Schools and Colleges

Poet Tanaya Winder reads and discusses her work Wednesday, April 15 at 3 p.m. in the Zimmerman Library Waters Room as part of National Poetry Month. In addition to reading her own work, Winder talks about her creative process, her work with the online literary journal As/Us and her path to poetry.

The UNM Staff Council Student Success Committee hosts the Spring Staff as Students event Wednesday, April 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Ballrooms A & B.

Gov. Susana Martinez has named two appointments to the board of regents overseeing The University of New Mexico. Long-time regent Jamie Koch was reappointed to the board, along with newcomer Marron Lee, an attorney with strong family ties to UNM. Koch...

New Mexico Appleseed, a non-profit organization aiding the poor and underserved, sponsors the Parade of Playhouses competition where teams of designers and fabricators from around New Mexico design and build playhouses that will be auctioned off at the...

The RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM hosts a sneak preview screening of the forthcoming documentary, "The Raising of America," on Thursday, April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Uptown, located on Louisiana and Menaul Blvds. NE in Albuquerque. The...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, the chairman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe discusses plans to open a new casino in New Mexico. The tribe planned to begin gaming operations on tribal land, but has not yet gained permission from the state. The New Mexico Supreme Court is in opposition the tribe’s forceful means of gaining governor Martinez’s support.

the University of New Mexico history department hosted the first regional conference under the AHA’s Mellon-funded Career Diversity for Historians initiative. University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of History Virginia Scharff took part in a...

A two-day symposium, “Early Childhood Development & Health Symposium: The Intersection of Science, Policy, & Practice,” is scheduled for Thursday, April 23, beginning at noon; and Friday, April 24 ending at 5 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Uptown, located at Louisiana and Menaul Blvds. in Albuquerque.

Lyndsay Stapleton, an undergraduate student in Chemical and Biological Engineering has received a graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation  

The Jeffrey G. Miller Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition is very tough. The largest competition of its kind nationwide regularly attracts more than 200 competitors and 200 attorneys who serve as judges for three days of oral arguments...