College of Arts & Sciences

Throughout the centuries, volcanic eruptions have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives due in part to the lack of accurate signs indicating imminent eruptions. One type of a volcanic eruption, a phreatic eruption, which involves external water, is ...

In rare instances, DNA is known to have jumped from one species to another. If a parasite’s DNA jumps to its host’s genome, it could leave evidence of that parasitic interaction that could be found millions of years later — a DNA ‘fossil’ of...

The Society of Professional Journalists cited New Mexico News Port for three awards in its regional Mark of Excellence award contest, which honors the best of college journalism. News Port was the first place winner in Online News Reporting, for its...

Join Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present ‘Nuclear Batteries for Long Life Low Power Applications.’

Come celebrate Earth Day at the University of New Mexico’s 8th Annual Sustainability Expo! The event is Thursday, April 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Cornell Mall -- just east of the Student Union Building -- The Expo offers an opportunity to...

Traditionally, to study topics like race and social justice, college students have been obligated to declare their field of study in humanities or a social science like sociology or anthropology. But now, thanks to The University of New Mexico Institute for the Study of “Race” and Social Justice, graduate students from across the University are able to take a deeper look at those topics.

The search for general trends in evolution of animal shape and size often comes up empty. Rather, evolution tends to be unpredictable, leading toward different forms in different places. Groundbreaking new work has revealed a predictable trend in...

Victoria Bowler and Milena Carvalho both arrived last fall at The University of New Mexico excited to begin graduate work in the Department of Anthropology. Bowler had been a U.S. Park Service ranger at sites throughout the southwest and was ready to do...

The University of New Mexico Institute for the Study of “Race” & Social Justice hosts a lecture and critical discussion featuring Nana Osei-Kofi, Director of the Difference, Power & Discrimination Program at Oregon State University (OSU) on Thursday,...

UNM Associate Professor Carmen Nocentelli was recently selected as the winner of three highly-coveted fellowships for 2016-2017. She has elected to spend the year as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the ...