College of Arts & Sciences

Veronica Lopez has spent the last two years getting her master’s degree in Chicana and Chicano Studies. Her area of focus was researching ways to support Chicano students and teachers in urban areas, and she did it all while working full time as a high school teacher in Chicago.

Graduate Studies’ 2025 LoboBITES competition boasted a wide array of research topics. Twelve students competed recently representing four colleges.

Understanding the physics of ‘mature’ faults helps us understand the general mechanics of the earth's crust, which improves earthquake hazards models globally The March 28, 2025, Myanmar earthquake is giving scientists a rare look into how some of the...

An ancient Greek philosopher once said, “The only constant in life is change.” Guillermo Caraveo knows this as well as anyone. He has become highly adept at pivoting through the many detours life has given him.  This fall semester, Caraveo will graduate...

Those who seek a career as a faculty member in academia have endless choices after attaining their terminal degree (often a Ph.D., but this can vary depending by field).

A new study led by The University of New Mexico researchers has uncovered a surprising pattern in how deserts of the southwestern United States produce dust over long climate cycles. Unlike most of the world—where dust emissions peak during cold, glacial...

Carmella Scorcia Pacheco joins new It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science (IPNRS) podcast host, Cameron Goeldner, to talk about the deep cultural roots, memories and traditions behind farolitos and luminarias, in an episode titled “Little Lanterns: The...

Student researchers from UNM’s Lobo Language Acquisition Lab, Language Documentation Lab, and Indigenous Child Language Research Center presented at this year’s Indigenous Language Institute Symposium (ILIS), held recently at Sandia Resort and Casino....

Richard W. Etulain, a professor emeritus of history at The University of New Mexico (UNM), has published his 65th book, with two more already underway.

Students in The University of New Mexico’s Constitutional Law (Rights) class received an unexpected educational opportunity when two of the nation’s leading Title IX experts visited as guest online speakers. Dan Schorr and Alyssa-Rae McGinn, co-hosts of...