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This Friday, Tamarind Institute hosts a jubilee in honor of three long-time employees as they begin their retirement. Marjorie Devon, Bill Lagattuta, and Rodney Hamon, who combined have contributed more than 75 years of service to the institute, will all...

This month, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at UNM hosts a variety free events open to the public. The world–renowned Maxwell Museum analyzes the history of humankind and its many cultures with an emphasis on Southwestern history.

University of New Mexico Art Museum presents “Necessary Force: Art in the Police State,” Friday, Sept. 11 through Saturday, Dec. 12 in Center for the Arts building. The exhibition probes the systemic forces in our past and in our society that continue...

UNM Political Science Professor Lonna Atkeson is one of two recipients of the Society for Political Methodology’s 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award anounced recently. The award committee wrote this in the citation for Atkeson. “The committee wishes ...

More than 50 Albuquerque organizations have joined together for Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 until Oct. 15. The national theme this year is “Honoring our Heritage. Building our Future.” The organizations have formed an alliance to promote...

Gov. Susana Martinez was on the University of New Mexico campus Wednesday kicking off her Summit on Higher Education. As the event’s keynote speaker, Martinez discussed a variety of issues facing higher education; focusing on the need for a more unified...

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has made a new $20 million healthcare education building at UNM West one of its capital project priorities for submission to the Higher Education Department.  The annual HED submission is the first step in ...

UNM students have an opportunity this year to think about the issue of immigration, not really from a political point of view, but from the viewpoint of immigrants. This year's book for the Lobo Reaching Experience is “Enrique’s Journey,” a novel based...

Reed Benson, Weihofen Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Water and the Environment at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.  

Michael Kroth presents “Lives that Matter: Reflections on Profound Learning and Living,” a free lecture on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. in Student Union Building Lobo A and B. A reception precedes the event at 5 p.m. in the third floor lobby of the...