Faculty News

Sebastian Serrano-Ayala has joined The University of New Mexico Department of Music as a visiting assistant professor of Orchestral Studies for the 2024-25 academic year. An advocate for the music of our time, Colombian-born conductor Serrano-Ayala...

Ahead of the start of the fall semester, Advance at The University of New Mexico, the Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Teaching and Learning are hosting a series of workshops on developing communities in academic settings and responding to...

Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Steven Feld at The University of New Mexico has been elected as a British Academy Fellowship. He was among the 86 leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences elected from the United Kingdom and the...

Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards.  The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New...

Research by a University of New Mexico professor that traced Catholic priests who abused and molested Native American children and teenagers was recently cited in an article in the Washington Post. Investigative reporters at the Post used the research...

Aaron Jacobs, who has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a teacher, performing artist, ensemble director, and clinician, will begin a new chapter this fall at The University of New Mexico. Jacobs will assume leadership of String Pedagogy—including the...

Maria Lane, a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, has been named dean of Graduate Studies announced University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway. “As a research...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced the appointment of David Weiss as the dean of University College (UC).    “David Weiss has proven himself to be a superb academic leader,...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, is one of 10 neuroscientists selected by The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience board of directors to receive the 2024 McKnight...

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Regional Studies, UNM Native American Studies Department and the Institute for American Indian Education will host a Native Curriculum Partnership (NCP) Film Workshop on Thursday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....