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It’s hard to go nearly anywhere today without being asked one question: Would you like to leave a tip? While the answer is usually yes in places like restaurants or nail salons, there are more establishments now you might wonder why are asking.

Meet Michael Rocca, an associate professor in Political Science and the director of the Master of Public Policy Program, at The University of New Mexico. 

LoboTHON, The University of New Mexico’s largest student-led philanthropic organization, will host its annual 10-hour dance marathon, Saturday, April 8. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the SUB ballrooms and registration to...

University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting both its general and research news and feature stories across campus during the course of the calendar year. From volcanic drone research in the Canary Islands...

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific...

A new book, co-authored by Catherine Rhodes, assistant professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, examines a town that saw a 1,000-plus percent increase in Mexican residents, rising from less than 1 percent of the population to almost a...

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero – the names of digital-based ‘cryptocurrencies’ are being heard more and more frequently. But despite having no physical representation, could these new methods of exchange actually be negatively impacting our...

This week UNM students, staff, faculty and members of the public can learn how to analyze the role of money in state politics from national trainers.

Can students give the University of New Mexico good ideas about how to generate revenue? They can and they might win a cash prize at the Innovate New Mexico pitch competition on Monday, April 25.  

Ann Ravel, the chair of the Federal Election Commission, an independent regulatory agency created to administer and enforce campaign finance laws in the U.S., speaks Friday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Student Center in Anderson School of...