College of Arts & Sciences

There’s no doubt that climate change is affecting ecosystems as well as the lifestyles of plants and animals around the globe. As temperatures rise, so do the complexity of the issues. Scientists, both in the United States and around the world, are...

University of New Mexico graduate student Monika “Mo” Hobbs has been conducting research along the Chama River and El Vado Dam in northern New Mexico to attempt to learn how the flow of water affects invertebrates and their environment. Last year, Hobbs...

Each year, the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at The University of New Mexico hosts its annual teaching awards to recognize outstanding work from faculty excelling in the classroom. This year, the Center for Teaching Excellence, Graduate Studies...

Two years ago a team of scientists visited Costa Rica’s subduction zone, where the ocean floor sinks beneath the continent and volcanoes tower above the surface, to find out if microbes can affect the cycle of carbon moving form Earth’s surface into the...

For decades, Scott Collins has studied the impacts of natural disturbances and environmental change on grasslands in North America and South Africa to learn how rainfall variability, temperature changes and shrub encroachment affect these globally...

The University of New Mexico’s Chemistry Department presents the 2019 Milton Kahn Endowed Lecture Series featuring Princeton University Professor Gregory D. Scholes on Friday, April 19 at 4 p.m. in the Science Math and Learning Center. Scholes’ lecture...

The University of New Mexico's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Institute of Meteoritics presents the 3rd annual Stuart A. Northrop Distinguished Lecturer featuring Dr. Meenakshi Wadhwa on April 12 at 3 p.m. in Northrop Hall, Room...

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) recently announced the induction of Jeremy Edwards, professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at The University of New Mexico to its College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE...

The Museum of Southwestern Biology hosts The Science of Biodiversity in the CERIA Building on Sunday, March 31 from 2-5 p.m. The Science of Biodiversity is an open-collections event that is free and open to the public. The Museum of Southwestern Biology...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is hosting a lecture on The Transformation of a Wolf Killer into a Wolf Protector: Wolves, Conversation and Ernest Thompson Seton by David L. Witt on Saturday, March 23 at 1 p.m. at the Museum.    Perhaps no other...