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The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...

No, The University of New Mexico's 2020 Homecoming celebration isn't on hold. Together with the UNM Alumni Association, the UNM Bookstores will help to honor tradition, students and alumni by celebrating Homecoming each day with special promos. Starting...

The world’s population is aging rapidly, presenting an urgency to address the health problems of the aged. Critical insights on these problems can be gained by examining how the aging process has been shaped over evolutionary time, and how it is...

During The University of New Mexico’s 2020 Homecoming week, join the Alumni Association as it presents a special Lobo Living Room: Astonishing True Tales of UNM's Early Presidents. The event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. This Lobo...

The College of Nursing and the College of Population Health at The University of New Mexico are operating out of cramped quarters. In fact, the College of Nursing is growing so rapidly that it doesn’t have space to train all of the prospective nurses who...

New Mexico is dealing with difficult times, from economic struggles to a worldwide pandemic and civil and political unrest. The COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare many systemic failures here in New Mexico, often revolving around the issue of racial...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico has announced its Fall 2020 Im/migration and Human Rights Series, co-sponsored by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, and El...

Students on campus may have encountered a change in their visual surroundings recently when crossing Smith Plaza or walking by the McKinnon Center for Management. On the north side of Zimmerman Library, a whimsical large-scale sculpture titled Stone,...

Anna Nogar, associate professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of New Mexico, became interested in the intriguing story of a 17th century cloistered Spanish nun in her undergrad years 20 years...

Living in the “new normal” is going to take new ideas, new products, and new entrepreneurs. And the Rainforest Pitch Competition is where to find them. The event will be an all-virtual this fall, but the prizes will be real!   UNM’s Innovation Academy...