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Lillian Walker remembers as a child when money was tight as the family bounced between low and middle income and having an injury meant waiting to see if she was hurt enough to be taken to a doctor. Healthcare bills meant struggling to pay for food and...

Enter the Sydow home in Albuquerque and the powerful and loving bond between Mackenzie Sydow and her brother Michael is immediately noticeable.

A team from The University of New Mexico will present Shared.Futures, a unique collaborative event that brings together science and art at Adult Night at ¡Explora!, the center for activities in science, technology and art in Albuquerque. Shared.Futures...

New Mexico is home to many thriving Indigenous communities, yet due to outdated information and data, the real stories of those communities are not being told. A transformative initiative started by a team at The University of New Mexico wants to help...

The give and take of the economy and those who drive it is a topic that UNM’s Center for Social Policy (CSP) strives to highlight as part of their mission to address social inequalities.    In a new, joint cross-campus research project from CSP...

The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently Dr. Nina Wallerstein of The University of New Mexico has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Nina Wallerstein Wallerstein will complete a...

There’s more that meets the eye when it comes to most things in life. In one specific area of research, however, the impulse to dive deeper and look beyond the surface had long been avoided.    That’s something UNM Sociology Professor and director and...

This Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center (WRC) wants to give Lobo women the tools to help themselves all year. As part of a jam-packed series of events for this historic month, the WRC shifted their focus from celebration to...

Every year, hundreds of students are nominated by their institutions based on their records of leadership, public service and academic achievement. Two University of New Mexico nominees, Lizbeth Olivarez and Andrew Schumann, were selected and announced...

A new report from The University of New Mexico and PSE Healthy Energy examines which communities in New Mexico are most impacted by pollution from large facilities. The report, “Climate, Health, and Equity Implications of Large Facility Pollution...