Schools and Colleges

The University of New Mexico's Comadre a Comadre program, housed in the College of Education, plans to expand its Breast Health Pláticas project after receiving a one-year, $25,000 grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The Prevent Cancer Foundation...

Beginning next fall, courses at The University of New Mexico will begin showing new Common Course Numbering (CCN) in compliance with the State of New Mexico’s Higher Education Department (HED) to standardize common courses among the state’s higher...

A new book, Grandparents in Cultural Context is a compelling read calling special attention to the roles of grandfathers and societies seldom represented in literature. This one-of-a-kind book also cites hundreds of references previously unavailable in...

As public schools in Albuquerque open their doors to children for the new school year, there is one elementary school in particular where students and their families can’t wait to gather in the courtyard. As the parents take pictures of their pride and...

The examination of ethnicity and identity – and the oppressions and privileges therein – has permeated everything from pop culture to think pieces to proactive social justice movements. We are surrounded by issues, questions and ruminations regarding...

The Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies (LLSS) and the Department of Linguistics are mourning the loss of colleague and friend Veronka (Vera) John-Steiner, a presidential professor emerita who passed away on Dec. 6, 2017.  All...

Aspiring teachers with a Bachelor’s degree now have a new pathway to the profession: the Albuquerque Teacher Residency Partnership (ATRP), a renewed collaboration between The University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) and the...

A new interdisciplinary course, between The University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine and the College of Education (COE), is bringing medical students out of the operating room and into the kitchen to learn about nutrition. The elective course,...

There’s an impactful story told time and again about University of New Mexico alumna and former College of Education (COE) Adjunct Professor Jane Blumenfeld, who died on Sept. 19, 2017. As reported in her obituary: “In the 1950s she (Blumenfeld) pressed...

It takes a special kind of person to pursue a life of teaching. New Mexico’s 2018 Teacher of the Year, Ivonne Orozco, took the generosity of that pursuit one step further, choosing to remain in New Mexico and give back to the community that helped her...