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Frances Hayashida, professor of Anthropology and director of the Latin American and Iberian Institute at The University of New Mexico, has received the Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly category for Rethinking the Inka:...

After a two-year hiatus, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s annual Ancestors lecture will return with a talk by The University of New Mexico assistant professor and evolutionary anthropologist Ian Wallace. The lecture will be Thursday, Feb. 16, at 6:30...

A series created by students in a class in the Film and Digital Media Arts Department at The University of New Mexico recently won an award and may be on its way to the TV screen. Drifteen, a short film created by FDMA students...

The University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of History Richard Etulain points to his Spanish Basque-born father when explaining why he’s such a prolific writer. This year he has four new books being released, his 61st through 64th. “Dad always...

The University of New Mexico is reviewing a proposal to lift its COVID-19 vaccine series administrative mandate for students and employees. The proposal review comes from a recommendation from UNM’s Health Protocols Committee. “With the recommendations...

The University Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections at UNM will host its annual Love in the Archives event on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, with the theme of Love of Learning. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the...

The future of the educational landscape for children of the Navajo Nation could be largely improved thanks to the fervor and dedication of one UNM Native American Studies professor and her mother, Dr. Delores Greyeyes. It’s an effort that researcher...

There is just one semester left to go for a critical program within UNM’s College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS).  Creating Responsive Educational Avenues for Training Environments in Early Childhood (CREATE EC) is a new interdisciplinary...

Daniel Casey was first intrigued by the concept of fusion in high school, getting a chance to see the Sandia National Laboratories Z machine in action. “It blew my mind and got into my head,” he said. “I was really interested in the fusion story." Even...

Smiling children, happy parents, and prepared educators for decades to come–this is the end result of a unique collaboration underway at the University of New Mexico. This beneficial end result is thanks to something called Project SCENES...