College of Arts & Sciences

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...

As the world struggles to battle the effects of climate change, not everyone benefits equally from the remedies. In a recent paper titled Weaponizing vulnerability to climate change, Benjamin Warner, an assistant professor of geography and environmental...

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...

Our natural world is changing. The warming climate continues to fuel large natural disasters, establishing a new normal for citizens and governments around the world. Preparedness for this new normal is imperative for saving lives, and that means risk...

From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a complex process lasting thousands of years and involving multiple waves of Pleistocene and early Holocene period immigrants entering into the Neotropics.  Paleoindian...

What do termites, elephants, whales, hyenas, and some human societies have in common? The core of their societies is female. According to a new study led by researchers at The University of New Mexico researchers, females – not males – may provide the...

Dr. Henry C. Ellis, age 91, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former chair of The University of New Mexico's Department of Psychology, died peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, July 4, 2019. He was preceded in death by Florence, his beloved...

A new study, conducted by the Cognitive Rhythms and Computation Lab under the direction of Assistant Professor James Cavanagh in the UNM Department of Psychology, is looking for participants. The purpose of the study, Cognitive Neuroscience of...

Senior athletes participating in the 2019 National Senior Games presented by Humana weren’t the only ones to shine during the 12-day event. A group of interns from The University of New Mexico’s Communication & Journalism department played a key role in...

For the 19th consecutive summer, Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, vice president for Student Affairs and professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, hosts the “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico,”...