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He’s considered in many literary circles as the godfather of contemporary Chicano literature; a groundbreaking author whose work not only evokes images of the llano (desert flatlands) of his youth, but also the simple, humble world of la raza in rural ...

The University of New Mexico was recently awarded a $1 million endowment from The Bernard Osher Foundation to support the “Osher Reentry Scholarship Program” at UNM. The endowment is awarded to four-year higher education institutions to exclusively ...

University of New Mexico students, alumni and community members can connect with representatives from graduate and professional programs from New Mexico as well as schools from across the nation at the UNM Graduate and Professional School Fair, ...

The CNM/UNM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Undergraduate Pathways (STEM UP) program created a new app, “UP”, designed to help STEM students easily identify which class credits transfer between CNM and UNM STEM degree fields. In ...

UNM Student Services, under the Division of Student Affairs, was recently awarded a U.S. Department of Education HSI Title V Part A grant for $2.6 million. The five-year grant is awarded to higher education institutions to increase their capacity to ...

How do you spell respect?  If you’re talking about LoboRESPECT, the letters of the word form an acronym designed to convey how the UNM community should approach sexual violence on campus - Respond, Educate, Support, Prevent, Empower, Consent, Train. ...

The UNM Mexican Student Association (MexSA) hosts its annual campus celebration of Mexican Independence Day on Friday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Cornell Mall with a special appearance from a few select World Cup soccer players from noon to ...

University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo “Cheo” Torres is internationally acclaimed for his traditional medicine – curandero – course, that he teaches every summer. Not content to reach only those who can travel to ...

UNM Residence Life and Student Housing is seeking volunteers to welcome over 2,000 on-campus residents to the Lobo community through the fourth annual Operation Lobo Move-In event. Volunteers are needed on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 12-13 from 9 a.m. ...

A series of free traditional health fairs, ferias de salud, will once again be held in conjunction with the annual Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico class this month. The health fairs run ...