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For the sixth year, the Division of Student Affairs is partnering with the UNM Dean of Students Office, New Mexico Educators Federal Educators Federal Credit Union (NMEFCU), and new this year, LoboTHON, to celebrate National Random Acts of Kindness (RAK)...

University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of English E. A. “Tony” Mares – teacher, essayist, poet - died January 30 at the age of 76.  A memorial service is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the UNM Alumni Chapel. Mares, who was born May 17,...

The UNM Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) is accepting nominations for its 2014-15 annual Teaching Awards. Sponsored by the CTE and the Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee, who selects the recipients, the teaching awards recognize UNM’s ...

Film director Maria Agui Carter screens her 75-minute film, "Rebel," on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 6:30 - 9 p.m. in the UNM SUB Ballroom C. The film is the amazing story of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who crossdressed as a Confederate soldier turned Union Spy.

The City of Albuquerque and State of New Mexico benefit from the University of New Mexico’s community engagement efforts throughout the year. University staff members, faculty and students are engaged in a wide range of activities that benefit the...

The first event in the spring edition of the University of New Mexico’s Lightning Lounge, titled "Life and Death,” is set for Thursday, Feb. 5. Additional spring semester Lightning Lounge events are scheduled for March 19 and April 2. Each will be held at the Faculty-Staff Club from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Lightning Lounge events are open to all faculty and staff. Snacks will be provided and a cash bar is also available.

The UNM Foundation hosts a Grantsmanship Training Program in Albuquerque, Feb. 23-27. The intensive, five-day, hands-on workshop for nonprofit and government grantseekers will take participants step-by-step through all stages of planning programs, ...

The House Regulatory and Public Affairs committee tabled a couple of proposed increases in the state minimum wage this afternoon. The current state minimum wage is $7.50 per hour. In HB 20, Rep. Lucky Varela (D-Santa Fe) proposed raising that to $10.10 per hour, paralleling what is being discussed nationally.

John Newell, Esq., has recently been named Director of the Rozier E. Sanchez Judicial Education Center of New Mexico (JEC), which provides education and training to the judges, administrators and other staff of the New Mexico judicial branch. The JEC...

The University of New Mexico Board of Regents appointed five new members to the recently-formed board of directors for Innovate ABQ, Inc., a New Mexico nonprofit research park corporation.