College of Arts & Sciences

The University of New Mexico will celebrate another construction milestone when officials host a Beam Raising Ceremony to commemorate the final placement of a support beam at the new Physics, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAIS) building on...

This election cycle, New Mexicans will vote on General Obligation Bonds B and D, which, if passed, both could result in funding for The University of New Mexico.  GO Bond D is for higher education and includes funding for three UNM projects, while GO...

The waterways of New Mexico are dominated by intermittent streams and rivers. Estimates are that almost 90 percent of the stream and river miles in New Mexico cease to flow at sometime during the year. Examples of intermittent rivers in central New...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $6.4 million grant in new support of the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in central New Mexico with a research focus on environmental changes in dryland ecotones. The...

The annual Summer Community College Opportunity for Research Experience (SCCORE) engages students from New Mexico community colleges intending to transfer to UNM in STEM fields and to give them a unique undergraduate research opportunity to learn and...

It was the 1850s and people were hungry. They were moving by the thousands to northern California to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, but their appetite wasn’t just for precious metal, it was for basic food—there wasn’t enough of it to satiate...

Step out of the classroom this summer and experience STEM opportunities in a stimulating environment with students, professors, research, scientists and technology. The University of New Mexico’s STEM University provides undergrad students with a...

Researchers have demonstrated that mammal biodiversity loss, a major conservation concern today, is part of a long-term trend lasting at least 125,000 years. As archaic humans, Neanderthals and other hominin species migrated out of Africa, what followed...

Once a year, the Biology Undergraduate Society (BUGS) creates an opportunity for students to meet live lobos. BUGS hosts Wolf Fest 2018 on Friday, April 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. between Popejoy Hall and the Fine Arts building. It will include...

Ten students from The University of New Mexico have been selected to receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2018. The UNM students, along with their graduate institution, are: Alexei Besser – Biology – UNM Sarah Blair...