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Myrriah Gómez, an associate professor in the UNM Honors College, first monograph, Nuclear Nuevo México, was recently awarded a Southwest Book Award by the Border Regional Library Association. The book examines how Nuevomexicanos have been affected by...

For the first time in El Puente’s nine-year graduate school experiential trip history, students were able to trade their eight-hour drive for a one-hour plane ride thanks to the generosity of Southwest Airlines. The airline donated 34 e-tickets valued at...

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning (SA+P) and the Thornburg Foundation announce the 2024 Jeff Harnar Awards winners. Garrett Thornburg created these awards in 2007 to honor the legacy of the late local architect Jeff Harnar...

The Department of History, with sponsorships and support from the Center for the Southwest, the Feminist Research Institute, the Institute of American Indian Research, the Institute of Medieval Studies, the Latin American and Iberian Institute, Women,...

One of the most unique, popular courses at the University of New Mexico is back fully in-person this summer. Curanderismo, the art of Mexican folk healing, is a tradition passed down through generations both in New Mexico and beyond. With Professor...

Furry friends will return to campus to help soothe the University of New Mexico community for Cuddle a Canine hosted by University Libraries. The event takes...

It’s an extraordinary way to heal, that’s been mentioned in history books and headlines for generations. Now, after 500 years, the teaching of curanderismo is continuing to expand across the Southwest and at The University of New Mexico.  “You know, we...

The Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico announces the 2023 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture, which takes place Monday, March 20, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in UNM Student Union Building, Ballroom C.  Dr....

Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Sam Truett, associate professor of History and director of the Center for the Southwest at The University of New Mexico, will present the Indigenous Borderlands in North America Symposium...

It was a doggone good time at Zimmerman Library thanks to University Libraries and the  Southwest Canine Corps of Volunteers. This group came to campus with a purpose–to help both stressed out students and staff, and stressed out pups, with Cuddle a...