María Teresa Navarro Agraz takes over as director of the UNAM Faculty of Music

María Teresa Navarro Agraz takes over as director of the UNAM Faculty of Music

Mexico City. María Teresa Navarro Agraz took office as director of the UNAM Faculty of Music for the period 2024-2028 Patricia Dávila Aranda, general secretary of the national university, gave him the position in the ceremony held in the Xochipilli room of the FaM, and commented: it is time to start a constructive dialogue to … Read more

Pumas unveils commemorative plaque for the team’s 70th anniversary

Pumas unveils commemorative plaque for the team’s 70th anniversary

Mexico City. Pumas unveiled a plaque at the Quarry facilities to commemorate the team’s 70 years, which were celebrated on September 12, while they presented the cancellation of a postal stamp in a ceremony headed by the rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Leonardo Lomelí, as well as the president of the team, … Read more

They dedicate the UNAM Megaoffering to those who left their mark on national cinema

They dedicate the UNAM Megaoffering to those who left their mark on national cinema

Hundreds of people from the country and several foreigners, many dressed for the occasion, visited and enjoyed yesterday the UNAM 2024 Megaofrenda Day of the Dead University Festival, Mexico seen through the lens. Gallery: Flowers, altars and catrinas: A visual journey through the Day of the Dead In its 27th version, this year the offerings … Read more

Taxing great wealth, a way to reduce inequality

Taxing great wealth, a way to reduce inequality

The tax system is a tool that can reduce inequality and improve income distribution by collecting taxes on large fortunes and higher-income workers, agreed in separate interviews Héctor Villarreal, economist and academic at the Institute of Technology and Studies. Superiors of Monterrey (Itesm), and Raúl Carbajal, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) … Read more

Rector Lomelí and Héctor Vasconcelos, at the NY publishing fair

Rector Lomelí and Héctor Vasconcelos, at the NY publishing fair

New York and Washington. This weekend the sixth annual edition of the New York City International Book Fair concluded with the presentation of a title by Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a forum on literary activism , among other activities, with the purpose of promoting Latin literature … Read more

MUAC closes Ana Gallardo exhibition after protest over revictimizing narrative

MUAC closes Ana Gallardo exhibition after protest over revictimizing narrative

Mexico City. The University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) reported this Sunday that it temporarily closed access to the work Extract for a failed project 2011-2024, by the Argentine artist Ana Gallardo, “while a review process is carried out by the corresponding university bodies.” This measure occurred in a context of growing discontent after a … Read more

Rosario Castellanos’ words and legacy resonated at UNAM

Rosario Castellanos’ words and legacy resonated at UNAM

An exceptional day was experienced yesterday at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (FFL), where the student community commemorated two anniversaries: the centenary of this educational center, affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer Rosario Castellanos, whose words and thoughts continue to resonate … Read more

Rector Lomelí appreciates coordination and respect for UNAM with Sheinbaum

Rector Lomelí appreciates coordination and respect for UNAM with Sheinbaum

CMexico City. The defense of university autonomy “is inseparable from the defense of democratic values. At many times in our history, UNAM has been a fortress of resistance against authoritarianism, always defending freedom of expression and the right to dissent,” said the rector of the highest house of studies, Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas. During the solemn … Read more

Increase in Covid-19 cases is reported; UNAM recommends wearing face masks in crowded places

Increase in Covid-19 cases is reported; UNAM recommends wearing face masks in crowded places

MEXICO CITY (apro).- Confirmed cases of Covid-19 continue to increase in recent weeks. So far in 2024, 11,042 positive cases have been confirmed and 425 deaths from the disease have been reported. According to the weekly report on Covid-19, influenza and other respiratory viruses 2024, from the Ministry of Health, positive cases have remained below … Read more

Approaching dance as a humanistic training phenomenon, Claudia Lavista’s ‘leitmotiv’

Approaching dance as a humanistic training phenomenon, Claudia Lavista’s ‘leitmotiv’

Approaching dance as a phenomenon of humanistic formation, community builder and tool for critical thinkingis the leimotiv by dancer and choreographer Claudia Lavista, director of Dance at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), who assumed that position last May. Presenting the UNAM Dance program, Lavista explained: “It is about promoting proposals that place the … Read more