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Arash Mafi, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of New Mexico, has accepted a similar position as executive dean for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. Mafi will...

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR), a group dedicated to finding solutions to the education problems in New Mexico, has announced a formal name change to UNM Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI). According to...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of...

Lobo alumni and community members are invited an evening of intriguing science, fascination and fun with UNM faculty, who will lecture about the exploration of Mars. The UNM Alumni Association in partnership with UNM Earth & Planetary Sciences, The...

the UNM College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) hosted its inaugural “Data-to-Knowledge” Symposium at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station, bringing together research-active faculty from across various disciplines in the college to discuss their work and...

The University of New Mexico has encouraged students to get involved this summer through various university programs and events. One of the events UNM is hosting, before the fall semester starts, is the “Discover Your Science Exploration Festival” for...

When graduate Dominic Aragon talks about NASCAR racing his eyes light up. The Communication and Journalism major lives hundreds of miles from the nearest NASCAR race track. So how did Aragon get full media accreditation to interview drivers and work...

In a new study published this week in the journal “Nature,” UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Melissa Emery Thompson is one of a group of researchers analyzing the way humans store fat and expend the energy from food.  

A new article in the journal “Nature” this week paints the outlines of a group of people who began to populate the land we know as modern day Europe starting 45,000 years ago. The article pieces together the work of researchers from dozens on...

Samantha Ascoli, a student at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the SAA Cheryl L. Wase Memorial Scholarship for the Study of Archaeology.