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Starting this weekend, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos will present Following the Manito Trail–a cultural heritage exhibition that shares the largely untold histories of nine Hispanic New Mexican families from Taos County with public audiences.  The...

English Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Jesse Alemán has been named the 2022 Willa Cather Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sponsored by the Cather Project, the UNL English Department, and endowment funds...

University of New Mexico English Assistant Professor Nahir Otaño Gracia was recently awarded the 2022 Article Prize for her article Towards a decentered Global North Atlantic: Blackness in Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd.

U.S Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, an alumna of The University of New Mexico, will be the featured speaker at the 10th annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest sponsored by the UNM English Department. The event is Tuesday,...

The basic definition for the Spanish language word querencia is a metaphysical concept taken from the verb querer, which means "to want” or “to love." But the reality of querencia is more complicated, more poetic and sentimental, seated in deep emotions...

J Gourdin, a senior student success specialist at The University of New Mexico African American Student Services, will present poems they created in a spoken word presentation for the City of Albuquerque Juneteenth celebration this weekend. The holiday...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences recently announced its new Regents’ Professors for the Annual Years 2022-2024. Regents’ Professor is a special title bestowed on selected full professors who, in the judgment of the dean, and...

Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski's life objective was to be self-sufficient and intellectually challenged. They firmly believed that people should be Independent, ambitious, and, most importantly, accountable. Russell worked as a researcher,...

As a day forever changed in history, New Mexico Congresswoman and UNM alumna Deb Haaland has become the newest member of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. Deb Haaland “This historic nature of my confirmation is not lost on me, but I will say, it...

In a historic move, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Congresswoman, and UNM alumna, Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American interior secretary. Haaland isn’t a stranger to shattering glass ceilings. The democratic...