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The University of New Mexico’s Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections  (CSWR) was chosen to receive funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) as part of its launch of the Doris Duke Native Oral History Revitalization...

In recent decades, the impacts of wildfires have been felt in many places in the Southwestern United States, but those impacts — including erosion that can turn a heavy rainfall into a life-threatening flood — are felt especially in Native American...

Five film programs at higher education institutions across New Mexico have received approximately $80,000 in funding from "Better Call Saul" through the New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) Giveback Program. Schools receiving Giveback funds include: New...

On February 28, 1889, in the final hours of the legislative session, a bill was signed founding The University of New Mexico. Now, 132 years later, it continues to be a pillar of knowledge, community, exploration, innovation and research. Every year,...

When the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico had to shut down last year because of the pandemic, the staff decided to take the museum and its vast collection to its audience online. In a recently released video, the Maxwell...

Two University of New Mexico School of Law graduates Nancy Hollander and Teri Duncan will be represented in the feature motion-picture “The Mauritanian,” after the alumnae represented Mohamedou Ould Slahi between 2005 and 2016. Slahi, a Mauritanian...

As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, the Tamarind Institute focused on editions published during the past decade. Among those featured is a final impression by Dyani White Hawk called Understanding II, 2013. The four-color lithograph was printed with...

A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

Professor Blair Wolf and Ph.D. student Ric Ramirez from the Department of Biology at The University of New Mexico and colleagues published a paper in Science this week about their research that shows bird populations and species richness in the Mojave...

In her role as director of African American Student Services at The University of New Mexico, Brandi Stone has many conversations with students about their personal, academic, educational, and social development throughout their college years. Among the...