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The UNM Black Alumni Chapter will honor the recipients of the 2025 UNM Black Alumni Trailblazers and Living Legends Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Bobo Room in Hodgin Hall. Four alumni will be recognized for their Lobo spirit and contributions to...

The University of New Mexico Black Alumni Chapter announces the recipients of its 2023 Trailblazer Awards including Brandi Stone, Simone Vann and Gerald M. Byers. These three remarkable individuals will be celebrated amongst community members at the...

As the state’s flagship university, The University of New Mexico takes pride in being a “community of unique perspectives embracing divergence, letting the very things that divide us become the things that connect us to each other. What makes us...

Charles Edward Becknell Sr. is an example of living African American history and New Mexico state history. Becknell Sr. was the founding director of what is now The University of New Mexico's Africana Studies program directed by his son and namesake...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its top-10 general news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's top-10 general news stories for 2018. The stories are in random...

Barbara Brown Simmons has orchestrated many events that are forever part of The University of New Mexico’s historical fabric. Her recent oral history project immortalizes these events, making sure important parts of the University’s history—and the...

The University of New Mexico Black Alumni Chapter is honoring the recipients of its 2017 Living Legends and Trailblazer awards in a ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29 in the Centennial Engineering Auditorium located on UNM’s main campus. This year’s...

The University of New Mexico Black Alumni Chapter has announced the recipients of its 2016 Living Legends and Trailblazer Awards. The recipients will be honored at an awards ceremony on Friday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the Centennial Engineering...