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The Cultural Properties Review Committee (CPRC) voted unanimously to grant a 2021 Heritage Publication Award to Professor Moises Gonzales, Professor Emeritus Enrique Lamadrid and the UNM Press for Nación Genízara. The CPRC is a professional...

The Maxwell Museum at Anthropology recently welcomed a new curator of Archaeology, Kari Schleher, who holds a joint position as assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. Schleher earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from UNM in 2010. She comes...

In New Mexico, the High Road between Taos and Santa Fe connects landscapes, cultures and histories in a ring of natural beauty. The route inspires a long tradition of artistry and literary excellence. The University of New Mexico Press’s new imprint High...

Four titles published by the University of New Mexico Press recently were selected as winners of the 2020 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. The awards, managed by the New Mexico Book Co-op, honor the best books in New Mexico and Arizona. Results were...

Michael Millman is joining The University of New Mexico Press as a senior acquisitions editor. Millman will work towards acquiring books in the subject areas of American, U.S. Western and military history; anthropology and archaeology; environmental...

It was somewhere around the dawning of the Age of Aquarius and the San Francisco music scene was thriving when a new art form evolved. To promote concerts by not-yet-legendary musicians like the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis...

Winners of the 2019 New Mexico–Arizona Book Awards were announced at a luncheon held Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Tanoan Country Club in Albuquerque. The awards, managed by the New Mexico Book Co-op, honor the best books in New Mexico and Arizona. Titles...

The City of Albuquerque’s 2019 Creative Bravos Awards recognize people who bring depth and creativity to their communities, including several from The University of New Mexico.  Trupthi Panickor | School of Architecture and Planning Trupthi Panickor...

This week’s guest on Report from Santa Fe is Stephen Hull, director of The University of New Mexico Press, in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the UNM Press. Report from Santa Fe airs KNME New Mexico PBS, Sundays, 8 a.m. on Ch. 5.1 (excepting...

Two University of New Mexico Press books recently received awards from New Mexican organizations. Long Night Moon: A Novel, by Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl, received the 2019 Zia Book Award from New Mexico Press Women (NMPW). Long Night Moon concludes...