College of Arts & Sciences

For 15 years Bruce Smith has taught positive psychology at The University of New Mexico to more than 4,000 students and now he's created a workbook containing some of the same material he uses in his course to help make 2021 a better year for...

University of New Mexico professor of Psychology Katie Witkiewitz is spearheading a new program to provide mentorship for graduate students who are working to address issues of health inequities in New Mexico. The work is being done through the...

University of New Mexico faculty members recently learned tips and shared experiences on mentoring graduate students. Professor of Civil Engineering Julie Coonrod and Distinguished Professor of Psychology Barbara McCrady led the discussion. They...

In a new study, researchers at The University of New Mexico measured the effectiveness of commercially available Cannabis flower, or ‘buds,’ for alleviating feelings of stress and anxiety. Using data collected by the Releaf App, the largest repository of...

Inspiration comes in many different forms including people, place and experiences. Sometimes it’s a combination of factors as in the case of University of New Mexico 2020 graduate Destinie Angel Otero.   For Otero, a first-generation graduate,...

Moving to a new country where you don’t know the language is difficult endeavor for anyone at any age. For immigrant and now U.S. citizen, Amenah Adi, it’s exactly how she began her journey in America—not knowing much about the English language.  It was...

Education helped save his life. Steven Trujeque, the father of two, was headed toward a future of incarceration and, possibly, a dance with death. “At that point in time, in my life, I was looking for anything. I kept telling myself I need to find a way...

UNM senior Barry Ore’s energy is infectious. His spirit and drive can be felt even from across the computer screen during a Zoom interview. He’s one of many Lobos whose life was upended by COVID-19, which forced UNM students, faculty and staff to adjust...

A research study at The University of New Mexico and the Mind Research Network (MRN) is picking up right where it left off after the pandemic slowed recruitment efforts. The study that aims to identify neurocognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms of...

Although U.S. veterans experience PTSD at rates of up to 30 percent, there are no objective measures to help identify individuals with PTSD. A currently funded grant from the National Institutes of Health to the University of New Mexico is intended to...