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The University of New Mexico Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has added several new additions to its staff for the FY21 academic year. Kathy L. Powers and Marissa Greenberg will join DEI as the 2021 DEI Academic Leadership Faculty (DEI-ALF)...

After a lengthy process, The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents recently adopted a new official seal, which will be implemented throughout 2021. The new seal is simple block lettered design that is centered with UNM’s new logo and the...

UNM Staff Council and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee is hosting a discussion and book release featuring Lloyd Lee, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. Lee, who is faculty at UNM in the Native American Studies Program, will...

There’s no question that online attacks through social media and other online forums has grown exponentially over the years and even moreso. Nationally, online attacks on individuals have increased, often on social media platforms, on message boards, and...

Multi-disciplinary groups from across The University of New Mexico are working together to improve UNM’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. In 2018, UNM received a grant through the Department of Justice’s (DOJ)...

The UNM Division for Equity and Inclusion hosts a virtual townhall on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The townhall, titled Promising Practices in UNM Campus Safety, is being held to hear concerns from the campus community about public safety and...

It was August 28, 1963, when civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital. It was delivered in front of some 250,000 people at the "March on...

The path to change is often difficult to navigate and that is especially the case with the civil rights movement in the 60s and the present-day Black Lives Matter movement. In fact, many have said, ‘two steps forward, one step back.’ While progress has...

From the moment the first African slaves were brought to the shores of Virginia and sold to the colonists there in 1619, the battle for education for African-Americans has been hard-fought and often cruel. As the groundbreaking New York Times 1619 series...

The University of New Mexico's Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) welcomes several new additions to the staff for the FY21 academic year. Professors Nancy López and Elizabeth Quay Hutchison will join DEI as Associate Vice Presidents while Mónica...