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People die. All the time. From many causes, including old age, disease, accidents, murder. But researchers can learn from these deaths. Heather Edgar, forensic anthropologist at The University of New Mexico Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) and...

The ancient Chinese principle of Yin and Yang states that “all things exist as inseparable and contradictory opposites,” such as, there can be no darkness without light and vice versa. This principle certainly holds true for modern life and urban...

New Mexico has a long and interesting history; however New Mexicans and their histories sometimes are not recorded forcing them to only be recorded in the memories of loved ones. This trend hurts the understanding of New Mexicans, their culture and their...

One of The University of New Mexico’s own will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Fall Commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 14. UNM School of Law alumna Judith Nakamura, chief justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, will present the keynote...

Each year poison centers from around the country manage numerous exposure cases involving Halloween-related materials, such as glow sticks, special cosmetics and candy. The New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center is sharing simple precautions that...

Every year, millions of employees across the United States “choose to get involved” in a United Way workplace campaign. For more than 20 years The University of New Mexico campus community has dedicated itself to this cause as well through its annual UNM...

The University of New Mexico recently partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and New Mexico's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) to host NSF Day New Mexico – a day-long event dedicated to answering the...

You might have walked past it before. Unassuming, placed in a turquoise metal frame near the edge of Smith Plaza before it was renovated. An aging bell weathering the elements of time and the New Mexico sky. But that’s not why you should stop, you should...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) welcomes Dr. Gabriela Torres-Mazuera as she assumes the role of UNM's Mexico Studies Chair in Fall 2018, a position jointly established by UNM and the COMEXUS Fulbright-García Robles program. The UNM Mexico...

The complex web of benefits available to Veterans in New Mexico has just become a little easier to navigate with the help of two graduate students in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences (OI&LS) program at UNM.   OI&LS students Brianna...