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If only six degrees of separation are between each New Mexican, there are even fewer degrees between those who worked with, learned from, and were impacted by the writings of literary pioneer Rudolfo Anaya. His talent for capturing New Mexico on pen and...

A professor at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has been selected to be part of a multi-institutional NASA project to support various aeronautics research goals over the next four years. This project, “Assured Autonomy for Aviation...

To understand the power of a movement that began in 2013, we have to jump back nearly 400 years and grasp onto perhaps the same struggle the Black community fought then; the idea that all people should be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and in...

Rocky Cordova knew he wanted to go into politics ever since he ran his first campaign in elementary school. “I was ten years old,” he remembers. “But I never wanted to be the candidate, I just wanted to work with the candidate. I remember using markers...

COVID-19 continues to ravage Native American communities in the Southwest, taking lives at rates 19 percent higher than other racial or ethnic groups. In an effort to help those communities, the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute (NABPI), in...

The University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories have enjoyed a close partnership for many years, collaborating on numerous research projects, sharing expertise and knowledge through joint academic appointments, and hiring many UNM graduates...

As the nation faces unprecedented changes do to the COVID-19 pandemic, several important political questions are being debated across the nation. At the top of this list is whether states should postpone their primary elections, continue elections...

In recent years people in New Mexico have mourned the loss of children who have died at the hands of their parents – Albuquerque, too, has seen its share of cases – now an associate professor at the University of New Mexico has found an opportunity to be...

Stefi Weisburd, education and outreach manager in the School of Engineering, was recently selected as a 2020 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award winner. The annual awards, known as the “STEMYS,” are given by the Air Force Research Lab Tech Engagement...

A dedicated Lobo, Kim Kloeppel, is saying goodbye after 25 years at The University of New Mexico. Kloeppel is UNM’s Student Affairs associate director for finance and administration. However, throughout the years she’s filled several different roles...