San Ildefonso celebrates 100 years since the birth of Abraham Zabludovsky

San Ildefonso celebrates 100 years since the birth of Abraham Zabludovsky

The residential, the intimate and the monumental characterize the exhibition Abraham Zabludovsky: 100 years old, which celebrates the Mexican architect a century after his birth with a retrospective at the Colegio de San Ildefonso, where some of his constructions of a fundamental nature to understand the second half of the 20th century in Mexico are … Read more

Lottery ticket unveiled to commemorate FFyL centenary

Lottery ticket unveiled to commemorate FFyL centenary

Mexico City. To commemorate the centenary of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UNAM, the secretary of Service and Attention to the University Community, Fernando Macedo Chagolla; the director of the Faculty, Mary Frances Rodríguez Van Gort; and the manager of the coordination of Advisors of the National Lottery, Manuel Camacho Higareda, unveiled … Read more

UNAM will review the use it makes of its resources: President

UNAM will review the use it makes of its resources: President

President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo obtained a commitment from rector Leonardo Lomelí that the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will review the use it makes of its budget. The president announced yesterday in her daily press conference that she spoke by phone with Lomelí, after the Ministry of Finance rectified the error by which the … Read more

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