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The air is filled with soothing incense and rhythmic drums beat while the deep bellow of conch shells rises above the main campus of The University of New Mexico – the rich sensations draw in a circle of spectators, as the annual Curanderismo Class...

Leaders of The University of New Mexico Evaluation Lab deem the group’s inaugural Summer Institute an unequivocal success. “This is about empowering community organizations to take part in evaluation on an ongoing basis,” said Melissa Binder, director...

For decades, research has produced vast amounts of data on how the brain works – how we think, how we learn, what happens when the brain is injured – and it is moving toward diagnosing mental illnesses that affect millions, like depression or...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is participating in a pilot program that provides faculty with a financial incentive for participating in research. The program, titled the “base plus” compensation model, is open to any faculty member...

Going for the gold, gold medal, the golden rule, a golden anniversary. These are golden moments. It’s the color that signifies the very best, the ultimate. The reality is, to reach the pinnacle of something, the pinnacle of everything, is to have reached...

Scientists believe the solar system was formed some 4.6 billion years ago when a cloud of gas and dust collapsed under gravity possibly triggered by a cataclysmic explosion from a nearby massive star or supernova. As this cloud collapsed, it formed a...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico have been awarded more than $1.5 million in two separate multi-year grants beginning this fall and announced recently from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program. One award, for...

One of the first steps to successfully managing money and potential debt as a college student is understanding expenses associated with school and living. Managing debt in college can be the difference between chasing the career of your dreams or...

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...

1,300 and growing. That is number of Veterans and their dependents attending The University of New Mexico. As this student population expands, so does the need to understand how to help these students succeed. Veterans typically don’t have much in common...