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The design of indoor and outdoor spaces has the power to shape not just how we use an area, but also how we feel about it. Design can help inform whether someone wants to meet friends or move through an area quickly. It can even discourage crime.  Crime...

There are one million known in existence, each with their own set of unknowns. With no atmosphere, varying shapes, sizes, and compositions, there are many questions when it comes to asteroids, the minor planets which orbit within our solar system. One...

 Students in The University of New Mexico’s  Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAÍS) building are not just learning for themselves, but helping their peers grasp concepts and make it through the day as well.  The Physics and Astronomy...

The University of New Mexico hosts an out-of-this-world event taking place in-person for the first time since 2019. The Four Corners Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) is celebrating 25th anniversary with its annual meeting at UNM’S Physics...

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 University of New Mexico’s new Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science building (PAÍS) was designed to improve the way student and faculty conduct research, and serve as a hub for cross-discipline collaboration on campus. The project began...

The reservoir was demolished, the rubble was cleared and preliminary foundation work began weeks ago in preparation for a day that was more than two decades in the making at The University of New Mexico – the official groundbreaking of a new facility...

When programs, colleges, or departments at The University of New Mexico are in need of a new or renovated facility, the staff at Planning, Design, and Construction (PDC) are here to do the “heavy lifting” to launch and carry forward these projects.

Voters across New Mexico continued to show their support for higher education, libraries and the UNM Hospital with the approval of several bonds and a levy on Election Day. General Obligation Bond C passed with 63 percent of voters in favor of providing...

For scientists developing life-saving medicines, knowing how cells interact and communicate with one another is an important part of the puzzle. The problem is, being able to see those interactions through a microscope hasn’t always been possible. But...