College of Arts & Sciences

Scholar, writer, and editor Adolph Reed Jr., Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, will be the keynote speaker at The University of New Mexico Department of Africana Studies 38th Black History Month Kickoff Brunch....

Lawmakers often use research and study committees to help inform legislative decisions, but this time it’s personal. Two groups at The University of New Mexico sought to uncover the need and estimate the costs of modernizations to the state legislature...

Cory Henn was an Iraq war veteran with a career at the New Mexico Corrections Department when he decided to pursue a degree in computer programming. After about a year and a half there he took a biology elective and found his passion, switching to The University of New Mexico to study Biology full time...

The University of New Mexico hosts a kick-off event for a new fundraising campaign titled Elements of Success designed to provide support for Chemistry undergraduate and graduate students. The kick-off event is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 20 at 12 noon in...

One physics student at The University of New Mexico is kicking off 2023 by contributing to the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Physics & Astronomy Ph.D. student Hijas Farook has been chosen for an ATLAS Center...

When Katie James visited UNM’s campus for the first time, the Honors College students she met gave her a piece of advice that would inform her entire college experience –– UNM has abundant resources available to students who want to use them. It was...

Growing up, Sydney Nesbit always wanted to be an architect. Or maybe a scientist. Or, both. When she arrived at the University of New Mexico, Nesbit decided on a degree in biology with a minor in honors interdisciplinary arts, but she wanted to ensure...

For the past 30 years, scientists at The University of New Mexico and throughout the world have been conducting a large-scale ecological study of the coldest place on Earth in order to understand how life exists in inhospitable environments, and...

“I love research,” enthuses The University of New Mexico alum Raven Otero-Symphony. “Not only did research give me the freedom to question and explore in my own capacity on topics that interest me, it also provided support during challenging moments in...

Archaeologist Patricia Crown will present The History and Use of Chocolate in Chaco Canyon and Beyond at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. With collaborator Jeffrey Hurst, she discovered the first evidence...