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We’ve all been there – reaching for another heap of potatoes or ambrosia, sampling everything on the dessert tray, maybe one too many eggnogs, and suddenly we’re more stuffed than the rib roast and feeling guilty. Don’t beat yourself up, it happens to...

Each year, the UNM Office of Sustainability gets questions about recycling after Christmas.  Most Christmas wrapping paper and ribbon cannot be recycled because they contain metal and that is why reusing gift bags is recommended.  But you can recycle...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and president of the Society for the Advancement of Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) and UNM student Ayse Muniz discuss efforts to encourage New Mexico...

The University of New Mexico is set to go on winter break starting Wednesday, Dec. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 3, meaning many departments on campus will be closed during the holidays. Check the hours of the office you plan to visit. Information...

“It was a beautiful mistake.” These were the words Melvin Mariano used to describe how he inadvertently came to be a participant in an internship experience at UNM-Gallup. Mariano needed an extra class to maintain his part-time academic status when he...

University of New Mexico Emeritus Professor of English Gary Scharnhorst authored, Mark Twain on Potholes and Politics: Letters to the Editor, which has been selected for inclusion on Choice magazine’s Outstanding Academic Titles list, scheduled to appear...

A new book written by The University of New Mexico Department of Sociology chair, Richard Wood, takes an in depth look at the work being done to overcome racial inequality in the United States and to figure out how we, as a society, work across the racial divides we’ve inherited.

University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo “Cheo” Torres announced that Dean of Students Tomás Aguirre has resigned to take a position at Texas A&M-Commerce beginning in spring 2016. Aguirre accepted a position as...

Vice President for Research at UNM Mike Dougher has announced a major reorganization of the management of various centers and institutes at the university.   The newly-formed  Institute for Policy, Evaluation and Applied Research (IPEAR) is...

As part of the UNM BeKind initiative, and in the wake of the recent tragic events happening in our community, country, and the world, the UNM BeKind team wanted to do its part to not only help prevent road rage incidents, but other senseless, violent...