College of Arts & Sciences

A historic class at the University of New Mexico is coming back. The Communication and Journalism Department (C&J) is offering its one-of-a-kind Cannabis and Communication course this spring. After two successful semesters prior to the legalization...

It’s the latest, breaking news for some that the UNM Communication and Journalism (C&J) Department is setting the stage properly for future journalists. Yet for the minds behind the UNM-based Local News Fellowship, it’s a story they’ve been following...

UNM Communication & Journalism Professor and health scholar Tamar Ginossar has just received a prestigious career award for her extensive public health communication work. The American Public Health Association (APHA) is presenting Ginossar with the...

It’s the advice and lessons schoolchildren have been taught for ages: do your part to save the planet. Whether that’s recycling, cutting down on water use, or carpooling, you’re taught it’s critical to help the environment. Still, it's the actions of...

University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Professor Mohammad Yousuf, is receiving one of the most prestigious awards in Journalism in this region, by the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC).  He has...

It’s a set of seemingly random letters with a purpose. YANA, which stands for You Are Not Alone, is a new club housed within UNM’s Communication and Journalism (C&J) Department. The mission of YANA is within the name–to make students of all ages on...

The first civilian in space was a Japanese newspaper reporter in 1990, Toyohiro Akiyama. Then, six months later, Helen Sharman, a distinguished British chemist won a radio contest, beating out more than 13,000 other British men and women. However, both...

Alexander Heffner has immersed himself in U.S. politics as a public affairs broadcaster, civic educator, journalist, and since 2014 host of PBS’s The Open Mind. This week he’ll engage and address Lobos at The University of New Mexico. UNM’s...

Internationally recognized scholar and Penn State Lehigh Valley Professor of Communication Arts and Ssciences Nichola D. Gutgold makes a virtual appearance at The University of New Mexico to address the widely discussed topic of women and the U.S....

David Weiss, the Chair of the Communication and Journalism Department at The University of New Mexico and his student, undergraduate Andrew Schumann, are currently researching foreign criticism of U.S. presidents. In particular, they are looking at...