Grammy-award winning Latin jazz recording artist Poncho Sanchez and his eight-piece band will conduct two workshops for music students at the UNM College of Fine Arts. The workshops are also free and open to community musicians and jazz-lovers.
An opening prayer, American Indian dances and a buffalo barbeque today will kick off the annual Nizhoni Week, which promotes American Indian cultural awareness on campus.
Good cheese, great movies and beautiful monuments - in addition to rich history and culture - are the reasons UNM history professor Jay Rubenstein says he applied for a grant to study in Paris.
Mayor Martin Chavez declared Thursday that fliers posted to utility poles are ruining Albuquerque's beauty and began tearing them down on Central Avenue across from UNM's campus.
Renewed political and social unrest in the Middle East has prompted UNM groups to invite anti-war activist Richard Becker to campus tonight to share his thoughts about the conflict.
Good cheese, great movies and beautiful monuments - in addition to rich history and culture - are the reasons UNM history professor Jay Rubenstein says he applied for a grant to study in Paris.
Salsa dancing, free drinks and information about sexually transmitted diseases will be offered today during the Student Health Center's annual STD Awareness Day.
The ASUNM Senate clarified laws governing polling locations and passed resolutions thanking outgoing UNM President Bill Gordon and executive agency Student Special Events as it started winding down activities for the semester.
UNM community members agreed that a long-term commitment and a combination of three different foreign policy approaches are necessary to broker a better relationship between the United States and Russia.
The UNM Raza Graduate Student Association is sponsoring its annual Dolores Gonzales Colloquy Series, which begins today and runs through the rest of the month.
One vote secured a $6 per semester increase in undergraduate student fees, and Jennifer Onuska narrowly edged Lisa Marie Gomez to win the presidency, according to unofficial results from Wednesday's ASUNM election.
The Board of Regents met in executive session Tuesday to discuss potential interim presidential candidates, but say it's still undecided who will fill the vacancy while a formal, national search is conducted.
A year after heated clashes between 50 student protesters and regents over tuition increases, the Board of Regents approved a 4.3 percent tuition and fees increase Tuesday during a relatively quiet meeting.
After approving an ASUNM constitutional amendment Tuesday that would raise undergraduate student fees from $14 to $20, the Board of Regents were eager point out that their vote was contingent on student response.
The Student Union Building and ethnic centers received more money, while a handful of others - including the Agora Crisis Center - left this year's $5.5 million Student Fee Review Board funding process empty-handed.
Besides electing ASUNM representatives and approving legislation, students voting in Wednesday's election can consider what types of food they would like to eat when the SUB reopens in the fall.
Graduate students head to the polls today through Thursday to fill a presidential vacancy and determine the fate of two constitutional amendments.
The battle on whether to allow animal testing in graduate research projects backed by the state was the focus of an intense debate at Saturday's GPSA Council meeting.
More than 700 students, faculty and staff gathered to uproot tree stumps, pack pinto beans, strip carpet and complete hundreds of other projects during the Saturday Spring Storm.
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