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Distinguished Professor Emerita Judith Chazin-Bennahum, UNM Department of Theatre and Dance, received the 2011 CORPS Lifetime Achievement Award. CORPS de Ballet International honored Chazin-Bennahum at its recent 13th annual teacher conference, Legacies ...

Ballet Pro Música Festival, in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents the National Ballet of Mexico (CompanÍa Nacional de Danza) and La Catrina Quartet and Jacquelyn Helin, pianist, Friday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. at the NHCC ...

The 13th annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference is set for Sunday, July 10-Sunday, July 17, at the Sagebrush Inn and Conference Center. Opening night kicks off with a buffet dinner and keynote reading by memoirist Gail Caldwell, author of the bestselling ...

On Wednesday, middle-school students created space suit design samples and faced off in a friendly competition to test their suit's durability. The students were given a budget to "buy" materials including copy paper, aluminum foil, paper plates, duct ...

After months of dry, windy weather, the risk of more wildfires in the Southwest is growing exponentially. This week, New Mexico in Focus presents insights and perspectives on just how bad the outlook is for the next several months and the steps local and ...

July is Staff Appreciation Month at UNM. The 2011 line-up introduces new events and brings back old favorites. All events except the Staff Picnic are free and all have opportunities to win door prizes.For the first time this year, a staff member will ...

Women who receive a contraceptive known as an intrauterine device or IUD immediately following a first trimester abortion experience few complications and are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy than those who delay getting an IUD by several ...

The public art of sculptor Luis Jimenez has been an inspiration for Eric Castillo, a Mellon Fellow who recently completed his dissertation, "Expressions of Another Center: Borderlands Visual theory & the Art of Luis Jimenez." Castillo graduated in May. ...

Will Bruder, recipient of the Marjorie Mead Hooker Memorial Visiting Professorship for 2011, presents, "An Architecture of People and Place," Friday, June 24 at 6.30 p.m. in Garcia Honda Auditorium at the University of New Mexico's School of Architecture ...

UNM HSC Department of Emergency Medicine">As large plumes of smoke continue to drift into New Mexico from the enormous Wallow Fire in Arizona, Dr. Matthew J. Walsh, in the UNM Department of Emergency Medicine, offers insight into potential health ...