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Blood donations save lives, and this week ASUNM Community Experience is sponsoring its annual Spring Blood Drive.  Click the link beliw to sign up online: Tuesday, Mar. 6 Blood Mobile (outside the SUB) - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ballroom A (inside the SUB) -...

One of the keys to successful work in a community-engaged  approach to preventing disease and promoting healthy living is the creation of mutually beneficial partnerships. In community-based research, the inclusion of participants in every aspect of a...

Every year since 2011, Lobos have traveled to New Orleans (La.) to participate in the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Program. Sponsored by the Dean of Students Office, ASB is a service-learning opportunity for UNM students where they will develop and use...

New Mexico has nearly three dozen higher education institutions, which together absorb about $750 million of this year’s general fund budget and service more than 100,000 students. “With 31 public higher education institutions in our state, can we can we afford to have them all?"

Every year nearly four million babies are born in the United States. All babies, whether they are born early or on time, benefit from advances in prenatal and postpartum care made possible by the March of Dimes.  Since 1970, March for Babies has been...

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM) is partnering with a local resource center Albuquerque Heading Home to give homeless students the support they need.

The University of New Mexico hosts the 2016 UNM Campus-Community Forum on Friday, April 15. The forum gives faculty, staff, students and community the opportunity to make connections and interact with UNM’s outreach and engagement community. The Forum...

The Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture is now accepting submissions for the annual award that will be announced on February 20. This prestigious prize is made in honor of the late Jeff Harnar, well known for his...

The bi-annual Paul Ré Peace Prize has opened the 2016 nomination cycle. Artist Paul Ré is recognized internationally for promoting world peace and harmony through his masterful creations. For four decades, Albuquerque resident Ré has shown how serene and elevating art can act as a model for living and can inspire us to find our inner depth and express it outwardly through good works.

Monica Kowal has been named associate dean of the newly designated Office of Community Engaged Learning & Research (CELR) in University of New Mexico’s University College. Formerly the Research Service-Learning Program, CELR will serve as an...