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When students return to campus for the Fall semester, a new art installation will greet them at the recently-opened Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAÍS) building. During the pandemic, PAÍS became home to a set of colorful paintings in...

The Born–Oppenheimer (BO) approximation is the best known mathematical model in molecular quantum mechanics. Named after Max Born and J. Robert Oppenheimer, the approach was proposed during an early period of quantum mechanics back in the...

The following letter was written by a group of more than 40 fire and forest scientists led by The University of New Mexico’s Matt Hurteau, a professor in the Department of Biology. It addresses concerns with a recent decision over new directives aimed at...

Eddie Nuñez, who guided the University of New Mexico Athletic Department through COVID challenges not faced by any other Division I institution, was named the winner of the 2020-21 Mountain West Commissioner’s Award. This marks just the third time the...

Every year the UNM Staff Council honors outstanding supervisors across campus for their impact, leadership and dedication. Nominations are open for the Outstanding Supervisor Award, which recognizes supervisors who create work environments that...

Some of the greatest advancements in technology have occurred through the expanding field of Quantum Information Science (QIS) – and UNM’s Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC) is now poised to become the national center for this...

The excitement on campus and emanating from staff, faculty, and students is palpable. The Pack is coming back to The University of New Mexico and the campus is preparing for them. Among the staff preparing for students and other visitors are those at the...

Engineering and computer science undergraduate students from UNM are invited to register for the New Mexico Tracer FIRE cybersecurity challenge event, which will be held Aug. 27-29. Tracer FIRE is seeking students from the freshman to senior level,...

Look out, polyester. Here come the eco-friendly, recyclable, organic fabrics of the future. Marilyn Zimmerman, a Fine Art major in Studio Art and Experimental Art and Technology at The University of New Mexico, recently participated virtually in the...

Black and immigrant girls often face indifference and even cruelty in the classroom, which is a hostile learning environment for many, according to newly published research by Ranita Ray, a new associate professor of Sociology and Maxine Baca-Zinn...