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Faculty, staff and students at The University of New Mexico (UNM) are eligible for a half-price discount on season tickets at Popejoy Hall. With "An American in Paris" and "Dirty Dancing" coming to Albuquerque, as well as performances from fan favorites...

Fifteen years after the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the structures known as the “twin towers” still loom large in public memory. Indeed, the World Trade Center, a project completed in 1973 according to the plans of modernist Minoru Yamasaki, stood for nearly three decades as a work much more notable as a global icon than as an architectural design.

The University of New Mexico recently hosted U.S. Secretary Of Energy Ernest Moniz in a regional energy innovation forum. The objective of this forum was to discuss the future of materials technologies for clean, low carbon energy and collaboration by...

UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) has announced the launch of a new nighttime shuttle service route. The Night Bus will start making its rounds on the first day of classes this Monday, Aug. 22.  

You are a gamer. The majority of us are and might not realize it. Your participation was subtly recruited by purchasing a soda with a twist top, signing up for a credit card that offers points or simply using a device to count your daily steps. Whichever...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Yale Blvd. is closed just south of Central from now through Tuesday, Aug. 16. Southbound traffic on Yale can use Buena Vista Dr. SE to Gold Avenue SE as a detour, or Harvard Drive SE, Cornell Drive SE or Stanford Dr. SE...

When fires break out, it’s not always flames that do the only damage – sometimes the scorched earth can cause even more destruction in the form of landslides. That’s why Chris Lippitt, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at The University of New Mexico, is working on a project that would give emergency management crews state-of-the-art imaging technology to mitigate potential slides before they happen.

The University of New Mexico recently appointed Portia Vescio as archivist for the Special Collections and Center for Southwest Research. It’s a return to New Mexico for her, by way of NMSU, her first job out of Graduate School. When describing her...

Effective Dec. 1, 2016, employers, including UNM, must be in compliance with the revised overtime rule established by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). It is set forth under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  On May...

New Mexico Senator Tom Udall invited members of the UNM-Gallup American Indian Business Association (AIBA) to a recent Town Hall meeting to help introduce the new CREATE Act, which would benefit local artists an business owners. The Comprehensive...