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“It’s about love, loving my listeners, being a servant to them, creating a picture of the games in their minds.” That’s how Connie Alexander sums up his nationally-known sports announcing radio-TV career as a leading innovator of play-by-play...

Scientists at the University of New Mexico conducted research to effectively study carbon emissions through fault systems in the East African Rift (EAR) in an effort to understand carbon emissions from the Earth’s interior and how it affects the...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the United States has long been estimated at no more than three children per 1,000. A new study published in the journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence reports that the prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is between...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its Top-10 research stories during the course of the year. Below is a list of UNM's Top-10 research stories for 2015. The stories are in random order. UNM...

The New Mexico Department of Transportation is responsible for the safety of highway bridges over rivers and arroyos in the state. But what are their methods and how do they determine if a bridge is safe? This, they have turned to the UNM Department of...

For months now, weather forecasters have been talking about a Godzilla El Niño. Even though most New Mexicans have enjoyed a fairly mild fall, make no mistake, an El Niño winter is here. The question now becomes, how much moisture will it generate over...

Understanding the different ways organisms can adapt to environmental temperatures is central to understanding how they will respond to climate change. In a study released yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that it has chosen a cohort of inventors from around the world for election as 2015 NAI Fellows. UNM Distinguished Professors Steven R. J. Brueck and C. Jeffrey Brinker were among 168 distinguished...

The dormant volcanoes west of Albuquerque frame the view on the western horizon from anywhere in the city. Next summer westbound drivers on I-40 will be able to glance to their right as they rumble over the Westside I-40 diversion channel, and they just...

Meriah Heredia-Griego has been appointed director of the UNM Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) by UNM Vice President for Research Michael Dougher. Heredia-Griego was associate director and research assistant professor at CEPR prior to her...