MRN). The awards include a National Institutes of ...

The 2011 Lobo Reading Experience selection is "The Scalpel and the Silver Bear," by Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D. Alvord, surgeon and university administrator is the daughter of a white mother and a Navajo father, neither of whom completed college. She ...

Bradley Ellingboe, professor of music and regents lecturer, returned recently from Europe where he led concerts in Budapest, Hungary; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Prague, Czech Republic. The concerts featured members of University Chorus. In addition to the ...

The University of New Mexico Children's Campus for Early Care and Education was awarded the New Mexico PreK grant, funded by the New Mexico Children Youth and Families Department and the State Public Education Department.The New Mexico PreK initiative ...

Latin American and Iberian Institute Visiting Scholar Miguel Neneve presents, "Travel-writing on the Amazon in the Nineties," Monday, Aug. 22, at noon at the LAII, 801 Yale NE, on the main UNM campus.Neneve is a professor in the Department of Foreign ...

Late in the summer of 1670, five traders crossed what is now called the Jornada del Muerto on their way to present-day Chihuahua. One of them strayed from the group and soon called out that he had found human remains. After taking a look, one of the men ...