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In 2010 UNM joined the Newberry Library Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). Since then, Cathleen Cahill, assistant professor of history, and Jennifer Nez Denetdale, associate professor of American studies, have been collaborating with other ...

The University of New Mexico's Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, joins the New Mexico Chapter of the Fulbright Association and the League of Women Voters to present "Perspectives on Climate Change," Sunday, Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. at the ...

Jennifer Gomez-Chavez, director of UNM Title V, has been selected for a National Hispanic Heritage Award. She will go to Long Beach, Calif. next week to receive $2,500 to designate for a charitable organization."I have chosen to give it to the Hispanic ...

The University of New Mexico Department of Spanish and Portuguese hosts a symposium titled, "Siempre el Corazón," about New Mexican author Jim Sagel Thursday, Oct. 20 beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Ortega Hall Reading Room and Lounge.The symposium ...

Judith Chazin-Bennahum discusses and signs copies of her book "Rene Blum and the Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life" (Oxford University Press) Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the UNM Bookstore.The biography uncovers the events in the life of the ...

The University of New Mexico's Native American student organization, the Native American Studies Indigenous Research Group (NASIRG), hosts Indigenous Day on Monday Oct. 10. Indigenous day is a protest and alternative to Columbus Day that emphasizes ...

The UNM Office of the Secretary, on behalf of the Honorary Degree Committee, a subcommittee of the Faculty Senate Graduate Committee, is requesting nominations for honorary degrees for "those persons who have contributed significantly to the cultural or ...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, experts from the alcohol industry and government sit down to talk about New Mexico's relationship with alcohol. How is it involved in our state's culture and how does that impact the way state government deals with ...

The University of New Mexico Student Organization for Latin American Studies (SOLAS) presents "An Instrumental Account of s-lenition in Two Dialects of Colombian Spanish" with Richard File-Muriel Friday Oct. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Latin American ...

UNM's freshmen recipients of 2011 Presidential Scholarships gathered on the lawn of Hodgin Hall recently to meet their scholarship sponsors for the first time. The event, hosted by the UNM Foundation, included corporate and individual sponsors, and ...