Faculty News

Meeko Oishi, a professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading a $1 million project on human-centered autonomous systems as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Boosting Research Ideas for...

One researcher at The University of New Mexico is leading the charge to better care for and understand a diagnosis which affects dozens of babies taking their first breath.  Psychology Associate Professor Benjamin Clark is studying memory loss in those...

A health crisis which exists in Chile and Bangladesh, also has profound dangers right here in the Southwestern United States.   Arsenic, a toxic, chemical element, is linked to a number of adverse health issues, like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and...

When you’re ill, your body springs into action. The natural healing process involves your immune system rapidly defending itself against bacteria, which causes areas to be red and swollen. That’s inflammation. Properly regulated inflammation is critical...

In 2010, Gruia-Catalin Roman was an accomplished faculty member in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in Saint Louis, where he had made his home for more than three decades. He was chair of the department, held an...

As part of its annual UNM Gives campaign, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, The University of New Mexico will join in the global generosity movement known as “GivingTuesday.” What better way to give back to the community than by supporting our community by...

It’s never too late to start exercising. That’s been an adage tossed around by health experts for decades.  While there are different recommendations for different age groups for how often and how long one should exercise, the bottom line has typically...

The recipients of UNM’s Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity Office’s (CEEO) first ever ACE awards have been announced. UNM’s Compliance Week has adhered to the theme of ACE, Advancing Compliance and Ethics. In addition to a week of events between...

It will be a study they’ll hopefully never forget. UNM Professor and  Director of the Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center in Psychology Vincent Clark is heading up new memory research in partnership with Santa Fe company NeuroGeneces, Inc.  Thanks...

Forty-two percent of people say they can’t work out because they don’t have the time, according to a 2019 poll. Seventy percent in another poll said they don’t have a routine that works for them. Another reported 15 percent of people are just not happy...