Almost 140 years after his death, the man born Henry McCarty  ̶  but better known as Billy the Kid  ̶  continues to exert a sense of fascination and romance. Two books about the outlaw, who spent the last part of his life in New Mexico, will be...

- Melissa Vargas

All life is precious and that fact is recognized more so when you mourn someone you love. The value of those relationships with the individuals you lose once they are gone is magnified with that realization. Tears flow as friends, relatives and...

A wreath outside the UNM Alumni Memorial Chapel in memory of Melissa Vargas.

The University of New Mexico ranked amongst the top 1.5 percent of the top universities worldwide according to the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)—the largest academic ranking of global universities. In the CWUR’s 2020-2021 rankings,...