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University of New Mexico Professor Emerita Helen Damico, who founded the school’s Institute for Medieval Studies, died April 14 from complications arising from COVID-19. Damico also established the Institute’s popular annual Medieval Spring Lecture...

The English Department at The University of New Mexico hosts the Fall 2019 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Symposia series featuring Indigenous research, art and activism of the Southwest. Featured events are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, Thursday, Oct....

UNM graduate student Brian Hendrickson is leading the charge on revamping how higher education recruits, teaches and retains students. The Rhetoric and Writing doctoral candidate says the responsibility isn’t just on institutions – it is also on...

Andrew Bourelle’s first novel has not even been released, but is already gaining national recognition. “Heavy Metal” is a coming-of-age tale, about trying to find one’s balance in an unsteady world. Bourelle’s debut novel hits store shelves Feb. 1 and...

The University of New Mexico-Los Alamos’ (UNM-LA) Adult Basic Education office is offering free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and New Mexico High School Equivalency (HSE) prep classes beginning Tuesday, July 5 and running through Aug....

The Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee and the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) announced the 2015-16 UNM Teaching awards recently, honoring educators from around UNM. Every year the Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee selects...

With a little bit of extra time and support, students at The University of New Mexico with low test scores are able to learn necessary skills to pass first-year composition courses thanks to an innovative and now award-winning program designed to...

UNM Assistant Professor of English Cristyn Elder has been elected by the members of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) to the Executive Board. One of three newly elected members of the nine-member board, Elder will begin a three-year...

Timothy Graham, professor of history at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the 2016 Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Medieval Academy of America Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA).

Distinguished writer N. Scott Momaday is the featured speaker for the fourth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union Building ballroom. ...