College of Arts & Sciences

The story of La Llorona is an ancient one imbedded in the folklore of Latin America and New Mexico. There are many variations on the theme but, basically, it’s a tragic tale of the ghost of a grieving woman roaming rivers, lakes, or acequias seeking her...

Nearly 10 years ago, The University of New Mexico became the first institution selected to provide a unique fellowship dedicated to supporting doctoral students in the humanities.   Thanks to the Bilinski Educational Foundation, more than 60 students...

A gripping tale of ghosts, crime and justice is back to where it all began: New Mexico. University of New Mexico alumnus Ramona Emerson has returned to her alma mater to showcase her wildly successful supernatural crime thriller Shutter.  Shutter...

Victoriano Cárdenas, a University of New Mexico alumnus, will visit campus for a reading of his new poetry collection, “Portraits as Animal: Poems by Victoriano Cárdenas,” in the Bobo Room in Hodgin Hall, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. Cárdenas, who was born and...

Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, a distinguished faculty member in the English Department at The University of New Mexico (UNM), has been bestowed with a highly esteemed Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute for Citizens and...

UNM College of Arts & Sciences interim Dean Janie Chermak has announced the winners of the College's annual Teaching Excellence Awards. The awards honor A&S faculty, lecturers, adjunct instructors and graduate teaching assistants who have made...

It’s getting to be a full list of UNM Fulbright recipients. The latest honors from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program goes to UNM senior Charlotte Gates and UNM master’s student Lauren-Martin Alasandagutti. Both incredible Lobos will be traveling...

The University of New Mexico’s English Department is offering a Graduate Certificate in Technical and Professional Communication (GCERT TPC) this semester to community members and existing graduate students who already possess a degree but wish to...

The University of New Mexico Creative Writing Program hosts alumnus and National Poetry Series Award-winning poet Jake Skeets for two events.  Skeets will read his poetry in the Garcia Honda Auditorium of George Pearl Hall at the School of Architecture...

New Mexico's fronteristxs collective has been awarded $30,000 for The House of An-Aesthesia, an experimental runway performance with ungendered looks designed to disrupt surveillance...