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UNM-Valencia hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate years of planning and the construction of the Workforce Training Center (WTC). The WTC will house vocational and computer labs, classrooms, offices, indoor/outdoor common areas and the Small...

A team of researchers from The University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) conducted an inventory survey of the insects and other arthropods of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, and sister park, Cuatrociengas Protected Area,...

Amid a risk of the Rio Grande going dry through Albuquerque this summer and growing threats to the state’s water supplies, The University of New Mexico has named Scott Verhines to be the next director of the UNM Water Resources Program. A New Mexico...

The basic definition for the Spanish language word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the verb querer, which means "to want” or “to love." But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions...

Recent University of New Mexico Ph.D. graduate Jocelyn Colella has been awarded the 2021 Popejoy Dissertation Prize for her work studying the genetic diversity of weasels. Her research, including the use of resources at the UNM Center for Advanced...

“Run with empathy. Support families in need.” That’s the motto of the 2021 Footsteps for Families jogathon charity event happening this Saturday, July 3. The event, co-hosted by Running Medicine and the Native Health Initiative, is an opportunity for...

The Santa Fe Opera and New Mexico PBS (NMPBS) will soon present “From Page To Stage,” an original iCOLORES! series on the making of John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s new opera The Lord of Cries. The series offers an inside, multi-part view on the creative...

University of New Mexico Ph.D. student David Camak, professor and curator of fishes at the Museum of Southwestern Biology Thomas Turner, and professor Megan Osborne recently published a paper about their research on analyzing genomic sequences of fish,...

This week, New Mexico in Focus continues its in-depth look at the state’s newly legal recreational cannabis industry. While June 29 marked the day the law went into effect, the state says April 2022 is likely when stores will open. As New Mexico...

Robert Alexander González, dean of the UNM School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) will serve as the President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) beginning July 1, 2021. ASCA membership includes all accredited architecture...