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The University of New Mexico Parking and Transportation Services is informing commuters that main campus is likely to experience heavy traffic beginning the evening of Friday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 7.

University of New Mexico President Robert G. Frank recently received a check for $70,000 from Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León, Consul of Mexico in Albuquerque. “For the fourth year, UNM celebrates the support and contributions of IME Becas under the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These funds, which are matched by private funds through the

José Rivera, a Center for Regional Studies research scholar and professor in community and regional planning in the School of Architecture and Planning, recently received the first ever Acequia Scholar Award from the New Mexico Acequia Association. Rivera was honored for his years of academic service to acequias.

In the wide open spaces of southeastern Arizona you can see for miles under endless blue skies. But a team of archeology students from the University of New Mexico is looking for the story beneath their feet at the Chiricahua and Ft. Bowie National Monuments, and the Coronado National Memorial. All three are owned and

The UNM Staff Council is lending a helping hand. Last year, more than 100 UNM volunteers stepped up to assist at Roadrunner Food Bank (RRFB) during the holiday break. Once again, the UNM Staff council seeks volunteers to assist RRFB on Monday, Dec. 29 ...

The UNM Student Success Center hosts its 3rd annual “Operation:Registration,” a two day event which helps students remove existing holds on their accounts and register for Spring 2015 classes in the same night. Events kick off tonight at 9 p.m. until approximately 1 a.m. at five different campus locations. Events then continue on Tuesday, Dec. 2 from 10 a.m - 2 p.m. in the Student Union Building Atrium. Free food & prizes will be available.

The University of New Mexico announced that WisePies Pizza & Salad, a locally owned business, has agreed to give a $5 million cash gift over 10 years to support the UNM Athletics Department through the newly established WisePies Fund. This is the largest cash gift ever to UNM Athletics and the sixth-largest cash gift overall to the university. The WisePies Fund will be used to support The Pit debt service incurred from the 2009-10 renovations.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. That means winter break and spending time with family and friends. But before that, the UNM Mortar Board Senior Honor Society invites all to University of New Mexico’s oldest student tradition, the ‘Hanging of the Greens,’ Friday, Dec. 5. That evening some 14,000 luminarias cast a flickering glow all across campus.

An account has been established on behalf of the four families forever changed by the tragic car accident that occurred the evening of Friday, Nov. 21. Those wishing to donate can go to any branch of Bank of the West and deposit funds to the “Four ...

John Byram, director, University of New Mexico Press, received the New Mexico/Arizona Literary Award at the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards annual banquet held recently. The award, which recognizes New Mexico publishers and/or authors for their ...