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How the government shutdown impacts UNM
By Leila Chapa & Paloma Chapa @lchapa06
& @paloma_chapa88
The University of New Mexico community is bracing itself for the impacts of the federal government shutdown, which has been ongoing for over a month since lawmakers missed the deadline for government funding.
UNM President Garnett Stokes sent a campus-wide email on Oct. 6, in which she wrote that the government shutdown may affect University federally funded research projects.
UNM Vice President for Research Ellen Fisher and UNM Health Sciences Center Vice President for Research Hengameh Raissy, addressed the UNM research community in a letter with guidelines to prepare for the shutdown on Sept. 29, before it took place.
In general, during a government shutdown, no new awards are created by federal sponsors, and research agencies will be unable to begin new programs, issue new grants, enter into new contracts or review existing
applications, according to the letter.
“Projects where the federal sponsor has already obligated funds will be allowed to continue spending, unless informed differently by either the agency sponsor or by the (Office of the Vice President for Research),” the letter reads.
A shutdown can result in missed panels, a backlog of proposal actions at the agencies and delays that ultimately could result in the cancellation of some research and related activities, according to the letter.
UNM Global Education Office Director for International Student and Scholar Services Linda Melville said that GEO has not been impacted by the shutdown other than some delays, due to the Department of Homeland Security — an agency that GEO works with — being self-funded.
“Consular offices are considered essential, so they continue to process visas,” Melville said. “They’re also operating some on fees, so the parts of the State Department that we actually deal with are still operating.”
The government shutdown began on Oct. 1, after Democrats and Republicans held a firm disagreement
over a decision on health care spending, leading to Democrats’ refusal to vote in favor of funding bills proposed by Republicans in both houses of Congress, according to The Associated Press.
Democrats want to reverse Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks and spending reductions, which he signed in July, and extend tax credits that make health insurance premiums more affordable for people who purchase through the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act. Republicans disagree with the Democrats’ proposal, arguing that it would cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion, according to The AP.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is threatened within New Mexico as funding for the program has run out due to the government shutdown, leaving states in charge of providing EBT credits to those who use the program to purchase food, according to ABC News.
SNAP serves 450,000 recipients in New Mexico, which has the highest rate of reliance on the program in the nation, according to Source NM.
On Wednesday, Oct. 29, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham released a press release that announced the state will deliver $30 million in state-funded benefits to those who qualify to help New Mexicans with food expenses for roughly the first 10 days of November.
A 2023-24 survey of almost 10,000 students from higher education institutions throughout the state found that two in five students reported experiencing “very low” food security, which is the most severe category, according to the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
The Statewide Student Basic Needs Workshop found that increased access to SNAP benefits are a significant part of a solution to reducing basic needs insecurities for students, faculty and staff.
LeVar Eady, market manager of Albuquerque Downtown Growers’ Market, said students use SNAP benefits to shop at the market, allowing them to have availability of “fresh, locally sourced, nutrientpacked food.”
“Some of the things at big box stores aren’t necessarily the healthiest of choices,” Eady said. “Students that have a more healthy, nutrient-
balanced diet tend to be better students; you have more energy to be able to do the various activities that students do, such as studying, going to class, socializing, all those things that are important.”
Rachel Jump, administrative assistant to the Dean at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning, wrote in a listserv email that 4.5% of UNM students who completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid form reported receiving SNAP benefits.
Students can normally receive help applying for SNAP benefits through the UNM Women’s Resource Center, and all students, regardless of SNAP eligibility, can visit the Lobo Food Pantry in the Student Union Building for free groceries, Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Leila Chapa is the social media editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at socialmedia@dailylobo. com or on X @lchapa06
Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo. com or on X @paloma_chapa88
Conservative student organization hosts speaker, draws protests
By Leila Chapa & Paloma Chapa
@lchapa06 & @paloma_chapa88
For over four hours, approximately 30 people protested against the University of New Mexico chapter of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization that had a table set up near the Duck Pond on Monday, Oct. 27. Some students debated with members of TP-UNM, while others gathered and chanted.
TP-UNM members were promoting an upcoming lecture that occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 29, titled “CRT: Education or Indoctrination,” with guest speaker Stephen Davis, a Turning Point USA contributor and host of the podcast “SMASH with MAGA Hulk.”
Students protested Turning Point’s presence on campus, chanting “hey hey, ho ho, Turning Point has got to go.” Some protestors handed out “Lobos Against Fascism” stickers and sang “Bella Ciao,” “This Land is your Land,” “Solidarity Forever” and “John Brown’s Body.”
TP-UNM President and UNM senior Eric Soule said the student organization had been tabling on campus since last Tuesday and that protesters had “caught wind” that they were tabling.
“We’re out here just promoting our speaker event, not pushing our club or anything like that, because we want to let people have the opportunity to see what (Davis) has to say,” Soule said.
UNM sophomore and protestor Hannah Loftus said she showed up to show TP-UNM that their organization has resistance on campus.
“Even though they do have the freedom to talk here, we have the
freedom to disagree and the freedom to push against them,” Loftus said.
UNM senior Machai Bluhm, who debated with TP-UNM members at the protest, said that while he doesn’t agree with how some of the protesters were conveying their message, he supported their right to be here.
“I really do enjoy seeing diversity of thought on this campus, and I enjoy seeing people having peaceful debates and discussion,” Bluhm said.
“Our First Amendment rights are very important in this country.”
UNM sophomore Ricardo Miranda Sorrentini said he decided to skip class to attend the protest and debate with students tabling for TP-UNM.
Sorretini debated with TP-UNM members on topics including immigrant and transgender rights, arguing against the notion that gender dysphoria equates to mental
illness such as schizophrenia, as was suggested during the debate.
“Instead of worrying about men being trans to go into women’s bathrooms, why not educate our men into not wanting to go into women’s bathrooms in the first place,” Sorrentini said. “You need to go after the actual perverts.”
UNM sophomore and TP-UNM member Benjamin Fernandez engaged in some of the debates.
“I’ve had some really good conversations about all kinds of different topics, politics, religion,” Fernandez said. “People have been open, we’ve been open to hear what they say, so the people that do want to talk, those are the things that need to keep happening.”
On Wednesday, Davis spoke to approximately 60 people in a TPUNM hosted event at the Kiva lecture
auditorium, where he described critical race theory as a “mind virus,” and presented a montage of headlines relating to university professors calling for “white genocide.”
The montage referred to coverage of a 2016 tweet from former Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher, that read “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” mocking a conspiracy theory espoused by white nationalists, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. The tweet prompted a university internal investigation and resulted in Ciccariello-Maher’s barring from campus and resignation in 2017.
“(Critical Race Theory) demands that we be recognized by the color of our skin first and foremost and be treated with equity instead of equality, which goes against everything that
our founding fathers set up within America,” Davis told the audience.
CRT is the premise that race is a socially constructed category used to oppress and exploit people of color, and that racism is inherent in legal institutions of the U.S, functioning to maintain social, economic and political inequalities, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Kiva Auditorium was surrounded by metal barricades and a heavy security presence. Passersby were not allowed to enter the enclosed area unless they were attending the lecture, through which UNMPD was conducting bag checks.
Approximately 20 protesters stood outside the barricaded Kiva, chanting and blowing whistles. Some also debated with those who were entering the talk.
Local artist Joey Arieno said she showed up to protest because she thinks Turning Point USA should not be at universities as “New Mexico is better than that,” she said.
“I think that the school setting and a college setting is somewhere where students should be educated,” Arieno said. “Specifically when it comes to extremism, and this is straight up extremism. This is anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-poor people, I don’t think it belongs anywhere near students”
Protesters left the scene before the lecture concluded.
Leila Chapa is the social media editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at socialmedia@dailylobo. com or on X @lchapa06
Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo. com or on X @paloma_chapa88
Students and community members protest the presence of the UNM chapter of Turning Point USA at the UNM Duck Pond on Monday, Oct. 27.
Leila Chapa / Daily Lobo / @lchapa06
‘Haunted Hodgin Hall’ horrifies humanity
By Addison Fulton
@DailyLobo
Screams echoed through the University of New Mexico’s campus as alums, faculty and students enjoyed a free haunted house set up in its oldest building.
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the UNM Alumni Association and UNM Trailblazers hosted “Haunted Hodgin Hall.” All year, Hodgin Hall serves as the alumni center, but on Tuesday, it served as a realm of frights and thrills.
Katie Varoz Williams, associate director of Alumni Relations, said that the event exists not just to scare students, but to deepen their connection to the Alumni Association while they’re still on campus.
“One of our greatest goals is to get students familiar with the Alumni Office and the Alumni Association before they leave and become alumni, so they understand that once you graduate, you’re still a member of the Alumni Association and always invited back to participate in connecting back with your friends, your professors, your classes (and) the University itself,” Varoz Williams said.
Each of the four rooms in Haunted Hodgins were designed and staffed by different UNM student organizations. They utilized a combination of animatronic and live scare-actor jump scares, creating a unique experience for each guest. Each room also had a distinct, short scripted storyline that was read aloud by tour guides.
Room one was put together by the Associated Students at the University of New Mexico, featuring two twin sisters whose bond cannot be broken, even by death. According to the script read by the guide,
“they’re drawn to fear.”
Guests then walked through “The Board Room of Terror,” created by UNM’s National PanHellenic Council. Scare actors and animatronics crowded around a board room table in a meeting that never ends, jumping at passersby.
UNM Trailblazers created the third room, a “Dinner Party Gone Wrong.” The room featured a scare actor hidden under the dinner table who would grab at guests’ ankles as they moved through the room.
Lastly, attendees had to brave “The Biohazard Lab,” created by the UNM Health Professions Symposium. The room was full of scare-actors with various injuries, illnesses and medical maladies, as well as a madscientist conducting experiments to “cure death.” The room culminated in an actor writhing on a table with an animatronic bursting from their chest, a send-up of the iconic moment in “Alien.”
The event also served as a way to introduce students to the Hodgin Building, as many of the students Varoz Williams spoke to had never been to Hodgin before visiting the haunted house, she said.
“Hodgins is the oldest building on campus. It’s pretty historical and interesting and can be a little creepy without all the decorations,” Varoz Williams said. “But with the decorations, it becomes extra haunted and fun, and helps celebrate the season and connect students back to alumni relations and some fun on campus.”
Upon conquering the house, participants could vote for their favorite room. The winning group would receive $500 to use toward their student organization, Varoz Williams said.
While supplies lasted, those who survived Haunted Hodgins received
a free drink from Suenos Coffee. There was also a free outdoor screening of “Them!” a 1954, blackand-white horror film about giant ants mutated by nuclear tests in New Mexico.
Mandy Rosario, a UNM nursing student, said that “The Biohazard Lab” was her favorite.
“That seemed like the most realistic, and I’m a nursing major, so I was like, ‘hey, that’s my thing,’” Rosario said. “It was pretty cool. I
was lowkey a little spooked.”
Another guest, Sarah Rodriguez, expressed how much she enjoyed the event.
“It was good, good scares. I feel like I don’t scare too easily, because I was kind of laughing, but it was good,” Rodriguez said.
Different visitors had different tolerances for terror; Amiya MartinParks was more easily scared, but still enjoyed the experience and learned about the Alumni
Association from the event.
“(That was) the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life, never again. I don’t like haunted houses and I almost cried my eyes out,” MartinParks said. “It was pretty cool. It was awesome — never again, though.”
Addison Fulton is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo. com or on X @dailylobo
Students carve their way to victory in Halloween event
By Alex Joe @DailyLobo
On Halloween, the scariest day of the year — especially if you are a pumpkin — students gathered to butcher the orange squash into forms both spooky and sweet.
On Friday, Oct. 31, the University of New Mexico Student Union Building hosted their annual pumpkin carving contest, welcoming the opportunity for students to express creativity with their pumpkins.
The pumpkins were judged in four categories: “scariest,” ”cutest,” “most creative” and “people’s choice.” The winners won prizes including candy and gift cards.
Dale Olguin, the student engagement coordinator and social media manager of the SUB, said an “influx” of students attended the event.
“We do this every year, it’s one of my favorite events that we host,” Olguin said. “We see some very creative designs, seeing people in costumes, having a good time, have a very festive time and celebrate the Halloween spirit.”
A “Puss in Boots” pumpkin won the category of cutest pumpkin, with
close seconds being a number of unique pumpkin styles, from “Hello Kitty,” to dinosaurs, cats and bats. Some people even brought props such as carrots and potatoes to help with their decoration.
A sick pumpkin vomited its way to victory and won the people’s choice category.
A wrinkly, sad, scary man pumpkin by senior Miriam Reichsfeld won the creativity category.
There were plenty of scary pumpkins, but the one earning the title of scariest was carved by junior Lilly Grogan. The pumpkin looked like a regular jack-o-lantern, but with the use of the carving tool, the pumpkin was stabbed in the eye with its innards on show.
Ashley Palmer, a student who carved a pumpkin, said she enjoyed the spirit and was happy with both her work and the overall feel of the event.
“Since I did not have a pattern for mine, I’m actually quite proud how mine went,” Palmer said. “I thought the event was a really cool way to get into the Halloween spirit and de-stress around this time of year, and meet some new people. I really enjoyed it.”
Alex Joe is a freelance videographer for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at culture@ dailylobo.com or on X @DailyLobo
Carved pumpkins on display at the Pumpkin Carving Contest in the SUB on Friday, Oct. 31.
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What are GO Bonds? Albuquerque voters to consider 12 bonds
By Addison Fulton @DailyLobo
This local election cycle, voters will be asked to consider where city funds should be allocated to a variety of issues and programs on Election Day, Tuesday Nov. 4. General obligation bonds are funding dedicated to improvements to infrastructure and programs such as public safety, parks and recreation, libraries and street maintenance.
In addition to the bond questions, there are elections for the City of Albuquerque Mayor’s Office, oddnumbered city council districts, Albuquerque Municipal School Board districts three, five, six and seven, the Central New Mexico Community College Board and the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority.
General obligation bonds may be used to finance any capital improvement approved by the voters. These bonds are called “General Obligation” because the city’s general income from all sources is pledged to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds. However, the city typically repays its general obligation bonds solely using property tax revenue, according to the Department of Municipal Development.
The agency responsible for managing and administering general obligation bonds for the City of Albuquerque is the Capital Implementation Program, according to the City of Albuquerque. CIP Official Shawn Maden said GO bonds are sold by the city based on its ability to collect taxes.
“Just like other companies sell bonds in their company, we sell bonds like treasury bonds, and people invest in the city, and then we use those. Those are general obligation bonds,” Maden said.
General obligation bonds typically undergo a complex two-year process before making it on the ballot, Maden said. Even years are dedicated to planning, while odd years are when bonds are put more to legislation and put to votes.
“There’s a score that our (City of Albuquerque) Office of Equity and Inclusion uses, called the social vulnerability index. They set those as the bigger goals, and then they set a scoring criteria to actually evaluate them,” Maden said. “They’re setting the rules of what they want the departments to request with these bonds. It says, ‘we want
you to achieve these goals for the community through these projects.’”
The process begins with the criteria resolution, wherein the city council and the mayor’s administration decides on the goals of the bond program. A scoring criteria is set based on the goals, then different departments may issue requests that are scored against how much they bolster overall goals.
A panel called the Staff Review Committee then analyzes the goals and impacts of each proposal and the presentations of the departments. Then the CIP committee, which includes the chief administrative, financial and operations officers, a council member and other directors, review the requests again and propose amounts of funds to go to each project.
The proposal is then sent to the mayor, further revised, sent to the Environmental Planning Committee, then back to the mayor’s office again. The mayor then sends it back to the City Council, where it is revised and voted on like a regular resolution, passes the mayor’s desk again, and is lastly put on the ballot for voter approval.
“We take the capital funds that the city has and we use those to construct things like streets and community centers and pools and parks,” Maden said. “If there’s a leaky roof, or, the streets are broken, a street light has fallen, a park needs a playground, or some of the pipes have busted. That’s kind of the main focus of GO (bonds) is around rehabilitation of existing city facilities.”
The public safety bond would provide almost $13 million to improvements for police, fire and
community safety departments. Notable distribution features include the $2.75 million that would go to improvements to Albuquerque Police Department facilities, and the additional $1 million would go to acquire new vehicles for the APD fleet. Albuquerque Community Safety services would also receive $200,000 to improve its fleet. $3.25 million are marked for replacing the apparatuses of Albuquerque Fire and Rescue vehicles.
The senior, family, community center, homeless and community enhancement bond provides funding for renovation and construction of community centers, senior centers and homeless shelters. The bond provides over $27 million to several facilities.
The parks and recreation bond totals to around $34 million for parks, open spaces, trails and education spaces. It also incorporates athleisure facilities, including upgrades to the Sunport Pool and $750,000 for two pickleball courts.
The remaining bonds include over $20 million for energy and water conservation related projects, roughly $450,000 for libraries, nearly $9 million for storm sewer systems, around $2.5 million for metropolitan redevelopment, over $50 million dollars for streets, about $7 million for museums, $1.6 million for public transportation, over $10 million for affordable housing and $350 million for Albuquerque Public Schools.
Addison Fulton is the culture editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at culture@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
The outside of Albuquerque City Hall. Taken in 2023. Jessica Baca / Daily Lobo / @Jessica_Baca_
LOBO SPORTS
Lobos cruise to preseason win over Lumberjacks
By Marley Herndon @DailyLobo
After dropping their first preseason game against Washington State University on the road, the University of New Mexico Lobos returned to The Pit for their first home appearance of the year.
Though they showed preseason jitters and had a few sloppy plays, the Lobos took control early and cruised to a 64-54 win over the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, the Lobos got off to a hot start thanks to the night’s star, guard and forward Antonio Chol, who broke the ice with an early three-pointer and didn’t let up as he scored all nine of the game’s first points.
“It was just a confidence thing. They probably didn’t think I would shoot with that much confidence,” Chol said.
The Lobos didn’t look back from this early lead as they spent all but the opening 46 seconds with the lead. The first Lobo not named Chol to get on the board was guard Chris Howell, who went on to lead the team in assists with five, and guard Jake Hall, who led the bench with 12 points.
About halfway through the first half, the Lumberjacks’ had their best attempt at a comeback when they had a 8-0 run highlighted by seven points from NAU’s Isaiah Shaw, aided by the Lumberjack’s defense that kept the Lobos off the board for approximately four minutes.
Chol checked back into the game, promptly hit a three, and got a block on the other end of the floor, ending the Lumberjacks run. The Lobos would outscore the Lumberjacks 10-5 for the first half’s final six minutes and twenty-six seconds, giving them a 29-19 halftime lead.
Those were agonizing final six-and a-half minutes for fans of field goal efficiency as the Lobos, who started five for their first eight, ended the half seven-for-23.
“We had some good looks that just didn’t go, but to me, the shot selection and decision making is where we really need to grow,” Lobo Head Coach Eric Olen said.
The Lobos held NAU to 20.7% shooting from the field. They also forced 11 turnovers that contributed to holding the Lumberjacks to under 20 points in the first half; however, the Lobos defense would not look nearly as good in the second half.
The second half was a back-andforth affair, with each team scoring exactly 35 points. Both teams massively picked up their efficiency, as NAU’s field goal percentage notably rose to 44.8% and outrebounded UNM in the second half, winning that battle 41-35. They also stopped turning the ball over as much, with just five turnovers in the second half.
“That just goes with execution on the defensive end,” Howell said. “We just got to pick up our talk.”
Despite answering for this defensive sluggishness postgame, the Lobos seemed unfazed by the Lumberjacks’ increase in production.
Cherry and Silver sweep Nevada in Pink Game
By Austin Bishop @austinrbishop23
The University of New Mexico Lobos volleyball team painted the court pink and kept energy high on Wednesday, Oct. 29, sweeping the University of Nevada Wolf Pack 3-0 in the annual Pink Game match. The Lobos dominated the first two sets before narrowly coming away with a win against Nevada in a tighter third set.
In the first set, the Lobos started off strong with a four-point lead, causing Nevada to stay on their heels. The Wolf Pack attempted to fight back, however the Lobos continued increasing the momentum in their favor. The first set concluded quickly, with the Lobos winning 25-14.
In the second set of the match, Nevada led to start out, shifting the Lobos’ game plan. 12 kills were totaled in the second set for the Lobos to put Nevada away once again for the set victory.
“I think that we were able to play with such a calm level of energy, and you could tell that we wanted to progress the game,” Lobo setter and outside hitter Addison France said. “I think that’s what really got us through the first two sets.”
France began the third set with a
solo block and a kill to put pressure on Nevada. After a competitive string of scoring from the Lobos and Nevada, outside hitter Gioia Riccato made four kills in a row, pushing the score to 21-17 and leading the competitive set to end 25-21.
“At the beginning we started feeling a little bit off, I don’t want to say fear, but like concern that they were starting better, but at the same time, we know that we are able to play better,” Riccato said. “I think that’s what we did.”
Post-match, the Lobos ended with 43 total kills, with outside hitter Lauryn Payne leading the way with 12 and France following with 10.
“Communication is always so important, and I think that’s something we did really well tonight,” France said. “We were able to communicate setting, hitting in every aspect of the game.”
UNM lost their match to the Air Force Academy Falcons on Saturday, Nov. 1, but will look to rebound against the University of Nevada Las Vegas Rebels on Thursday, Nov. 6, at UNM’s Johnson Center.
Austin Bishop is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @austinrbishop23
They also upped their shooting game, as their field goal percentage increased to 41.7%.
Chol continued to lead the way with another eight points and ended leading the team in scoring with 20 points.
“That’s something (Chol) can do day in and day out,” Howell said.
Chol would go down hard late in the game chasing a block, but all
seemed well as he would shake it off and stay in the game.
The Lobos held on in those final minutes, and rode to a 64-54 victory.
This was a debut at The Pit for Olen and his team, and he is excited for what’s coming next, Olen said.
“Feeling Lobo Nation was a lot of fun for all of us, we’re excited to build on it and we can’t wait to get started in the regular season,” Olen said.
The regular season starts at The Pit on Wednesday, Nov. 5, against the East Texas A&M University Lions.
Marley Herndon is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo. com or on X @Dailylobo
Lobos bowl bound after defeating UNLV
By Rodney Prunty
@rprunty05
For the first time since 2016, the University of New Mexico Lobo football team earned bowl game eligibility. This comes after the Lobos went on the road and defeated the University of Nevada Las Vegas Rebels 40-35 on Saturday, Nov. 1.
There was not much action early in the first quarter, but things started to pick up towards the quarter’s end. After the Lobo defense was able to force a turnover on downs, New Mexico’s offense was able to put the first points of the game on the board.
UNM strung together a drive that ended when Lobo quarterback Jack Layne found running back Damon Bankston open in the endzone for a 30-yard touchdown pass.
UNLV would end up fumbling on their next drive after a botched handoff that was swiftly recovered by UNM. The Lobos drive bled into the second quarter, and they would capitalize off of the Rebels mistake, finding the endzone again.
UNLV went three-and-out on the following possession, and on the first play of the Lobo drive Bankston took a screen pass 84-yards for a score, giving the Lobos a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.
What seemed like a secure 21-0 lead for the Lobos quickly evaporated. The Rebels put their signature on the board following the Lobos score, as Rebels quarterback Anthony Colandrea found wide receiver DaeDae Reynolds for a seven-yard
touchdown pass. UNM went threeand-out on their next possession — which UNLV took advantage of — scoring another touchdown.
With their lead trimmed to seven, the Lobos looked to bounce back, but instead Layne would throw a pick-six, leading to the game being knotted up at 21. With the momentum of the game shifting in the Rebels favor, the Lobos would silence the UNLV crowd in just two plays, as after a four-yard gain by Layne, he would proceed to launch a deep ball to Lobo wide receiver Keagan Johnson for a score.
Johnson led the team in receiving yards, tallying up 158 on six receptions, adding on the aforementioned touchdown to boot. When that ball goes up to Johnson, he is locked in on making big plays, he said.
“I wanna make plays for (Layne) He trusts me, he’ll throw 50-50 balls to me and I just wanna make the play” Johnson said.
UNLV would not score again in the second, and UNM would tack on a field goal just before the end of the half. The Lobos went into halftime leading 31-21.
Things came to a bit of a standstill in the second half as both teams relied on their defenses to make plays. UNM was only able to put up a field goal in third, while UNLV had a touchdown. The Lobos held onto 34-28 after three.
The fourth quarter brought on a dramatic finish to this game. After back-to-back punts by both teams, UNLV had possession of the ball while still only down by six. It would only take the Rebels seven plays to find
the endzone, giving them a one point advantage over the Lobos. With just under seven minutes left to play in the game, the Lobos did not flinch. They responded accordingly, taking back the lead on an eight play 75-yard drive that was capped off by Lobo running back D.J. McKinney with a 13-yard touchdown run. The Lobos did go for a two point attempt to make it a seven point game, but the conversion failed.
With the Lobos up by five and looking to close out the game, their defense came through not once, but twice. The first time came on a Rebel fourth down, as with just under two minutes left to play Lobo safety Tavian Combs made a tough play on the ball, forcing a turnover on downs.
After the Lobo offense couldn’t get a first down to seal it, the Lobo defense shut down any last second antics by the Rebels to propel UNM to a win.
“Our defense has been good, we rep a lot of two minute situations in practice, and they’re good in those situations,” Lobo Head Coach Jason Eck said.
The Lobos are now 6-3 on the year, 3-2 in conference, and will enjoy this win for the whole week as they will go into a bye week. On Nov. 15, UNM will face the Colorado State University Rams at University Stadium.
Rodney Prunty is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @ rprunty05
UNM Lobo guard Deyton Albury in action during the first half of a preseason matchup against Northern Arizona University at The Pit on Thursday, Oct 30.
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Scares at the SUB: UNM hosts ghost hunter
By Lexis Lovato @lovatolexis
The University of New Mexico raised Halloween spirits by welcoming paranormal investigator Amy Bruni on Tuesday, Oct. 28, to speak with other believers of ghosts about some of her most memorable experiences and stories she has encountered while conducting paranormal investigations.
Bruni prefaced the event by clarifying that she will never speak in absolutes about ghosts, nor dictate their existence, because she knows it is virtually impossible to prove the existence of ghosts, she said.
Bruni said her thoughts and theories about hauntings change almost all of the time.
There are a few different kinds of ghosts; intelligent ghosts who interact with you and are aware
of your existence, residual ghosts who are stuck on a loop and do not acknowledge your existence, and haunted objects, Bruni said.
Bruni began her televised paranormal journey with “Ghost Hunters” in 2008, before starting filming in 2016 for her latest show, “Kindred Spirits,” which she costarred in.
Bruni has visited multiple privately owned haunted homes, and some of the more popular locations in the ghost hunting community, including Harrisville farmhouse, Waverly Hills Sanatorium and the Lizzie Borden house, she said.
On stage, she displayed some of her own haunted and historical objects gathered from throughout her life and career.
Bruni brought objects like ouija boards, dolls, a Victorian era spirit trumpet, an original painting by Ed Warren and a rare photograph from
William H. Mumler, a nineteenth century “spirit” photographer who scammed dozens of people into paying for altered photographs he claimed were real.
Bruni likes to prioritize teaching the historical significance of the places she investigates, in respect for the home or building and the people affiliated with paranormal activity, she said.
Additionally, she thinks having that information will help convey a personal side to the story, and a better understanding of the investigation they are conducting, Bruni said.
“I’m sure you guys watch reality TV, and you’re like, ‘is this fake?’” Bruni said. “I wanted everything to be 100% legit. I wanted all the history to be accurate.”
She said that she only joined “Kindred Spirits” under the conditions that the show would not be overly dramatized in any way,
and historical research about each location would be included.
Not only does learning about the history of each location help Bruni grasp an individual understanding of each situation she evaluates, the history helps her form a stronger connection with the energy she is investigating.
A big part of why people fear ghosts is because they make us think about our own mortality and face life after death, Bruni said.
Bruni said she differs from most other paranormal investigators because of the way she approaches every investigation with friendliness and a positive attitude.
“I’m very upbeat. I walk in, I smile, I introduce myself.” Bruni said, “The producers, whenever I’m on TV, they’re like, ‘Amy, this is supposed to be scary.’ And I’m like, ‘hi ghosts, I’m Amy.’”
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Monday
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10AM-1PM; 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
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Open MON-SAT: 9AM - 7PM; 111030 Menaul Blvd, NE 505-877-8971
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center
Open 8 AM - 10:30 PM
Quirky Used Books & More
More than 24,000 Used Books
11 AM - 6 PM | 120 Jefferson St NE
Wednesday
Birthright of Albuquerque
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New Volunteers Always Welcome
10AM-1PM; 3228 Candelaria Rd NE
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Open Mon-Sat: 9AM - 7PM; 111030 Menaul Blvd, NE 505-877-8971
Mama and the Girls Cannabis Dispensary and Education Center Open 8 AM - 10:30 PM
Quirky Used Books & More Books, Puzzles, Stickers, Mugs, Etc. 11 AM - 6 PM | 120 Jefferson St NE Friday
Birthright of Albuquerque Every Friday: 12PM–3PM Plus Mom’s Support Group on First Friday of the month (10AM–12PM)
3228 Candelaria Rd NE
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PHOTO STORY: Dia de Los Muertos at ABQ Old Town
By Maria Fernandez @DailyLobo
Albuquerque’s Old Town hosted a Dia de Los Muertos event from Oct. 24 to Sunday, Nov. 2, with events including a candlelight procession, live music and dancing. Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday commemorating the lives of those who have passed away and celebrating the return of their souls to the physical world between the night of Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, according to the National Museum of the American Latino. Families and friends build ofrendas for their loved ones, which include images, favorite foods and drinks, and other personal objects, alongside candles and marigolds,
which are believed to help guide the spirits back to their homes. The Dia de Los Muertos event in Old Town included an Old Town Car Club and Drifters car show, a catrina procession, the Dance of the Matachines and mass in the San Felipe de Neri Church. Ofrendas were built throughout Old Town plaza and the gazebo amidst decorations of colorful papel picado and paper flowers, catrinas, or celebratory imagery of skeletons and alebrijes, a type of Mexican folk art featuring magical creatures.
Maria Fernandez is the copy editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at copy@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
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MONDAY
10:00
WRC, Group Room
2:30
Tracey: The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands
George Pearl Hall Auditorium
5:00 – 7:00pm Explores theology, colonialism, and activism in the Southwestern U.S. to show how state-sponsored Protestant missions laid the foundation for contemporary humanitarian aid.
Sports & Recreation
UNM Women’s
7:00 – 9:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
TUESDAY
Campus Events
Yoga SUB, Room 3017 (LoboOasis) 12:00 – 1:00pm Join the Women’s Resource Center, Global Education Office, Asian American Pacific Islander Resource Center and Lobo Oasis for their weekly yoga sessions.
Makerspace ESC Pod Reopening Ceremony Engineering and Science Computer Pod 2:00 – 2:50pm Opening remarks by President Stokes and tour of Esports program.
Lectures & Readings
Portuguese CTL Conversation Group Ortega Hall Room 124 12:30 – 1:30pm Portuguese Around the World.
Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology Seminar PAIS, Room 3205
2:00 – 3:00pm Saheed Oyeniran, UNM, presents “From Sensor to Discovery: Search for CP Violation in the ATLAS Experiment in BsJpsiPhi, Operating the ATLAS Detector and R & D for Future Upgrades.”
ASL Conversation Group Ortega Hall Room 124
4:00 – 5:00pm
Scary Stories to Tell in the LLC. Workshops
Indigenous Craft Night with AISS Mesa Vista Hall Room 1119
5:30 – 7:00pm Stitch and Sew with Stephanie Oyenque.
Art & Music
Juan Bautista Ralliere’s Cánticos Espirituales Zimmerman Library Frank Waters Room
3:30 – 4:30pm Compiled by the French priest Juan Bautista Rallière, pastor of Tomé, Cánticos espirituales is regarded as the most influential nineteenth-
century Spanish-language hymnal of the U.S. Southwest.
Christoph Wagner in Concert
Keller Hall
7:30 – 8:45pm UNM cello faculty Dr. Christoph Wagner, with Dr. Joanne Kong on piano.
Theater & Film
Moana: Live-to-Film Concert
Popejoy Hall
7:00 – 8:00pm Disney Concerts and AMP Worldwide present Disney’s Moana Live-To-Film Concert. Tickets start at $29.50.
WEDNESDAY
Campus Events
Crafternoon
UNM Women’s Resource Center
12:00 – 2:30pm Hang out, relax, meet new people, and learn a new craft.
Le Loup-Garou Ortega Hall Room 120 3:00 – 4:00pm A lively French twist on the classic Werewolf game, full of mystery, strategy, and fun.
UNM Health Sciences Excellence in Research Awards
Domenici Auditorium
3:00 – 5:00pm Celebrating researchers in the areas of basic science, clinical, and population health research, as well as in the special categories of junior investigator, teaching and learning, and team science.
Rainforest Pitch Competition Live Finals Bow & Arrow Brewing Company
5:30 – 6:30pm This high-energy event features student entrepreneurs pitching their 90-second business ideas live on stage for a chance to win a share of $10,000 in cash prizes.
Meetings
12-Step Meeting SHAC Plaza Level Room 30 12:30 – 1:30pm Meeting hosted by Collegiate Recovery Center. Honors Student Association
College Forum 5:30 – 7:00pm
Art & Music
Arts in Medicine UNM Hospitals, BBRP Cafe 12:00 – 1:00pm Welcome back to BBRP the Balkan dance music of Goddess of Arno.
Sinfonia Keller Hall
7:30 – 8:45pm UNM’s all-strings orchestra, led by Professor Travis Maril.
Theater & Film
Wednesday Wednesdays
UEAC, Transfer & Transition Student Center
12:00 – 1:00pm Relax, unwind and connect with fellow Lobos while watching episodes of Wednesday. Free popcorn.
Midweek Movies: Freakier Friday SUB Theater 6:00 – 8:00pm
Two decades after an identity crisis, Anna’s blended family faces new challenges. Tess and Anna discover their past may be repeating with the next generation.
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Mechanical Engineering Room 427
10:00 – 11:00am Austin Schuberth, Mechanical Engineering, presents “Finite Element Modeling of LaserInduced Thermal Stresses in Glass Using Viscoelastic Models.”
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation PAIS Room 1010
11:00am – 12:00pm Mason, Daniel,Earth & Planetary Sciences, presents “Contemporary Martian Geomorphic Processes and the Suitability Characterization of Terrestrial Analogues.”
Biology Brown Bag Seminar Castetter Hall Room 100
12:00 – 1:00pm
Dani Owens, UNM, presents “Assessing Climate Impacts on American Pika Persistence within Glacier National Park.”
Annual Research Lecture
Domenici Auditorium Room 1220
2:00 – 3:00pm
Dr. David Schade, UNM, presents “The Secret Revealed: How to Save Your Life.”
Inclusive Excellence: A Panel
Discussion with Recent Honors Grads Honors College Forum
2:00 – 3:00pm Panel discussion about graduate school with recent Honors College alumni. The panel will reflect on how their Honors College experience, including their engagement in JEADI (Justice, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion) initiatives, has shaped their academic, professional, and personal goals.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Center for High Technology Materials Room 101 2:00 – 3:00pm Rahul Adhikari, Interdisciplinary:Engineering, presents “Real-time Frequency Tuning Of Kinetic Energy Harvesters Via System Mass Adjustment.”
International Studies Institute Lecture Series: Civil War Ortega Hall, Room 335 3:30 – 4:30pm
Chris Butler and Margaret Avera, UNM Political Science, presents “Sexual Violence during Civil War.”
Student Teaching Panel
Honors College Forum 4:00 – 5:15pm Three Honors College alumni will discuss their experiences completing the student teaching capstone in the Honors College.
Gale Memorial Lecture Series
UNM Arts Lab 5:30 – 6:30pm Sheri Crider, The Sanitary Tortilla Factory, presents “Out of Bounds: Expanded practice in contemporary art.”
Workshops
The Fundamentals of MATLAB Centennial Engineering Center ESS Suite
An ofrenda at a Dia de Los Muertos event in Old Town Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 1. Maria Fernandez / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo
Attendees of Old Town’s Dia de Los Muertos event walk among ofrendas in Old Town plaza on Saturday, Nov. 1.
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Attendees of Old Town’s Dia de Los Muertos event walk among ofrendas in Old Town plaza on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Maria Fernandez / Daily Lobo / @DailyLobo
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from cancer.
Honors Student Association: General Meeting Honors College Forum 5:30 – 7:00pm
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Clark Hall Room 214 9:30 – 10:30am Catriona Gordon, Chemistry, presents “SCRIPPY: Computational and Experimental Characterization of RIPP Graspetide Synthetases.”
OSE Seminar
Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science Room 2540 12:30 – 1:45pm Dr. Ali Rastegari, UNM, presents.
Japanese CTL Conversation Group Ortega Hall Room 124
1:00 – 2:00pm Hyakunin Isshu - Japanese card game.
Russian CTL Conversation Group Ortega Hall Room 124 2:00 – 3:00pm Demonstrative Pronouns in Russian.
CART Astrophysics Seminar PAIS 3205
2:00 – 3:00pm
Rachel Weller, UNM, presents.
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium PAIS Room 110
3:00 – 4:30pm Ken Obenberger, AFRL, presents.
Biology Seminar
Castetter Hall Room 100
3:30 – 5:30pm
Dr. Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy, Assistant
Professor, University of Rochester, presents.
Sports & Recreation
UNM Women’s Volleyball vs UNLV Johnson Center 6:30 – 8:30pm Tickets are free for students.
Theater & Film
Powwow Highway
Ortega Hall Room 124
3:00 – 5:00pm Two Cheyenne Indian friends with very different outlooks on life set off on a road trip. Philbert Bono is a spiritual seeker trying to find the answers to life’s questions; his pal, Buddy Red Bow, is a realist who sees the world in black-and-white terms. When Buddy’s sister is jailed in Santa Fe, N.M., the mismatched duo hit the highway in Philbert’s dilapidated 1964 Buick and experience wild twists and turns on their journey of self-discovery.
Little Shop of Horrors Rodey Theatre
7:30 – 9:30pm A cult classic musical where doo-wop meets dark comedy. Presented by the UNM Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Kate Clarke. Tickets start at $13.50.
Art & Music
Maxine Thévenot in Concert
Keller Hall
2:00 – 3:00p Dr. Maxine Thévenot performs on Keller Hall’s 1967 Holtkamp pipe organ.
UNM Symphony Orchestra Popejoy Hall 7:30 – 8:30pm
Conducted by Dr. Karin Hendrickson. Repertoire includes Sibeius’s Finlandia, Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. Tickets start at $5.00.
FRIDAY
Campus Events
Art/Science Roundtable & Open House UNM Arts Lab 11:00am – 1:00pm Art/Science collaboration as part of UNM’s Research & Discovery Week.
ARTSLab: Open House Arts Lab 12:00 – 1:00pm ARTSLab is an incubator for new ideas. It’s a place where artists and other researchers learn new technologies, try out ideas, collaborate, and explore new and exciting forms of artistic expression.
Meetings
Bosque Linguistics AssociationLLC. LLC Room 120 12:00 – 1:00pm
Lectures & Readings
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation
Mechanical Engineering Room 427 11:00am – 12:00pm Behnam Roshanzadeh, Interdisciplinary:Engineering, presents “Design and development of evacuated photovoltaic thermal systems for efficient cogeneration of heat and electricity.”
Career Services Brown Bag 12:00 – 1:00pm Ortega Hall Room 335
Resume writing for federal jobs.
Thesis/Dissertation Presentation Fitz Hall Room 303 1:30 – 2:30pm Leslie Huggins, Biomedical Science Graduate Program, presents “Genomic insights into population dynamics and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of Enterobacteriales in New Mexico.
Economics Seminar
ECON 1002
2:00 – 3:00pm Dr. Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University California, presents “Reshaping the Bench:Case Quotas’ Impact on Immigration Courts.”
Earth & Planetary Sciences Colloquium Northrop Room 122
2:00 – 3:00pm Maitrayee Bose, Arizona State University, presents “Carbon Cycling in Ocean Worlds.” Physics and Astronomy Colloquium PAIS Room 1100
3:00 – 4:30pm Tara Drake, University of New Mexico, presents.
What is Emancipation?
SUB A 3:30 – 5:30pm JesseAlemán, TiffanyFlorvil and PaulLivingston present.
Philosophy Colloquium
Mitchell Hall 102 3:30 – 4:30pm Jill Drouillard, Mississippi University for Women, presents “The Politics of Birth from Heidegger to Haywood.” Workshops
Bridging Knowledge Systems: The Transformation Network’s Convergent Approach
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PAIS Room 1010
10:00 – 11:00am
The challenges facing the Intermountain West are characterized by extreme complexity and enormous consequences. This workshop shares Transformation Network’s approach to these challenges. A key element of the TN’s convergent research design and its interepistemic approach that builds across different knowledge systems across academia and with community partners.
Creative Convergence: Stories from the Intersection of Art, Science, and Technology Arts Lab
11:00am – 12:00pm
This roundtable brings together four researchers whose work sits at the intersection of art, science, and technology, each sharing a 10-minute presentation on their practice and approach to collaboration. Attendees are encouraged to join the conversation, share ideas, and identify opportunities for crosscampus collaboration.
Multilingualism Matters
Ortega Hall Language Labs
2:00 – 3:00pm
Brings together scholars whose work advances our understanding of linguistic diversity and language development by focusing on multilingual children, including those with language delays, deaf children acquiring signed languages, and Indigenous children acquiring their traditional languages.
Festival of Languages
Ortega Hall Language Labs
3:00 – 5:00pm Brings together research, cultural, and career presentations related to language study from UNM faculty, students, and alumni.
Art & Music
The Body As Archive: Guided
exhibit and discussion
Elizabeth Waters Center for Dance
1:00 – 3:00pm
These visual documents of creative practices reflect diverse systems of knowledge and demonstrate how UNM and southwest dance exist as sites of artistic, social-cultural and political developments and influences in recent history and the current moment.
Graduate Clarinet Recital Keller Hall 6:00 – 7:00pm Tyler Roberts, with Scott Jacobsen on piano.
Theater & Film
iCine Magnífico! Bank of America Theatre 7:00 – 9:00pm Features Una Quinta Portuguesa.
Little Shop of Horrors Rodey Theatre
7:30 – 9:30pm A cult classic musical where doowop meets dark comedy. Presented by the UNM Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Kate Clarke. Tickets start at $13.50.
Sports & Recreation
Lobo Hockey vs CSU ACHA 2 The MAC, Rio Rancho 7:00 – 9:00pm Tickets $10, $5 for students.
SATURDAY
Campus Events
The Art of Gifting: New Mexico Arts & Crafts Festival UNM Continuing Education, 10:00am – 4:00pm Come shop for unique, locally handmade gifts from New Mexico artists and vendors. In addition to the over 100 local artists vendors, there will be unique and fun workshops onsite so you can make your own crafts.
Art & Music
String Lab School Saturday Recital Keller Hall 10:30 – 11:30am
Students of the UNM String Lab School present what they have learned this month.
Senior Saxophone Recital Keller Hall 6:00 – 7:00pm Adriana Vigil, with Lonnie Pohl, Anne Webb, and Natalia Ross.
Sports & Recreation
UNM Women’s Volleyball vs Sand Diego State 12:00 – 2:00pm 1:00 – 3:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
UNM Men’s Basketball vs UT Arlington The Pit 2:00 – 4:00pm Tickets are free for students but must be acquired online.
Lobo Hockey vs CSU ACHA 2 The MAC, Rio Rancho 7:00 – 9:00pm Tickets $10, $5 for students.
Theater & Film
iCine Magnífico! Bank of America Theatre 12:00 – 2:00pm Features Quizás Es Cierto Lo Que Dicen De Nosotras.
Little Shop of Horrors Rodey Theatre 2:00 – 4:00pm A cult classic musical where doowop meets dark comedy. Presented by the UNM Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Kate Clarke. Tickets start at $13.50.
iCine Magnífico! Bank of America Theatre 4:45 – 6:45pm Features Culpa Cero.
SWFC: Eddington
SUB Theater 6:00 – 8:00pm During the COVID-19 pandemic, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, N.M.
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Little Shop of Horrors Rodey Theatre
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October 28 – November 7, 2025
Honors BFA thesis by Fin Martens
“Nothing Left for Me”: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah
7:30 – 9:30pm A cult classic musical where doowop meets dark comedy. Presented by the UNM Department of Theatre and Dance and directed by Kate Clarke. Tickets start at $13.50.
SUNDAY
Theater & Film
iCine Magnífico! Bank of America Theatre 4:45 – 6:45pm Features Una Sombra Oscilante.
iCine Magnífico! Bank of America Theatre 4:45 – 6:45pm Features Matryoshka.
Art & Music
AYSP Fall Concerts 2025-2026
Popejoy Hall
3:00 – 5:00pm Youth concert orchestra and youth orchestra. Tickets start at $14.00.
AYSP Fall Concerts 2025-2026 Popejoy Hall 6:00 – 8:00pm Youth concert orchestra and youth orchestra. Tickets start at $14.00.
Sports & Recreation
UNM
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Through November 8, 2025
This exhibition foregrounds Diné perspectives on the intersecting and ongoing legacies of both photography and American colonialism.
In Memoriam Spectra Gallery, Honors Forum Through December 13, 2025 Navigates the intricate intersection of domestic and wild elements, honoring non-human animals and exploring the collective healing that arises through art-making and mourning.
Harmony Hammond: Desire Through January 23, 2026 Tamarind Institute
Harmony Hammond, a pivotal and ground breaking figure in the feminist art and queer abstraction movements, investigates the lithograph as a non-planographic object.
Entangled Cultures: How Humans and Microbes Co-create through Fermentation
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Through March 14, 2026
Entangled Cultures presents diverse global examples of traditional vessels used in the creation and consumption of fermented foods and beverages.
Ancestors
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Permanent Exhibit
Ancestors will lead you through those aspects of modern humanity that makes us unique and successful, tracing the path of evolution through the past four million years.
People of the Southwest Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
Permanent Exhibit
This ex hibition celebrates the cultural history of the Southwest, especially the close relationship southwestern people have had with the land around them.