College of Arts & Sciences

William F. Hanks, distinguished professor of Anthropological Linguistics at the University of California Berkeley will speak on "The Birth of a Language: The Formation & Spread of the Colonial Yucatec Maya Language" on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 at 7:30 ...

The University of New Mexico Africana Studies and Scholarly Soul Food Program presents "Creating Black Art in New Mexico" on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 12 - 1:30 p.m. in Mesa Vista Hall, 4th floor foyer.Ben Hazard, UNM Africana Studies instructor, will ...

The American Studies Lecture Series presents "Weaponizing Translation: U.S. Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Language," featuring Vicente Rafael, professor of history, University of Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Student Union ...

Researchers in the University of New Mexico's Earth and Planetary Sciences Department must now sit and wait. They're waiting for the Atlas V rocket that carries the Mars Science Laboratory and an instrument called ChemCam, to land on Gale Crater on the ...

Faculty from the University of New Mexico Water Resources Program and College of Pharmacy will conduct a teach-in on the fuel plume underneath Kirtland Air Force Base and adjoining areas. The teach-in, to be held at the Cesar Chavez Community Center at 6 ...

The University of New Mexico Department of Linguistics' Navajo Language Program presents "Where's My Bill?" with Rose Graham Thursday, Nov. 17 from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Mirage-Thunderbird room.Graham will discuss the Navajo ...

The Science & Society Distinguished Public Talks Series presents, "The Discovery and Significance of Diamonds from The Alps," a talk by Jane Selverstone on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. A meet and greet will also be held beginning at 4:30 p.m. The lecture, ...

Sixteen students in Anthropology Associate Professor Keith Prufer's Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 101) class have been recognized as Public Anthropology Award winners in a recent North American competition involving more than 4,000 students from 25 ...

The University of New Mexico was dealing 40 years ago with the same turmoil the rest of the country was regarding race in America. The New Mexico Office of African American Affairs premieres "40th Anniversary of Afro-American Studies," a documentary ...

UNM is joining more than 70 campuses around the country holding teach-ins as a way of building awareness with the Occupy Wall Street movement. UNM's teach-in is Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 9-10, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. each day on the south side of the ...