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The University of New Mexico is inviting the community to a series of events commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month.  Since 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the U.S. to recognize and honor past and current Hispanics, Latinxs and their...

Three University of New Mexico professors are winners of the Crossing Latinidades Collaborative, Cross Institutional, and Comparative Research Working Groups and Latino Humanities Studies Grant Competition, sponsored by the Mellon Foundation. The...

The University of New Mexico now offers an online Master of Chicana and Chicano Studies – the first of its kind in the country. Chicana/o culture is ingrained into the lives of New Mexicans. The culture shows in NM food, architecture, music, and more....

Seven University of New Mexico students are being commended for their achievements and contributions to the campus community. Abigale Aldrich, Muskan Amin, Ansely Emeanuwa, Ana Milan Hinostroza, Brittany Huddleston, Jacob Silva and Maria Vielma have been...

Considering the broad and wide implications of the Chicana and Chicano Studies (CCS) program at The University of New Mexico, it’s no wonder that the department’s goal for CCS graduate studies degrees has been received with such resounding...

Chicano culture runs deep in New Mexico. It’s in the food, the politics, the music, the art – shaping nearly every corner of the state and flowing through the veins of many who call the Land of Enchantment home. That tremendous influence is what’s...

It’s been about a year since the Chicana & Chicano Studies (CCS) program became an official department at The University of New Mexico. But, in that short amount of time, the unit has undertaken its first self-study and external review, shedding light on some impressive gains.

When Faculty Senate met last month to vote to designate Chicana and Chicano Studies a department, more than 100 people congregated in the hallway waiting anxiously to hear the result of the vote. When it was approved, the crowd erupted in jubilation. No...

The UNM Faculty Senate meets on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Scholes Hall Roberts room. The senate votes on a variety of academic program revisions, as well as a vote to designate the Chicana and Chicano Studies program as a...

Nationally syndicated cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz speaks at the University of New Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in the Honda Auditorium, located in George Pearl Hall, corner of Central and Cornell NE.  Join Chicana and Chicano Studies, ...