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Scientists at the University of New Mexico have played a key role in identifying a rare, 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite that provides new evidence that the Red Planet may have once had a wetter, Earth-like environment. The discovery, titled “A...

Melissa Bokovoy, a regents’ lecturer and professor in the University of New Mexico Department of History, has been elected the newest president of the Association for Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). Her term will begin Jan. 1,...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico examined the effects of consuming cannabis on nausea symptoms from five minutes to one-hour post-cannabis consumption and showed that using Cannabis results in an average symptom improvement of nearly 4 points...

University and state leaders came together on Thursday, Oct. 22, to break ground on the new Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) building. The $130.5 million building is going up on the site of the original Humanities building, which opened in 1974 and...

Ellen Fisher, who has served as vice president for research and economic development at The University of New Mexico since 2021, will be retiring from her role in the spring semester of 2027. Nominations for the interim role, including self-nominations,...

The University of New Mexico will welcome its first cohort to a new Master of Social Work program in the spring of 2027. Funded by an endowment from the Higher Education Department, the program will help to address workforce shortages in social work.