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The Latin American & Iberian Institute, UNM Continuing Education and the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, offer a unique opportunity to experience "Mexican Cuisine & Culture: Pre-Hispanic to Modern Times," June 15-22. The trip is open to the ...

It has long been known that birds and bats have small genomes, but the cause was uncertain. Now researchers at the University of New Mexico have shown that the genome shrinks over evolutionary time in species that spend lots of energy on flight. This ...

Cipriano Frederico Vigil is the most important performer of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The book, "Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest and New Mexican Folk Music/Cancionero del ...

First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on 35 years of field research by a giant of modern music. Composer John Donald Robb (1892–1989), a ...

Members of the 20 fraternities and sororities at the University of New Mexico concluded their annual Greek Week activities this past week.  Every year around the last week of February, the UNM Greek community gathers in the name of competition and ...

The UNM Office of the President Office and College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences host a lecture on Friday, March 21 from 3 - 5 p.m. in Zimmerman Library Willard Room.

Over the decades, the University of New Mexico has been a pioneer in sustainability and conservation, saving the finite resources of the earth, and ultimately utilizing tax payer dollars in the most efficient way possible. This has been accomplished ...

Add the prestigious Heinz Award to Dr. Sanjeev Arora's long list of accolades.  The University of New Mexico physician is one of five recipients of the $250,000 award for his work in creating and expanding Project ECHO, the innovative telemedicine ...

Marjorie Agosín, award-winning poet, essayist, fiction writer, activist and professor, is at UNM this week. On Thursday, March 6 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. in Mitchell Hall room 122, Agosín offers a presentation and discussion, "Weaving Resistance Women, ...

The UNM Anderson School of Management Foundation Board will celebrate and honor its 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees on Thursday, March 13. The theme this year is Lift Off, featuring the New Mexico Spaceport. Spaceport Director Christine Anderson is the ...