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Despite a lack of in-person courses and the “normal” level of social interaction, New Mexico college and university students showed up (virtually, of course) in force for the Spring 2021 Rainforest Pitch Competition. Once again, students were only given...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the campus of The University of New Mexico is holding a special Passport to People family day that will encourage people of all ages to make Eco Explorations in Pottery and celebrate spring with a day in the...

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center hosts a blood drive on Friday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The UNMH Blood Drive will be held at the Pavilion in the 1st floor lobby. “We save live every day at UNMH,” said Kate Becker. UNMH CEO....

J. Scott Tonigan, director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions (CASAA) at The University of New Mexico knows that the impact of research done stretches far into the Albuquerque community and beyond. He has been with CASAA since its...

Each year, the University Libraries and the Center for Regional Studies funds graduate fellowships for the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections (CSWR). The Graduate Fellows work alongside full-time staff to process special collections,...

The Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities at the University of New Mexico and the UNM Art Museum will host a public talk by storyteller and cartoonist Zeke Peña. The Center appointed Peña as its inaugural Art & Ecology Artist-in-Residence for the...

Two University of New Mexico students, Elizabeth Ramsell and Danna Mayer-Llamas, were named 2021 Coca-Cola Academic scholars, highlighting their academic success and leadership within the community. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the...

April 1 kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month and groups across the country are joining the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) in pledging to create safe spaces online.   This year, the NSRVC’s campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness...

Last year, Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, traveled to Italy on a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. The grant allowed her...

Jennifer Nez Denetdale, professor of American Studies at The University of New Mexico, will be honored at the sixth annual Community Engaged Research Lecture. The annual event is one of the highest honors UNM can bestow on a faculty member in recognition...