Twelve faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will look at patterns of cancer disparities in New Mexico, consider an interdisciplinary lens for algorithmic justice, examine...
What started out as an effort to increase the representation and advancement of women faculty in science and engineering departments campuswide through a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant has blossomed into sustainable change that has contributed...
The call is open for women STEM faculty at The University of New Mexico to apply for a variety of grants as part of the 2022 Women In STEM awards. Awards range from $3,000 to $15,000 and three types of grants will be awarded through the program. They...
By Felina Martinez, Advance at UNMJanuary 14, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the search for animal models that demonstrate the symptoms observed in humans infected with SARS-CoV-2. New research from University...
Mary Frances Rice, assistant professor of literacy at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored multiple publications on the rising importance of the work by instructional designers to support impartial education during COVID-19. The work...
By Felina Martinez, Advance at UNMDecember 14, 2021
Ylva Pihlström, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently was awarded a three-year, $564,000 grant from NASA to continue research that she started as part of her 2017 Women In STEM Award. The work, set to begin in January 2022,...
The UNM Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), in collaboration with Academic Affairs and ADVANCE at UNM, is seeking proposals for the Spring 2022 Program for Enhancing Research Capacity (PERC). PERC supports acquisition of shared...
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected their new cohort of 2021 NAI Fellows and University of New Mexico faculty member David G. Whitten made their list. Whitten is a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological...
By Raneem Ramadan, Advance at UNMDecember 07, 2021
Eva Chi, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of New Mexico, is studying possible ways to kill SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses using UV light and polymers. Using synthetic polymer materials, Chi and Dr. David Whitten found...
Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...
Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, and his students, many of them undergraduates, are investigating the genetic and molecular mechanics regulating neural diversity ̶ from stem cells to neural...
The Spanish arrived from Europe in what would eventually become the United States nearly 500 years ago and began to mix with indigenous people they met and conquered. Native Americans, Mexicans, Central Americans, South Americans, Caribbean islands, and...
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...
Language matters—spiritually, culturally, emotionally. Written and spoken words are an art form, a way for values and traditions to be passed down for generations. When a language is lost, part of that culture is lost. By the same measure, when language...
“The Hispanic culture is rich in tradition. That’s what makes us unique – New Mexico is a perfect example of that.” The University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo "Cheo" Torres said it best, pointing to the array of traditions...
How do we even begin to compare immigration policies of countries in the world? The lenses through which we view one another are as vastly different as our skin colors, cultural traditions, and histories. So, when attempting to write a comparison of...
With Bernalillo, McKinley and Valencia counties now categorized as “high COVID-19 community levels” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The University of New Mexico is recommending that masks be worn indoors at its Albuquerque,...
The University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management has announced receipt of a cash gift of nearly $2.8 million from its Anderson Foundation. This gift marks the largest gift to date for Anderson in support of its students and programs. Since its...
The University of New Mexico celebrated the graduating Classes of 2020 and 2021 inside University Arena, The Pit for the first time in two years due to the pandemic. Congratulations to one and all!!
