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If you’re stressed out, overwhelmed, or just need a hug, therapy dogs of all shapes and sizes will be on the lawn on the west side of Zimmerman Library, on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  

On Thursday, Sept. 29, the UNM Department of English hosts distinguished writer Rigoberto González as the featured speaker for the seventh annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest. González will speak at 6:30 p.m. in...

Pulitzer Prize winning author T.J. Stiles presents a lecture, The Unexpected Custer: A Life on the Frontier in Time, Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Kiva on the campus of The University of New Mexico. The lecture, sponsored by The Center for the...

The Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections in Zimmerman Library has opened a new exhibit, “Life and Times Along Route 66.” The exhibit is located in the Frank Waters Room 105 in Zimmerman Library and will be up through Dec. 2016.  A...

Tomas Jaehn joined University Libraries in July as the Director of the Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections. Before joining the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences he worked at the Idaho State Historical Library and...

Several UNM Press titles were recently honored with awards at two design competitions. Four UNM Press titles won 2016 Southwest Book Design and Production Awards (SWBDA) from the New Mexico Book Association (NMBA), and four UNM Press titles won 2016...

Alfonso Domingo will discuss his book La Balada de Billy el Nino on Tuesday, May 3 at 12 p.m. in the Frank Waters Room 105 at Zimmerman Library. The lecture will be in Spanish. He will be introduced by Professor Emeritus Enrique Lamadrid in the UNM...

For the 16th consecutive summer at The University of New Mexico, Eliseo ‘Cheo’ Torres, UNM vice president for Student Affairs and professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies—in conjunction with the UNM Women’s Resource Center, hosts the...

Graduate Fellows at the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences work alongside full-time staff at the Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections each year to process some of the special collections. That involves sorting and...

“It’s about love, loving my listeners, being a servant to them, creating a picture of the games in their minds.” That’s how Connie Alexander sums up his nationally-known sports announcing radio-TV career as a leading innovator of play-by-play...