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Journey through the Route 66 New Mexico towns in Route 66 Connected, a multimedia presentation to celebrate the Centennial. The presentation offers a unique look at the historic significance and multicultural nature of the “Mother Road” in New Mexico and...

The Center for Regional Studies is hosting a screening of its newest documentary called he Rio Grande: A Century of Water, Land and People in the Middle Valley at the Guild Cinema Sept. 23.

The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) welcomed its new postdoctoral fellow Jorge Hernández. His one-year appointment will be spent developing his manuscript Corazones Urbanos: Critical Literary Regionalism and Southwest Cities.

As climate change intensifies drought conditions across the Southwest, researchers at The University of New Mexico are examining how agricultural water is used in one of New Mexico’s most critical river systems.

In the basement level of Zimmerman library, voices of 20th-century New Mexicans echo through the halls. Community elders and leaders often speaking Spanish unique to the region share stories and wisdom on tape. 

Student researchers from UNM’s Lobo Language Acquisition Lab, Language Documentation Lab, and Indigenous Child Language Research Center presented at this year’s Indigenous Language Institute Symposium (ILIS), held recently at Sandia Resort and Casino....

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Regional Studies (CRS) has selected Emma Ressel, a UNM Master of Fine Arts alum, as its 2025–26 postdoctoral research fellow.

A University of New Mexico alumnus made it his goal to make the Navajo language easier to learn. Now, he’s getting to see in real time how his efforts are impacting the community. 

The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) recently welcomed a new director. Damián Vergara Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Spanish & Portuguese and Hispanic Linguistics from The University of New Mexico. 

The names Rev. Charles Becknell, Sr., Ph.D., and Harold Bailey, Ph.D., have echoed through the University of New Mexico’s history. Now, they each represent the title of a collection available to researchers at the Center for Southwest Research.