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Astronomers have identified a young planetary system where the disk is warped, offering a clear view of a planet that is just three million years old. Planet-forming disks are a natural outcome of angular momentum conservation as molecular clouds...

Abrianna Morales, a 2023 graduate, has been named one of the 32 U.S. recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The award provides full funding for two years of graduate study at the University of Oxford, one of the world’s leading academic...

Andrew Gentry is celebrating after being selected for the Department of Energy’s Science Research Program award. Gentry is a Ph.D. candidate at The University of New Mexico and is one of just 62 graduate students representing 25 states and Puerto Rico...

The UNM Department of Geography and Environmental Studies hosts its annual Murphy lecture, where it invites a member from another university to talk about its research in geography. This year's speaker is Dr. Kirk Goldsberry, associate director of the...

If only walls could tell stories — except this time, they can. The College of Arts and Sciences is hosting a two-day art exhibit on the struggles of migration told through art and narrative.  The first event will begin Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m....

The University of New Mexico hosts an entire month of opportunities to learn, gain experience, create, and advocate to commemorate American Indian Heritage Month. The UNM Department of Anthropology has compiled a complete page of resources on its...

Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology, Songwriting and Anthropology (Sociocultural and Linguistic) at The University of New Mexico, clearly has a deep love and affinity for the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. That love comes...

Collaborative studies using new analytical techniques combined with traditional field geology in one of the world’s premier geologic laboratories have led to new views of the Cambrian explosion of life. Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students and collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania, is investigating how developmental and genetic factors affect sleep behavior....

The Critical Mystery Studies symposium focuses on developing our awareness of the cultural importance of monsters, ghosts, aliens, and conspiracy theories in many communities.