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Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships are presented to researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out...

Applications for a cohort-based program will open in the Fall 2023 semester at The University of New Mexico for students interested in research with Black communities. Black Research 101 was developed by Celine Ayala, a doctoral student in the...

Cory Henn was an Iraq war veteran with a career at the New Mexico Corrections Department when he decided to pursue a degree in computer programming. After about a year and a half there he took a biology elective and found his passion, switching to The University of New Mexico to study Biology full time...

“I love research,” enthuses The University of New Mexico alum Raven Otero-Symphony. “Not only did research give me the freedom to question and explore in my own capacity on topics that interest me, it also provided support during challenging moments in...

Just after her freshman year in 2020, University of New Mexico student Kiana Frederick decided to take a course with associate professor Sarita Cargas in the Honors College. Cargas was looking for students who wanted to explore food and housing security...

Born into a cycle of addiction, University of New Mexico senior Gerald Lovato was a child when he first realized the power of creating art to escape and heal from trauma. Lovato, who majored in Fine Arts with a studio concentration in Painting and...

A new fellowship is available to undergraduate students at The University of New Mexico interested in careers in medicine, health professions, public health policy, and health research in Native American communities. Twenty students will be selected to...

Finding her niche from her traditional background to success has sometimes been a rocky road for Raven Longwolf Alcott. But now a senior looking forward to graduation next spring, she has negotiated the obstacles and found success at The University of...

Christine Gleicher is the first in her family to go to college. Raised in the South Valley of Albuquerque, Gleicher started her college work at CNM before transitioning to The University of New Mexico in 2020. In March 2022, she was named a Goldwater...

A program at The University of New Mexico Department of Emergency Medicine allows students to participate in hands-on clinical research while working with staff and patients in the UNMH Emergency Department. The multi-semester course, Research in Acute...