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The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium recently awarded University of New Mexico graduate student Andrew Gentry with its Graduate Research Fellowship award for his work towards his Ph.D. developing radiation-hard silicon particle detectors. Andrew...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Line Opinion Panel dives into the key races in the primary election and dissects the recent barrage of attack ads. Plus, the Panel explores the possibilities for native tribes after two New Mexico Pueblos reached an...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the Line Opinion Panel reviews the state’s new draft plan to address the Yazzie Martinez lawsuit. Among other things, that plan sets new goals for graduation rates, along with math and science proficiency. Panelists will...

In head-to-toe Saggios attire, UNM President Garnett S. Stokes and Executive Vice President for the UNM Health Sciences Center Dr. Douglas Ziedonis brought pizzas to the departments with the most noticeable rates of giving for the annual UNM Gives...

Heather Edgar, forensic anthropologist at The University of New Mexico Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) and professor of Anthropology, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Justice, according to a department press release....

The University of New Mexico is partnering with the National Hispanic Institute (NHI) to host the 2022 Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session for New Mexico high school students. This year’s event will host 150 top students in a weeklong...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, lawmakers return to the Roundhouse in just a matter of days for the 2022 Legislative Session. One of the big topics, along with the budget, will be crime. Our Line opinion panel looks at some of the proposals that...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, November is a month dedicated to the contributions of Native Americans. Stereotypes, myths and misunderstanding of Tribes are still very much part of public perception, however. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales talks with...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, as COVID-19 cases continue to soar in New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced plans to make vaccine boosters available to all adults. The Line opinion panel weighs in on whether the aggressive approach...

This week, New Mexico in Focus, in an encore presentation, celebrates Joy Harjo, a groundbreaking poet and New Mexico treasure. An enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Oklahoma, Harjo went to school at the Institute of American Indian Arts in...