Schools and Colleges

It's a one-way ticket to Mars and University of New Mexico student Zachary Gallegos has been named as one of 100 people still participating in the Mars One Astronaut Selection Process for the trip to the Red Planet. Mars One named the 50 men and 50 women for Round 3 after the field was whittled down to 660 last year. Initially, more than 200,000 applicants from 140 countries applied.

The University of New Mexico History Department's Center for the Southwest presents the 2015 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture, featuring John Gray, director, National American History Museum at the Smithsonian Institute....

Today, teachers are expected to be multifaceted in their ability to teach across the disciplines to a diverse group of students. To help meet that need, the University of New Mexico’s College of Education (COE) has developed a new project, titled Supporting Transformation Action in Reciprocity Together (START), that’s designed to increase the number of effective teachers in early childhood, elementary and secondary schools by providing rural, and tribal cultural field experiences and integrating coursework to support development of cultural competency for students studying to become professional educators.

Vibrant and visionary flamenco and contemporary dance are featured in new works from international guest artists and resident faculty in UNM’s faculty dance concert, SPIN, Friday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, March 1 in Rodey Theatre in the UNM Center for the...

It takes day passion and dedication to make things better for the thousands of people working as staff at the University of New Mexico. At UNM it has taken a succession of impassioned people willing to build on the work of others to reach common goals for workers who function in a variety of work environments.

Four books published by the University of New Mexico Press won 2014 Southwest Book Awards, to be presented Saturday, Feb. 28 at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing in Sunland Park, N.M., at the Border Regional Library Association annual awards banquet.

In an effort to bring language and the written word to the frontline of its mission, the UNM Center for Academic Program and Support (CAPS) opened the doors to its new Language and Learning Center that’s designed to provide students with the assistance they need to achieve success during their time at UNM.

The Thornburg Foundation announces that Centennial High School in Las Cruces will receive the 2015 Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture in New Mexico. Presentation of the 2015 Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture is Friday, Feb. 20, at 5:30 p.m. in UNM School of Architecture & Planning's Pearl Hall auditorium.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the Chief Information Officer sponsors UNM’s Data to Knowledge (D2K) Day on Friday, Feb. 20. The event will be held in the Student Union Building from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is...

The University of New Mexico’s Sexual Assault and Awareness Task Force is moving forward on recommendations made to the Provost on coordinating and streamlining the university’s efforts to combat sexual violence on campus. At a recent meeting, Dean of...