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For years, New Mexican children have felt the effects of a teacher shortage in our schools, but a recent partnership between The University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools is trying to close the gap. The program, Albuquerque Teacher...

Acequias, a traditional form of irrigation and component of early design in the southwest could also be used as the foundation to more eco-friendly building and construction practices in urban areas. Now, a UNM Alumnus has received a Fulbright Scholar...

Sunset Magazine recently ranked the City of Albuquerque—home of the University of New Mexico—as one of the Top Ten College Towns in the West, alongside Tempe, Arizona and Eugene, Oregon. “One of the 10 best?” said UNM Provost James Holloway. “Well, of...

In collaboration with the UNM Art Museum and Fay Pfaelzer Abrams, the campus community is invited to the opening reception of The Wide View: The Photographs of Harvey M. Kaplan, on Friday, Sept. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery,...

Penguins at the Albuquerque’s BioPark were just chilling – literally – one recent morning soon after the new exhibit opened, snacking on fish, and hopping off a rocky promontory to take a dip in the water that fills their glass enclosure. Soon the space...

The University of New Mexico is partnering with the City of Albuquerque to offer students opportunities to experience city management and the policy project. “This is an outstanding chance for our students to take what they learn in the classroom, and...

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. Please visit UNM's Africana Studies page for more information on the Cortez Williams Spring 2019 Lecture Series. From lecture halls to Grammy award-winning music to young adult novels, contemporary culture is rife...

From Oct. 6 through Oct. 14, many Lobos joined over 80,000 people from around the world to watch hot air balloons take to the skies at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. What started off as a humble gathering of 13 balloons, has turned into a...

Now a national celebration full of rainbow colors and vibrant expressions of humanity, the history of Pride Month is rooted in the weight of the Stonewall riots of June 28, 1969. The following year, on the anniversary of the riots, marked the first Gay...

Members of the BeKind UNM committee and the Lobo men’s basketball team delivered teddy bears and other toys to Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier and area commanders last week as part of the BeKind UNM initiative. The bears will be kept in APD patrol...