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The Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) at The University of New Mexico, recently received a new cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Real Water Technical Assistance (RealWaterTA) Initiative.

New Mexico’s rich history has long connected its people and communities to Latin America, Spain and Indigenous Tribal Nations. As the state’s flagship university, The University of New Mexico is honoring and preserving those deep-rooted connections...

In partnership with UNM Alumni, The University of New Mexico Honors College will host a reception on Monday, Aug. 3 at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at Zimmerman Library as the “Declaring Independence: How America Announced...

In the basement level of Zimmerman library, voices of 20th-century New Mexicans echo through the halls. Community elders and leaders often speaking Spanish unique to the region share stories and wisdom on tape. 

The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive a $7 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help build the technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of small water systems, improve...

The University of New Mexico’s is excited to welcome and host author and alumna, Lillian Gorman. Gorman, associate professor at the University of Arizona, will give a talk on her latest book, Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New...

The University of New Mexico will be represented in a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency advisory council aimed at fostering diversity, equity and inclusion within environmental policymaking and workforce development. Heather Himmelberger,...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico are leading a project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will help introduce undergraduates around the country to careers in the water industry. Anjali Mulchandani, an assistant professor...

The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive $6.2 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for training and technical assistance to small drinking water and wastewater systems serving mostly small...

For more than 20 consecutive summers, Eliseo “Cheo” Torres and Mario Del Angel Guevara, University of New Mexico Chicana/o Studies professors, have hosted “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico.” This two-week...