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In his book "Miracle on the Mesa", Bud Davis notes that two students - Marie Pope Wallis and Hector H. Lee - were the first to get their doctorates at the June 7, 1947 commencement.Lee's degree was in English - American Studies, American Civilization, ...

The University of New Mexico Feminist Research Institute presents "Contemporary Afghan Women: A Lecture and Film Screening with Discussion," on Tuesday, March 27, with the lecture and discussion at 5:30 p.m., and a film and discussion at 6:45 p.m. in the ...

Student applications are now available for the 8th Annual Undergraduate Research & Creativity Conference set for Tuesday, April 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building Ballrooms. The conference features research from UNM students and ...

UNM Civil Engineering Associate Professor Kerry Howe has received a new one-year $510,000 research contract from the South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Company to investigate industrial water quality and treatment issues. The project goal is to ...

The Research Policy Committee seeks nominations from all colleges and schools at UNM for its 56th Annual Research Lectureship Award. The Research Lectureship is the highest honor UNM can bestow upon a faculty member in recognition of research/creative ...

One hundred years ago, U.S. President William H. Taft signed the document that made New Mexico the 47th state of the union. UNM is celebrating with a new digital archive that throws open the photo collections of museums throughout the state. The archive ...

William F. Hanks, distinguished professor of Anthropological Linguistics at the University of California Berkeley will speak on "The Birth of a Language: The Formation & Spread of the Colonial Yucatec Maya Language" on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 at 7:30 ...

In just two years, Matt Gines, director of the fabrications lab, UNM School of Architecture and Planning, turned the 900 square foot lab into a 4,000 square foot facility with indoor and outdoor spaces.The fab lab now has a new name, CRAF+T, or Center ...

New research from a team at the University of New Mexico and the University of Tennessee is answering questions about how we identify race in other people. Heather Edgar, assistant professor of Anthropology and Curator at the Maxwell Museum of ...

Sally McBrearty, professor and head of the Anthropology Department at the University of Connecticut, will give a lecture on "Debunking the Human Revolution: The Last Ten Years" on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anthropology Lecture Hall, room ...