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Dr. Jon Houck, research assistant professor at UNM’s Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), has been awarded a 4-year, $1.4 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate disparities in substance use...

For about a month every other year, graduate students from across the United States come to The University of New Mexico to learn about thousand-year-old manuscripts from the other side of the world. The class, Paleography & Codicology: A Seminar in...

The University of New Mexico’s Solar Splash team was pleased with its performance in its first year competing in the national solar boat competition. Solar Splash is an international intercollegiate solar / electric boat regatta that takes place over...

The use of medical marijuana for millions of patients suffering from a wide range of health conditions and the subsequent therapeutic benefits has long been documented. Twenty-three states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam, have determined...

The University of New Mexico has named Patricia Henning as Interim Associate Vice President for Research announced Vice President for Research Gabriel López. Henning is currently a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The appointment is...

It was meant to be a simple project. When UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones began working with graduate student Cyler Conrad they wanted to set up a trial project with a simple yes or no outcome. Conrad needed to learn how to work with...

The University of New Mexico signed a master collaboration agreement with Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies today, facilitating closer collaboration on research and development of new technology to meet national security needs.

The University of New Mexico is a member of a team that has signed a formal agreement to bid jointly to manage Albuquerque-based Sandia National Laboratories. The announcement was made today at a press conference at UNM. UNM is a member of the team led...

Rural healthcare in New Mexico is a challenge in many cases due in part to the long distances in between cities and towns, and the need for timely healthcare. Back in the early-2000s, Sanjeev Arora starting thinking about the issue and recognized the...

More than 30 people gathered last week to form a new student chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute - EERI. There has been substantial interest in earthquake resistant structures since a group of UNM students formed to create an...