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Traditionally, to study topics like race and social justice, college students have been obligated to declare their field of study in humanities or a social science like sociology or anthropology. But now, thanks to The University of New Mexico Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, graduate students from across the University are able to take a deeper look at those topics.

University Libraries is sponsoring a donation drive as part of the UNM BeKind event that runs through Wednesday, Feb 17. Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless (AHCH) will receive the donations. Donation boxes have been placed in Zimmerman Library, the...

Jessica Goodkind, associate professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico, specializes in change. Her nine credit hour, two semester course begins each fall teaching undergraduate students what refugees are, and what kind of world conditions...

Meriah Heredia-Griego has been appointed director of the UNM Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) by UNM Vice President for Research Michael Dougher. Heredia-Griego was associate director and research assistant professor at CEPR prior to her...

Jamal Martin, director of Peace and Justice Studies, and lecturer in Africana Studies and clinical assistant professor in Family and Community Medicine, speaks on “The Built Environment and Population Health Inequities under ‘Settler Colonialism’ in...

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its latest statistics from the American Community Survey, which cover the period from 2013-2014 for areas with a population of 65,000 or more.  The statistics show that the number of New Mexicans with health...

New survey information about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been released by researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico. The survey shows an increasing number of Hispanics, who now have health care insurance due to ACA.

The University of New Mexico’s University College has created the Office of Pre-Health Professions, Student Department, for students interested in healthcare careers. Not long ago, almost all University of New Mexico freshmen were advised through the ...

Paul Guerin, senior research scientist in the University of New Mexico Institute for Social Research, conducted a study on behalf of Catholic Health Initiatives to determine if CHI’s St. Joseph’s Children home visiting program was following...

The University of New Mexico Dean of Students Office (DoS), LoboRESPECT student group, the New Mexico National Guard, the Rape Crisis Center of New Mexico, the Women’s Resource Center and Student Health & Counseling Center (SHAC) host the following...