Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico, has received the prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation that will allow him to pursue his passions of understanding brain development and...
Mark Emmons has been appointed interim dean of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences (ULLS), effective Jan. 1, following the retirement of Interim Dean Fran Wilkinson.
Emmons served as the associate dean of public services within the...
University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting its general news and feature stories across campus during the course of the calendar year. Below is a select list of 2020 stories highlighting student, faculty,...
Julie Coonrod, dean of Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico, has been named chair-elect of the Board for the Council of Graduate Schools, starting January 1, 2021. The Council of Graduate Schools provides three main services to its...
A professor at The University of New Mexico School of Law has become a very accomplished Yogi – someone who studies and is proficient in yoga. Nathalie Martin, who has been a part of the UNM law faculty since 1998, was featured in a magazine put...
The Maxwell Museum at Anthropology recently welcomed a new curator of Archaeology, Kari Schleher, who holds a joint position as assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. Schleher earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from UNM in 2010. She comes...
Anyone who took high school biology might have encountered the genus Drosophila. Also known as the fruit fly or the vinegar fly, the insect is prized by researchers because they have a simple, prolific reproductive cycle, making it easy to study many...
Office of Contract Archeology director Robert Dello-Russo will retire from The University of New Mexico in January. Dello-Russo joined UNM as OCA director in late 2013 and for the last seven years has ably led UNM’s nearly 50-year old cultural resources...
A research study at The University of New Mexico and the Mind Research Network (MRN) is picking up right where it left off after the pandemic slowed recruitment efforts. The study that aims to identify neurocognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms of...
Dr. Paul Platero, Edge of the Water Clan, died Nov. 16 in an automobile accident. Platero served as director of the Navajo Language Program at The University of New Mexico from 2007 – 2014.
Platero grew up in Canoncito, now Tohajiilee, about 30 miles...