As the semester was drawing to a close, students on UNM’s main campus were treated to something out of the ordinary. A drum circle turned heads as it echoed around campus all the while an a cappella group broke out in song and a variety visual artists...
Even zombie meals follow some rules. At least that’s the argument Melissa Francis, a graduate student with an interest in zombies presented in her final project for CJ 502. Her project, “Zombies and Brains: Food and Humans as Food in Zombie Films and...
When graduate Dominic Aragon talks about NASCAR racing his eyes light up. The Communication and Journalism major lives hundreds of miles from the nearest NASCAR race track. So how did Aragon get full media accreditation to interview drivers and work...
Neon signs lit up the night on Route 66 and beyond. University of New Mexico’s Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock flipped the neon switch once more through their new book The Zeon Files.
Childs, professor of architecture and associate dean of research in the...
In a new study published this week in the journal “Nature,” UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Melissa Emery Thompson is one of a group of researchers analyzing the way humans store fat and expend the energy from food.
Once you’ve been introduced to UNM’s Professor of Photography Jim Stone, it’s easy to recognize him on campus with his long white beard. Walking by, he exudes such coolness you want to give him high-five or a chin-nod. Recently, this anything-but-typical...
A new article in the journal “Nature” this week paints the outlines of a group of people who began to populate the land we know as modern day Europe starting 45,000 years ago. The article pieces together the work of researchers from dozens on...
With a little bit of extra time and support, students at The University of New Mexico with low test scores are able to learn necessary skills to pass first-year composition courses thanks to an innovative and now award-winning program designed to...
Richard Tobin, former director of strategic planning and interim president of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, has been appointed director of UNM’s Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, Harwood Governing Board Chair Marcia Winter announced...