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From a young age, Aleja Allen loved the idea of Ireland, and says something about the small, green island enchanted her. Jenni Scanlan says the country captured her attention when she travelled there with the UNM Irish Studies group and realized the...

Several faculty members hope to soon make Irish Studies an academic program that students can pursue at The University of New Mexico. They already offer sponsored opportunities to study abroad, and now the interdepartmental group is hosting an inaugural...

A unique summer course at UNM is teaching students the importance of viewing the future through a lens of the past. “Architecture of Justice” gives students six credit hours using an unconventional, interdisciplinary partnership which exposes students...

After a 2012 trip to Germany shed light on the history of her discipline, University of New Mexico Senior Lecturer Lisa Whalen knew she wanted to share a similar experience with her chemistry students. Now, more than four years later, Whalen, along with another UNM professor, is getting ready to take a group of undergrads to the other side of the world as part of a rare and unique learning experience.

Candlelight vigil in response to attacks on France, Lebanon, and Humanity. On Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in front of The University of New Mexico Bookstore, UNM international students are hosting a candlelight vigil to honor the victims lost in recent...

“Architecture in the Service of Reconciliation in South Africa” is the topic for the next International Studies Institute Fall Lecture on Monday, Nov. 16 from 1 – 2:40 p.m. in Mitchell Hall room 220 on the University of New Mexico main campus. The...

University of New Mexico graduate Alexandra Stewart took top honors in the 2015 Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics essay contest. She is the first recipient from UNM to win this contest and...

The University of New Mexico International Studies Institute presents the fall 2015 lecture series “Peace: From Conflict to Reconciliation,” Oct. 12-30. The lectures are free and open to the public. In this series of 14 lectures, experts from within and...

Kathy Powers, professor in the Department of Political Science, and affiliated faculty with Africana Studies, was awarded the prestigious fellowship to study at the Woodrow Wilson Center over the summer. She also spent part of the summer teaching in Germany.

The International Studies Institute at the University of New Mexico presents “Forced Migration in the Mediterranean: Perspectives and Strategies,” a lecture by Panayotis J. Tsakonas, a professor at the University of the Aegean, Greece.