University Showcase

Megan Kamerick

Interviews with students, teachers and researchers doing interesting work at the University of New Mexico.

  • 29 minutes 30 seconds
    Composer Raven Chacon relives his epic Albuquerque composition
    On September 27, 2025, a large-scale musical composition unfurled over the course of a day across Albuquerque. On this episode, composer Raven Chacon relives the day and discusses the compositions that made up "Tiguex: Dawn to Dusk."
    19 February 2026, 10:48 pm
  • 28 minutes 59 seconds
    Program diverts young people from the justice system
    Two UNM professors are working with the First Judicial District and an Española nonprofit to divert young people from the justice system.
    16 December 2025, 5:46 pm
  • 29 minutes 12 seconds
    From fish noses to film industry stereotypes: UNM graduate students show off their work
    UNM graduate students compete every year to showcase their research in a compelling way in just three minutes at the LoboBITES competition.
    29 November 2025, 7:38 pm
  • 29 minutes 30 seconds
    Margaret Randall's new books celebrate rebel creatives
    Margaret Randall is a poet, writer, translator, photographer, and activist whose archives are held at the University of New Mexico. She has authored over 200 books, and on this episode she talks about her two most recent: "Letters From the Edge: Outrider Conversations" and "More Letters From the Edge."
    14 October 2025, 3:04 pm
  • 29 minutes 20 seconds
    New Mexico Chicano art finds new life through exhibit and research
    Two UNM professors are recovering the legacy of art by Chicano and Chicana artists in New Mexico, which has been overlooked in the history of the Chicano movement, through a museum show and a catalog with academic essays.
    16 September 2025, 2:39 pm
  • 28 minutes 32 seconds
    Brain researchers host a teach-in to Stand Up For Science
    On this month’s program we’ll hear from a local coordinator with Stand Up For Science and three University of New Mexico neuroscience researchers about their work and what they will discuss at a public event on August 23rd.
    20 August 2025, 12:18 am
  • 26 minutes 45 seconds
    Professor warns about microplastics in beverage containers
    Assistant Professor Claudia Pratesi says microplastics are everywhere, including food and beverage containers.
    23 July 2025, 8:40 pm
  • 26 minutes 27 seconds
    Exhibit immerses viewers in the bomb's history and ongoing threat
    21 May 2025, 4:18 pm
  • 27 minutes 41 seconds
    New details emerge of Coronado incursion and pueblo battles
    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.
    16 April 2025, 11:32 pm
  • 28 minutes 6 seconds
    Immigrant women find their voices through this peer support group
    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.
    22 January 2025, 12:13 am
  • 28 minutes 51 seconds
    Photographer uses her images to normalize infertility and IVF
    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.
    15 October 2024, 3:29 pm
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