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Melissa DeRaad sparkles with enthusiasm when she talks about her undergraduate experience, professors and mentors, her plans for a Ph.D. degree, and her upcoming graduation. DeRaad will walk across the stage in December to receive her Bachelor of Science...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, assistant professor of Biology and head of the Syed Neural Diversity Lab at The University of New Mexico, has been named as a 2023 Young Investigator grantee by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. This year’s funding will...

University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy Distinguished Professor Greg Taylor recently took a group of students to build antennas at the third Long Wavelength Array (LWA) station. The LWA is a telescope that helps collect radio wave...

The application deadline for the Spring 2024 cohort of The University of New Mexico's Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) is Friday, Dec. 1. Launched in 2021, ASSURE fosters faculty-student research collaborations and...

What makes us “human”? Students can explore the human species' evolutionary history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, development, and behavior while setting a career course in the new Human Biology Undergraduate Concentration offered through the...

In 2011, Felisa Smith, Distinguished Professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, was discussing science communications with then-graduate student Mason Ryan. Distinguished Professor Felisa Smith “It was after another of those episodes where...

Since 2006, students from across the nation have had the opportunity to participate in a truly unique summer research program at the 8th largest wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states. Thanks to the Sevilleta Research Experience for Undergraduates...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) at The University of New Mexico has been awarded a Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language grant from the U.S. Department of Education. UNM is one of only 13 institutions nationwide...

Research at The University of New Mexico is at an all-time high – faculty, staff, and students are ready to put all their work on full display for the annual 2023 Research and Discovery Week. The week, Nov. 4-11, is dedicated to showcasing UNM’s entire...

The International Undergraduate Research (UR) Inspiration Symposium to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 25, is a one-day, virtual event that will prepare interested undergraduates engaged in research and creative activity to present at the Spring 2024 virtual...