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Three current Ph.D. students and two recent graduates from The University of New Mexico have been selected for the prestigious Fulbright Awards this year. The 2020 awardees from UNM are Carter Barnwell, Laura Steele, Martin Watkins, Jacqueline Hirsh...

The Udall Foundation recently announced the 2020 Udall Scholars and three students from The University of New Mexico were recognized.  Jakeem Paul was awarded the scholarship, and is one of fifty-five scholars selected from 429 applicants...

One of the first things University of New Mexico adjunct faculty member Teresa Cutler-Broyles noticed about the COVID-19 shutdown in the town of Perugia, Italy, was the quiet.  “The silence was overwhelming,” she said. Cutler-Broyles has a Master of...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Mitzi Montoya as dean of the Anderson School of Management effective July 1, 2020. “Dr. Mitzi Montoya brings a wealth of experience to UNM and to...

Analytics have long been a source of useful information across various industries including sports. While it may not be obvious to the casual football fan, the National Football League (NFL) started using league-wide analytics about five years ago....

The UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) just released its 2020 second quarter economic forecast for the state, outlining impacts of unemployment, plunging oil prices and an economy on pause. The New Mexico Economic Forecast (FOR-UNM),...

Dancers and choreographers in the UNM Dance program were rehearsed and ready to go. A student-choreographed spring show was set to be performed when the whole country shut down, effectively shutting down the dance troupe and its audience. Artistic...

A University of New Mexico professor is leading a NASA project that will develop a more efficient method of cooling that relies on electromagnetic fields instead of moving parts and is believed to be well-suited for a zero-gravity environment, such as...

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced the election of University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy Carlton Caves as a member. This prestigious honor is one of the highest...

The history of the Earth and of life on Earth is written in sedimentary rock layers. To understand the history, you must understand the rocks. Sedimentary rock layers of 541- 485 million years old, from the Cambrian Period, provide a record of incredible...