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Next time you bite into a juicy apple, enjoy a ripe watermelon, or add spicy green chile to your burger, try to imagine what it takes to get that food from the farm to your table. Farmworkers work long hours often in unbearable conditions. They are...

When our neighbors and community members face challenges, many of us wonder how we can be of assistance. When it comes to protecting undocumented youth and families in New Mexico, the UNM Dream Team is here to help. This group of inspiring student...

The University of New Mexico’s Main Campus Bookstore will be open select Saturdays over the course of the next several months. The Main Campus Bookstore will be open the following days: March 24 – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. April 14 – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. ​May...

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 happens every few years, and boy does it make a difference. While students were away for spring break, UNM’s Physical Plant Department (PPD) undertook the arduous job of emptying the campus pond for a deep cleaning and what they find every year is...

Two groundbreaking lectures will take place at UNM School of Law on Thursday, March 22. First, Professor Deleso Alford from Florida A&M University College of Law presents the Henrietta Lacks and HeLa Cells portion of “The HER-story” series on...

On her first official day as a new Lobo, UNM President Garnett Stokes did something that made her a part of the pack—she picked up her LoboCard. Every new Lobo, whether here to learn or work, shares that common experience of getting a UNM ID card....

In what is a very special time for The University of New Mexico Anthropology Department—its 90th anniversary of the department, 80th for serial anthropological publications by UNM and nearly the 75th of the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology/Journal of...

Her path to leadership wasn’t intentional, but her decisions as a leader have been deliberate. Garnett S. Stokes was a psychology professor who wanted better for her department, when no one stepped-in to help, she stepped-up. Now decades later, she’s the...

This past December, a group of interdisciplinary students from The University of New Mexico traveled to Nepal, where they learned to pronounce Siddharthanagar and focused on awareness initiatives as part of the Himalayan Study Abroad Program. Offered...