Landscape Architecture: Our 21st Century Superhero

Landscape Architecture: Our 21st Century Superhero

Katya Crawford, Associate Professor, UNM August 12, 2018 In a world facing rapid urbanization, environmental destruction and social unrest, how can design, large and small, create healthy, beautiful, generative spaces for all? This talk reveals the power of landscape...
Immigrants in the U.S:  New Trends and Issues

Immigrants in the U.S: New Trends and Issues

D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center September 21, 2018 News headlines are filled with stories about young unauthorized, immigrant Dreamers, war-zone refugees, and temporary digital workers from India – but how do they fit into the bigger picture of immigration to the...
New Mexico’s Booming Trade with Mexico:  A View from the Border

New Mexico’s Booming Trade with Mexico: A View from the Border

Jerry Pacheco, International Business Accelerator August 24, 2018 According to U.S. Commerce Department data, exports from the Albuquerque metropolitan area plummeted 43 percent, from $1.76 billion in 2015 to $1 billion in 2016, largely due to a decline in activity at...
The Role of the Media in our Interconnected World

The Role of the Media in our Interconnected World

Kent Walz, Albuquerque Journal July 27, 2018 We are subject to more news, and fake news, from more sources than ever before. It’s in the newspaper, on TV, on our computers and on our phones. Traditional news media are more challenged than ever by a flock of well...