College of Arts & Sciences

Everyday scientists uncover many negative attributes associated with climate change. As temperatures continue to rise, the effects are subtle in some cases and more dramatic in others. New research conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico...

What’s it like to sleep in space? Have you ever tried a New Mexico chile? Is microgravity as fun as it looks? Those are just a few of the questions students had the opportunity to ask NASA Astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space...

Though science has advanced considerably since the days of Charles Darwin, the evolutionary history of life on Earth is still largely a mystery – one being solved incrementally by the dedicated biologists who pore over fossils and genetic data to better...

When attending The University of New Mexico, students might think that conducting research involving marine life is wishful thinking considering the University is land-locked and located in one of the driest states in the country. However, UNM Associate...

The University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) recently expanded its cold storage capabilities with the addition of two new cryotanks boosting capacity for liquid-nitrogen storage from 270,000 to 450,000 samples, an increase of 67...

Scientists at The University New Mexico are working to help mitigate fire danger in Santa Fe watershed utilizing two scenarios involving thinning and conducting prescribed burns. Under both scenarios, the occurrence of stand-replacing fire was...

The University of New Mexico and The Children’s Hour will host a live chat with astronauts from the International Space Station in December. This is a rare and out of this world opportunity for students to engage with NASA astronauts, space experts and...

Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife biology, and agriculture, but for most parasites, researchers still lack an accurate picture of their distributions, host associations, or ecology. Museum specimens play a fundamental role in...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Luis Campos, Irene Salinas and Owen Whooley as Regents’ Lecturers—a distinguishing title bestowed on selected tenured, junior faculty members that merit recognition of their...

Looking at the past may help the future when combating some viruses in humans, especially the evolutionary history of hantaviruses. Schuyler Liphardt, who is working on his Ph.D. in biology at The University of New Mexico, is part of a team that...