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Although liberal studies programs often get a bad rap for being too vague, students at The University of New Mexico say the flexibility of the degree allows them to pursue their interests while building a career path. The UNM liberal studies program was...

In a thoroughly unscientific study based on random stories told by traveling Burqueños, there’s a one in three chance that saying, “I’m from Albuquerque” will prompt some version of the response, “Oh, cool! Breaking Bad!” A now quintessential part of...

On a mission to provide a healing artistic outlet for University of New Mexico and Health Sciences Center (HSC) students, faculty and staff, the Health Sciences Center Orchestra shares the joy of music with the HSC/UNM community and the greater...

The reservoir was demolished, the rubble was cleared and preliminary foundation work began weeks ago in preparation for a day that was more than two decades in the making at The University of New Mexico – the official groundbreaking of a new facility...

It is often said that the journey is more important than the destination, but sometimes the destination is hard-won. For author Mohsin Hamid, Bookworks and The University of New Mexico English department, that destination is coming in the form of an...

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR), a group dedicated to finding solutions to the education problems in New Mexico, has announced a formal name change to UNM Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI). According to...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of...

In a lot of ways, understanding quantum mechanical equations in an effort to predict what will happen between reactants such as atoms and molecules resulting in complex phenomena in chemistry can be exhausting, and mind boggling to many. Yet, without the...

University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Leslie McFadden is the 2017 recipient of the Kirk Bryan Award for Excellence awarded by the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Seattle, Wash. recently. McFadden, who is a member...

A mountaintop observatory in Mexico, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or...