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Albuquerque Business First magazine names some of the most powerful and innovative women in the state each year as “Women of Influence.” Among the 30 honorees for the 10th annual award is the University of New Mexico’s Michèle Huff. From a record 450 ...

Brian K. Gibbs, a public health practitioner with 30 years of experience in health disparities reduction, has been appointed associate vice chancellor for the Health Sciences Center’s Office for Diversity and assistant professor in the Department of ...

Along with UNM’s planned Innovate ABQ initiative; CNM is now launching an educational and entrepreneurial center in Downtown Albuquerque. The CNM STEMulus Center, to be located in the First Plaza Galeria, is designed to provide a new educational ...

Jeannie Baca has been appointed the new director for Student Affairs at the University of New Mexico-Gallup. Baca comes to UNM‐G from Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque where she was the associate dean of the School of Applied ...

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 ...