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What did Earth's first animals look like? How did they move, feed, and interact with their environments? And what can fossils more than half a billion years old tell us about the origins of the complex life we see today? These questions will take center...

In the heart of the Albuquerque campus, The University of New Mexico will begin construction on the new Humanities & Social Sciences building on Thursday, Oct. 22, on the site of the previous Humanities facility. The estimated $130.5 million project is...

Maize, or corn, is a major dietary staple in Maya communities past and present because of its reliability, potential for surplus and suitability as both food and fodder. It became so important to ancient Mesoamerican communities that it even became...

The 4th annual New Mexico Economics Research Day, hosted by the University of New Mexico Department of Economics, was held recently featuring five research projects that have a direct impact on New Mexico.

From New Mexico to Norway! Sharon Erickson Nepstad, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at The University of New Mexico, is heading overseas next spring for research after being awarded a prestigious grant at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway.

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts & Sciences has opened the competitive application process for proposals to establish new initiatives aligned with the University’s strategic plan, UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined, to enhance its strengths and...

There are thousands of languages which span across nations and time–an estimated seven thousand known so far. UNM Linguistics recently hired Assistant Professor Joshua Birchall is one of the many linguists working tirelessly to understand, document and...

UNM’s School of Public Administration (SPA) is not only celebrating the launch of an entirely new, groundbreaking program, but public service itself. On Sept. 26, SPA welcomed the greater campus and Albuquerque community to commemorate the official...

University of New Mexico Provost James Holloway has announced three finalists to visit campus for the position of dean at the College of Arts and Sciences. The finalists include Alfred Lopez, Jennifer Malat, and Thomas Mote.  Each candidate will hold...

Arash Mafi, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of New Mexico, has accepted a similar position as executive dean for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. Mafi will...