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UNM Staff Council is exploring new ways for staff to network and share interests. It is launching UNM Staff Affinity Groups to help build social and professional networks that promote inclusion, mentorship and success for staff, and aid in recruitment...

Dr. Jennifer Denetdale was honored with the 6th annual University of New Mexico Community Engaged Research Lectureship (CERL) award. Denetdale is a professor of American Studies and a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Denetdale is also is the director of...

The University of New Mexico  Department of Theatre and Dance, UNM Fine Arts, and graduate student/teaching assistant Amy Yourd will present new theatrical work in the 2021 Linnell Festival of New Plays. The event is the centerpiece of UNM’s award...

Local residents are invited to join The University of New Mexico R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography in the City Nature Challenge. The City of Albuquerque will take on Phoenix, Ariz., to see which city can log the most uploads of local plants and...

It was back in 1610 when Galileo Galilei made the first telescopic observation of Mars and ever since, the fascination with the red planet for scientific research has grown astronomically. Over the course of the next century, astronomers have discovered...

March 13, 2020 Three days before University of New Mexico President Garnett S. Stokes and leadership made the arduous decision to further protect the Pack from a virus that was quickly moving its way into the state, a bustling campus-life of 40,000...

Paying with LoboCash, both on and off campus, is about to get more rewarding. UNM’s LoboCard Office is integrating DishOut, a new transaction processing platform that will provide Lobos with secure payment processing, promotions, loyalty rewards, and...

Public Archaeology student Emily Hayes-Rich was standing at the base of a mountain in Santa Fe preparing for a hike recently when she found out she had been selected for a Fulbright Award to support her master's research Old Answers to New Questions:...

Jane Lancaster, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She joins other eminent anthropologists selected for the honor, including the late...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the co-hosts of the NMPBS podcast Growing Forward speak with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about New Mexico’s new recreational cannabis laws, which legalize the practice starting at the end of June, with sales to begin a...