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In the heart of the Albuquerque campus, The University of New Mexico will begin construction on the new Humanities & Social Sciences building on Thursday, Oct. 22, on the site of the previous Humanities facility. The estimated $130.5 million project is...

Leaders, faculty, staff, and students at The University of New Mexico recently gathered to bless the land where the future Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) building will be constructed and to share what they hope students will find there.

When the design team for The University of New Mexico's new Humanities & Social Sciences Complex (HSSC) wanted to understand Pueblo Revival style, they didn't just study examples like UNM’s Zimmerman Library. They got in a car to see “what Pueblo Revival...

Throughout the remainder of 2025, the Humanities Building located on the southern edge of Smith Plaza on UNM Central Campus will be demolished to make way for the new state-of-the-art Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) Facility.   A construction...

UNM's 2024-2025 cohort of the WeR1 Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program proudly welcomed a diverse group of 18 researchers, each bringing unique perspectives and expertise to the initiative. In April, all 18...

As part of the University of New Mexico’s continued growth and evolution, construction projects will be underway throughout the summer of 2025 as things quiet down at the Albuquerque and Branch Campuses. Outdated structures will be replaced with...

Voters in New Mexico gave higher education in the state a funding boost for brick-and-mortar projects with the decisive approval of GO Bond 3 in Tuesday’s general election. GO Bond 3, a statewide $230 million bond, will fund more than 40 projects at New...

The University of New Mexico-Valencia campus says a new grant they recently received will be ‘revolutionary’ to their Humanities classes, putting a spotlight on the studies.

Last year, a team from The University of New Mexico created a project titled a Library, a Classroom, and the Worldfor the prestigious Venice Biennale art exhibition Personal Structures in Venice, Italy. The team, headed by co-curator, professor of Art &...

University of New Mexico alumna Henrietta Mann, along with "Native America Calling," the live radio show that airs on UNM’s radio station KUNM, were two of the 12 recipients awarded the 2021 National Humanities Medal presented by the National Endowment...