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With a goal of addressing problems and creating meaningful change within our communities, The University of New Mexico today launched its Grand Challenges Initiative creating opportunities that require researchers to work together across disciplinary...

The University of New Mexico presents the Grand Challenges Initiative launch Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in SUB Ballroom C. Grand Challenges are problems of global, national and regional significance that require researchers to work...

The first high quality ancient DNA data from Central and South America—49 individuals some as old as 11,000 years—has revealed a major and previously unknown exchanges between populations. Unprecedented details about the ancestry of the people of...

Visualize the following: The Earth’s climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago; sea level was about 126 meters (413 feet) below modern sea level at that time; and the Holocene,...

Community engagement takes on many forms in higher education. It is typically defined as a foundational role of a public research university to utilize its knowledge and resources in a beneficial way to demonstrate collaboration between higher education...

A new paper recently released in Geology by researchers Jacob Mulder, Karl Karlstrom, and other Australian colleagues provides a new dataset that may resolve the more than three decades-long debate about which continents were adjacent to southwestern USA...

While universities used to be focused on specialization in a student’s chosen field, higher education is moving more and more toward interdisciplinary learning. The University of New Mexico is no different, and the Shared Knowledge Conference showcases...

The University of New Mexico celebrated another construction milestone when officials hoisted a ceremonial beam to commemorate the completion of structural framing of the new Physics, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAÍS) building. Presented by...

Les Field, Ph.D., professor and chair in the The University of New Mexico's Department of Anthropology, has been awarded an EAGER (Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research) from the National Science Foundation, to begin a project entitled...

For centuries dogs and humans have developed close relationships, that in many cases, have solidified each other as family. The close bond between humans and domesticated dogs can be traced back to some of New Mexico’s earliest settlers. But what...