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Good morning.While both houses have recessed until Monday morning, members of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee are working this weekend on the big state budget bill. This afternoon (Saturday), they will be briefed on the proposed revisions ...

The Latin American and Iberian Institute presents, "9/11 and U.S.- Latin American Relations," by Peter H. Smith, Latin American scholar and author, Monday, Jan. 23 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in Social Sciences room 2069. Smith specializes in comparative ...

Sometimes casting is the hardest part of the job.There's a show opening locally in a couple of weeks and they have a major part they're still trying to cast. They'll get it solved and I'm sure it'll be fine, but getting the right person is ...

The UNM Art Museum presents two photography exhibitions revealing selections from the renowned permanent collection, some never exhibited before, and a commitment to present internationally recognized artists. The opening reception on Friday, Feb. 10, ...

The 2012 legislative session has begun and New Mexico in Focus discusses the key points of the State of the State address by Gov. Susana Martinez, plus what leaders from both sides of the aisle expect from the session. Lawmakers reveal what's ahead as ...

Pavel Shlossberg discusses his community-based ethnographic and oral-historical research related to Indian Arts and the Politics of Race and Culture in Central Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Zimmerman Library's Waters Room. A ...

Interim Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced the first of several public lectures in connection with the activities of the University Council on Academic Priorities (UCAP). The first talk titled, "Disinvesting in Universities, Disinvesting in Ourselves," ...

Shannon Sanchez-Youngman got her undergraduate degree in political science at UNM. She briefly pursued a graduate degree at the University of Minnesota and conducted research there. "It was so abstract. I felt like I wanted to do something in the world," ...

The seventh annual Success in the Classroom: Sharing Practices that Work conference is set for Wednesday, Feb. 15, on the top floor of the Student Union Building. The luncheon keynote address by Noah Finkelstein, director of Integrating STEM Education ...

Remember 7th grade social studies and learning about Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca? He was the Spanish explorer who landed in what is now Tampa Bay in the 1520s, made his way to Galveston, but most of his men didn't. You probably didn't learn about Cabeza ...