University Showcase

Archeologist Matthew Schmader uncovers new details of the first Spanish incursion into the territory that became New Mexico, led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and the battles that ensued with the Tiwa inhabitants.

A research project at the University of New Mexico recruited 252 Mexican immigrant women facing severe isolation and has demonstrated that the power of connection can be transformative.

Photographer Rachel Cox went through infertility and IVF and uses images of her own experience to try and normalize IVF – and to empower those experiencing infertility. The show "Notes On Care" is at the UNM Art Museum.

University Showcase, 8/13, 8a: On this episode we get an update on new studies around psychedelic-assisted therapy at the University of New Mexico.

On this episode, University of New Mexico Professor Catherine Roster talks about her research on consumption, clutter, and why de-cluttering can be so challenging.

In a new show, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico uses photography to explore a traumatic time for the Navajo people. “Nothing Left For Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah” looks at the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction imposed upon Diné communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.

On this episode, a new anthology of New Mexico poets highlights themes of community, culture, history and landscape. We talk with Associate Professor Levi Romero and his co-editor, Poet Michelle Otero, about the collection, "New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023." And we revisit an interview from last year with filmmaker turned author Ramona Emerson about her debut novel “Shutter.”

On this episode University of New Mexico graduate Dr. Kwane Stewart talks about the organization he created, Project Street Vet. Stewart offers judgement-free veterinary care to the pets of people who are unhoused.

On this episode University of New Mexico graduate Dr. Kwane Stewart talks about the organization he created, Project Street Vet. Stewart offers judgement-free veterinary care to the pets of people who are unhoused.

On this episode we talk about traumatic stress in conflict areas with Lori Rudolph, whose research has focused on the West Bank of Palestine.

On this episode we talk with Professor Emerita Gloria Valencia-Weber. She recently received the Pierce-Hickerson Award from the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association. The award honors law professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement or preservation of Native American rights.

On this episode we talk about traumatic stress in conflict areas with Lori Rudolph, whose research has focused on the West Bank of Palestine.

Every year graduate students at the University of New Mexico present their research in 3-minute long talks, competing to advance to a regional competition. The idea is to help grad students learn to present their work succinctly to audiences. We talk with several graduate researchers.

On this episode we talk with Deirdre Caparoso about explosion of challenges against libraries and books. She is outreach and community engagement librarian at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center. She is also chair of the intellectual freedom committee for the New Mexico Library Association.

On this episode Associate Professor Myrriah Gomez talks about her book “Nuclear Nuevo México: Colonialism and the Effects of the Nuclear Industrial Complex on Nuevomexicanos.”

On this episode two women, one a recent University of New Mexico graduate and one a professor in the UNM Honors College, talk about overcoming some serious challenges and how they used those experiences to create. Professor Amaris Ketchum used comic-style diary entries to process her husband's kidney cancer. Her new book is "Unfiltered: A Cancer Year Diary." And new graduate Adrianna Morales has become a passionate advocate for supporting sexual assault survivors after finding a lack of support following her own assault.

On this episode a researcher talks about a new study that will use MDMA-assisted therapy to help new mothers with opioid addiction, and a new book re-examines humans impact on the environment.

On this episode we look at open educational resources. It's one way to curtail the steep costs college students face in buying text books. These are materials in the public domain or are under a license that allows them to be freely used, changed, or shared with others. We'll hear from instructors at the University of New Mexico who are using and creating these materials and why they love them.

On this episode we talk with Nicolle Gonzales, She is a nurse-midwife from the Navajo Nation and has dedicated her life to addressing Native American maternal health disparities around access to care while reclaiming indigenous birthing practices and supporting the return of indigenous midwives to communities.

On this episode we speak with Ramona Emerson. She is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi New Mexico, who has published her first novel. It features a Diné forensic photographer who must also face the ghosts of victims from the crime scenes she documents.

An exhibit at the UNM Art Museum explores the legacy of a collective of artists that used public demonstrations, film, art exhibitions, mail art, performances, and poetry readings to protest U.S. military interventions in Central America.

There has been a growing interest in the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic substances to treat things like depression. Now a first-of-its kind study at the University of New Mexico and New York University found that psilocybin, often called magic mushrooms, can help decrease heavy drinking in those with alcohol use disorder when it's combined with psychotherapy.

On this episode two professors in law and political science discuss a multi-disciplinary course they're creating with other scholars to tackle bias in algorithms.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Matthew Wilks about his work volunteering with Team Rubicon in Ukraine. And we revisit an interview with journalist Laura Paskus about climate change in New Mexico.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Matthew Wilks about his work volunteering with Team Rubicon in Ukraine. And we revisit an interview with journalist Laura Paskus about climate change in New Mexico.

In 1880 the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad came to Albuquerque. But more importantly, the company located its locomotive repair shops in the town. This would change the city forever. At their height the locomotive shops employed 2,000 people. The quadrant system for Albuquerque addresses actually originated with this giant facility. In the book “Overhaul: A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops” from University of New Mexico Press, Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint explore how these shops became the catalyst for the modern city.

University Showcase, 7/16, 8a: The last year of the coronavirus pandemic has challenged communities all over the state. Last November, five students at the University of New Mexico began interviewing people about how they and their communities were coping in the pandemic and how they were forced to find their own resilience.

University Showcase, Friday 6/18 8a: As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in New Mexico in April 2020, Dr. Heather Jarrell stepped into a new role --- interim chief medical examiner at the Office of the Medical Investigator . On this episode, we talk with Dr. Jarrell about how the pandemic affected her office and staff, especially with the ongoing shortage of forensic pathologists here and around the country. She also talks about the need to recruit more young people into the field.

University Showcase, Friday 5/21 8a: Each year the University of New Mexico recognizes a faculty member with its Community Engaged Research Lecture award. On this episode, Professor Jennifer Nez Denetdale from the American Studies Department talks about her lecture " Dikos Ntsaaígíí ̶ Building the Perfect Human to Invade: A Diné Feminist Analysis of the Pandemic and the Navajo Nation.”

University Showcase 4/16 8a: From "War of the Worlds" to "The Martian Chronicles," the planet Mars has long held a grip on our popular imagination. But where did these early ideas about vast networks of canals and advanced, and sometimes hostile, civilizations come from? On this episode we explore the power of mapmaking to create reality, but also the tendency to work out our own problems on Earth by projecting them onto Mars.

What is the sound of a river in crisis? That’s what a group of artists explore in an installation opening online at the University of New Mexico Art Museum on World Water Day, March 22nd. “There Must Be Other Names For The River” guides viewers along the river where they hear vocalists singing a score based on riverflow data. The idea is to bring more awareness of climate change and water access issues. There is also a virtual community space where people can submit their own vocalization of waterflow data, stories, songs, or retellings of memories and hopes for the future, stemming from their relationships with what we call today the Rio Grande. Guests: Marisa Demarco Dylan McLaughlin Jessica Zeglin

University Showcase, 2/19, 8a: On this episode we explore the concept or reparations with Kathy Powers , who has been studying transitional justice and reparations around the world for years. She’s an associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico.

University Showcase, Friday, 01/15, 8a: On this episode we talk with the group Running Medicine , which recently won a national award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that recognizes and honors those in sport who display an innovative and collaborative approach to making their communities healthier places to live.

University Showcase, Friday, 12/18 8a: New Mexico and the Southwest are grappling with profound impacts brought by climate change and those will only get worse, so how are we preparing? Journalist Laura Paskus has covered New Mexico’s environment for years and in her new book from University of New Mexico Press, “At The Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate,” she explores the realities of climate change and the havoc it has been wreaking for years in the state.

University Showcase Friday, 11/20, 8a: On this episode we meet Dr. Tracie Collins , the women selected this month by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to be the new secretary for the New Mexico Department of Health. Collins has served as Dean of the UNM College of Population Health since 2019.

University Showcase Friday, 10/16, 8a: Young people who are caught up early in the justice system often face an array of challenges even before they get into trouble. Those can include untreated mental health problems, substance abuse and dysfunctional or violent home lives. Four years ago Project Adobe launched at the University of New Mexico, funded in part by Bernalillo County, and it’s showing remarkable success in keeping young people from returning to the criminal justice system. On this episode we talk with pediatrician Dr. Andrew Hsi, the founder and director of Project Adobe, which stands for Averting Disparities in Outcomes by Building Engagement, as well as Senior Program Manager Elizabeth Castro and Education Liaison Lapifany Campos.

Friday, 9/18, 8a: On this episode we talk about the history of Art1 with art historian and author Patrick Frank. In the late 1960s, the University of New Mexico played a key role in bringing together creativity and technology in what was then the nascent field of computer art. Now a new book from Museum of New Mexico Press offers the first in depth account of this early digital creativity -- “Sharing Code: Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art.” Frank says it was a unique period in the evolution of digital art, and in 1968 New Mexico was the perfect place for it to happen.

University Showcase, Friday 8/21 8a: COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the Navajo Nation, which only this week began a cautious re-opening. Not long ago, the vast reservation had one of the highest infection rates per capita in the United States. Sunnie Clahchischiligi is journalist with Searchlight New Mexico and a graduate student at the University of New Mexico, and she wanted to find out how Navajo elders were faring in the pandemic. What she discovered for her article "Navajo elders: Alone, without food, in despair," was hunger and neglect, but also profound strength and resiliency. Resources: These doctors and nurses volunteered to battle Covid-19 in the Navajo Nation, and came back with a warning - CNBC 'Hit us at our core': Vulnerable Navajo Nationfears a second COVID-19 wave - NBC ‘Always wear your mask’: NN employees return to work; Nez outlines re-opening - Navajo Times

University Showcase 7/17 8a: On this episode we talk with Associate Professor Finnie Coleman about the origins and the goals of the Black Lives Matter movement and how Afrofuturism can inform the creation of a more just society.

Two years after he defeated the so-called “Great White Hope,” legendary boxer Jack Johnson fought another white challenger determined to topple him as heavyweight champion of the world. It took place on July 4, 1912 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and is the subject of the book “Crazy Fourth: How Jack Johnson Kept His Title and Put Las Vegas New Mexico on the Map,” just published by University of New Mexico Press.

University Showcase 5/15 8a: The coronavirus pandemic has not only created a public health crisis, but also an economic one. New Mexico has been particularly hard hit because of the plunge in global oil prices and the complete shutdown in travel and tourism. Small businesses, who make up much of the state’s economy, are also being hit hard. We’ll explore what to expect in coming months. On this episode Jeffrey Mitchell, director of the Bureau for Business and Economic Research at the University of New Mexico, discusses his team's latest New Mexico Economic Snapshot . State and local officials, economic development experts, business leaders and nonprofits around the state rely on these quarterly reports to plan for the coming months, something the pandemic has made more difficult than ever. We also talk with two medical students at UNM, Sally Midani and Carly Wojeck, who helped start the group ProtectNM . They’ve collected and distributed thousands of pieces of personal protective

University Showcase 4/17, 8a: During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, people from all over our community are stepping up to help. That’s true as well at the University of New Mexico. On this episode we hear about efforts to create personal protective equipment for medical workers and others.

University Showcase 3/20, 8a: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the United States. But for women in the Wyoming Territory that right came in 1869. On this episode, we explore the history of women's suffrage in the West and in New Mexico.

University Showcase 2/21 8a: Alzheimer’s and dementia represent a growing crisis around the world and New Mexico faces many challenges in addressing these illnesses.

University Showcase, Friday 01/17 8a: First responders undergo enormous stress on their jobs. They run into burning buildings, pull people from mangled cars, respond to mass shootings, help people overdosing on drugs and treat patients in emergency rooms. Many struggle at times with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and thoughts of suicide.

We are awash in data and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by it or even ignore it, but Andrea Polli’s work strives to make that data visually compelling and even beautiful.

University Showcase 11/22 Friday 8a: Professor Harry Van Buren was looking for a new adventure when he took a two-year leave from the Anderson School of Management to teach at American University of Beirut . He got more than he bargained for when massive protests broke out six weeks into his arrival.

University Showcase 10/18 Fri 8a: New Mexico leads the nation in alcohol-related mortality and around the world alcohol use disorder is a leading cause of preventable death. On this episode, Regents’ Professor Katie Witkiewitz talks about new trends in research and treatment of alcohol use disorder.

University Showcase 9/20, 8a: In 2009, Professor Patricia L. Crown uncovered the first evidence of chocolate consumption in North America in jars from Chaco Culture National Historic Park in Northwest NM. On this episode, we discuss what this discovery reveals about Chaco rituals and civilization, including the extent of trading networks across the Southwest and MesoAmerica.

University Showcase 8/16 8a: In August 1619, the first kidnapped Africans arrived on the shores of Virginia, which was then a British Colony. This was the beginning of slavery in this country, but it was also a time when relationships were more nuanced and complex than we have been led to believe.