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A new center designed to create community and foster success in students of Asian American, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) heritage is scheduled to open at The University of New Mexico this fall. The mission of the new UNM Asian Pacific...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced the appointment of Dr. Eric Lau, Professor of Music – Saxophone and Chair of the Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, as the dean of...

Four talented local high school students have been presented with the inaugural Promising Artists Awards from The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts. The winners are poet Akyra Cordova of Santa Fe; Paolo Serino, film and digital arts,...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced today the appointment of Dr. Arash Mafi as interim dean of UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mafi takes over for Mark Peceny, who has served as...

In April 2020, as everyone struggled to adjust to the unprecedented changes brought about by the COVID pandemic, the American Planning Association New Mexico Chapter (APA-NM) began to discuss ways to help as an organization...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, The Line opinion panel looks at recent outcomes for big ticket taxpayer items. This past weekend saw the long-awaited first successful suborbital flight by Virgin Galactic. Launched from New Mexico’s Spaceport America,...

The University of New Mexico is conducting a national search for a new chief of police. Former chief of police, Kevin McCabe retired in June 2020 after 10 years of service. The UNM Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency with the...

A panel of Asian American leaders recently discussed their journeys and several areas of thought that affect Asian American communities such as the terms model minority, forever foreigner and the tricultural myth idea. The panelists, University of New...

Two students from The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts recently released a video featuring a song they co-wrote and perform. What started as a joke between them about becoming a band became a reality and both hope the new song and video is...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded The University of New Mexico a three-year, $500,000 grant to develop software that utilizes Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to capture and process data from astronomical telescopes. GPUs render the...