College of Arts & Sciences

In a new article, Catherine Rhodes, a linguistic and semiotic anthropologist and assistant professor in the Ethnology program in the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, discussed how she recently taught linguistic anthropological...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced today the appointment of Dr. Arash Mafi as interim dean of UNM’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mafi takes over for Mark Peceny, who has served as...

In April 2020, as everyone struggled to adjust to the unprecedented changes brought about by the COVID pandemic, the American Planning Association New Mexico Chapter (APA-NM) began to discuss ways to help as an organization...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded The University of New Mexico a three-year, $500,000 grant to develop software that utilizes Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to capture and process data from astronomical telescopes. GPUs render the...

Associate Professor Anna Nogar of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of New Mexico and UNM Mexico Studies Chair Lorena Ojeda-Dávila, professor at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, recently collaborated on a...

A new study conducted by researchers from The University of New Mexico has found that wildfires — which have been increasing in frequency, severity and extent around the globe — are one of the largest drivers of aquatic impairment in the western United...

Alumna Melanie Anderson created a new superhero in collaboration with Jonathan Dombrosky, a recent grad from the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico. Catfish Cleo made her debut last month as an Archaeology Superhero...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other topics...

A University of New Mexico alumna, Graciela Ruiz, was named Forbes 30 Under 30 for “Leading a technological and artistic revolution” in Games. Ruiz graduated with an Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media (IFDM) degree, now Film & Digital Arts (F&DA) at...

Oftentimes, it’s a thankless job – serving and protecting your country. The long-term effects of a deployment – combat or non-combat, can result in Iife-changing circumstances even for those who manage to handle the stress of serving in the military. As...