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Researchers at the University of New Mexico, in a collaboration with other scientists, have demonstrated that the extinction of mammoths, mastodons, camels and other large-bodied mammals in the Americas some 13,000 years ago changed the way that ...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor Gabriel Sanchez spoke to hundreds of attendees, including federal lawmakers, at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual policy conference.

Take a most unusual US-Mexico road trip with former farmer turned activist and Duke University Professor Charlie Thompson, author of "Border Odyssey: Travels along the US-Mexico Divide." He will share his story on Monday, Oct.19 at 3 p.m. in the Frank...

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...

University of New Mexico Hospitals and the Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery hosts an openind reception in conjunction with a new art exhibit on Friday, Sept. 25, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition, titled “The Pan's Melody: Worlds Between,” includes recent...

The University of New Mexico hosts a talk by Alice Dreger titled, “Galileo’s Middle Finger: Why Social Progress Depends on the Protection of Academic Freedom,” Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. in Anthropology rm. 163. Dreger is an historian of medicine and...

UNM students have an opportunity this year to think about the issue of immigration, not really from a political point of view, but from the viewpoint of immigrants. This year's book for the Lobo Reaching Experience is “Enrique’s Journey,” a novel based...

Representative from National Geographic Young Explorers Program will conduct a workshop on campus on Saturday, Sept. 18 to explain how students can succeed in getting grants to conduct their own research. The Young Explorers grants are limited to...

The University of New Mexico’s incoming freshman are gaining more information from New Student Orientation (NSO) than available academic programs and student services. NSO now includes presentations on sexual misconduct and assault, an alcohol prevention...

UNM’s Center for Water and the Environment recently hosted an awards ceremony recently for high school students. The students received awards from Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, commander of the South Pacific Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.