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Two faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of New Mexico have been awarded research grants from the 2025 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program.  Carmen Nocentelli, associate professor of English and...

Four undergraduates at The University of New Mexico have been chosen to receive the Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Spring 2025. The scholarship, presented by the Undergraduate Research, Arts and Design Network (URAD) is intended to support...

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...

A book about gender and sexual violence in the borderland written by Bernadine Marie Hernández, an associate professor in the University of New Mexico Department of English, has earned three literary awards in the past month. In her multi-genre book,...

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...