College of Arts & Sciences

In commemoration of the day the U.S. Constitution was signed, The University of New Mexico is holding a town hall focusing on the Second Amendment. “Gun control: is it constitutional or not? Ask an expert!” is being hosted by the College of Arts and...

A Geological Society of America (GSA) trip down the Colorado River to commemorate the 150th anniversary of J.W. Powell’s first expedition – what have we learned in the past 150 years – is set to launch Saturday, Sept. 14. The eight-day, 280-mile field...

The University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics (IOM) will celebrate its 75th anniversary during UNM’s Homecoming Week on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24-25. World-renowned, UNM’s IOM was founded in 1944 as one of the first institutions in the...

It’s fair to say that Lawrence Straus has made his mark in the anthropological world with his share of incredible discoveries during an illustrious academic career spanning nearly five decades. For Straus, that curiosity began at an early in his life...

The University of New Mexico’s National Security Studies program host s a special talk and presentation titled, “Religion, Repression, Rights and Resistance in the Middle East,” featuring Rami George Khouri on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m....

An international team of scientists, studying evidence preserved in speleothems in a coastal cave, illustrate that more than three million years ago – a time in which the Earth was two to three degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era – sea...

Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife biology, and agriculture, but for most parasites, researchers still lack an accurate picture of their distributions, host associations, or ecology. Museum specimens play a fundamental role in...

The modern obesity epidemic is growing, with genetic, metabolic and environmental factors all influencing the trend. However, the obesity epidemic does not affect all individuals equally, with some race and ethnic groups being...

The University of New Mexico’s Maxwell Museum of Anthropology hosts Chocolate in Chaco, a lecture and fund-raising reception featuring anthropologist Patricia L. Crown on Friday, Sept. 27, from 6 to 9 p.m. Crown uncovered the first evidence of chocolate...

Yolonda Youngs, an associate professor of Geography at Idaho State University, will carry out research this fall at The University of New Mexico as part of the Center for Regional Studies (CRS) Scholar-in-Residence initiative. Youngs will conduct...