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The University of New Mexico's Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice will welcome Shiv Desai as its new director starting July 1. Former director Shinsuke Eguchi will leave UNM for Wake Forest University in North Carolina this...

For the first time in years, the Institute for the Study of "Race" and Social Justice at the University of New Mexico has a new director.  Dr. Shinsuke Eguchi, a Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at UNM, was named director of...

What race do you think others, who do not know you, would automatically assume you are based on your looks? Your skin color, facial features, or hair texture. That’s the question Sociology Professor Nancy López at The University of New Mexico wants asked on the next U.S. Census.

UNM researcher awarded Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for intersectionality research on Latino Student Success in Higher Education  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $110,000 for a yearlong study on how universities employ...

There’s more that meets the eye when it comes to most things in life. In one specific area of research, however, the impulse to dive deeper and look beyond the surface had long been avoided.    That’s something UNM Sociology Professor and director and...

The saying that it’s about the journey, not the destination, would be an apt way to think about The University of New Mexico’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineering (FSAE) LOBOmotorsports team. In June, the team competed in the Formula SAE...

Several upcoming educational community forums regarding the 2021 redistricting process in New Mexico will be held beginning Thursday, July 22. The “People's Power, People's Maps” campaign will be hosting three open community webinars that will help...

It was soon after her 30th birthday that Beth Glenn woke up one night and told herself “I have to do something different.” A fan of the series ‘Breaking Bad,’ which was filmed in New Mexico, she decided Albuquerque looked intriguing, so she packed up,...

As a direct response to the racial violence and civil unrest that immediately followed the police killing of George Floyd, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico launched a pilot initiative to support graduate student research on critical race...

Inequality. Racism. Oppression. Resistance. These are the words penetrating news media across the United States as the country wages war against systemic patterns of disparity. From peaceful protests to violent clashes, society is slowly breathing life...