College of Arts & Sciences

University of New Mexico American Literary Studies Professor Jesse Alemán has been named the 2015 Jim and Linda Burke Visiting Scholar in Literature at Oklahoma State University’s Doel Reed Center for the Arts in Taos, N.M.

The University of New Mexico Africana Studies program has a long history of bringing in engaging speakers to kick off Black History Month. When they arranged for NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to come, the reception was overwhelming. Individuals and groups...

Clues left behind in a cave in central America have allowed an international, multidisciplinary team of researchers, including several at the University of New Mexico, to produce a new paleoclimate rainfall record that illustrates the contribution of ...

Toby Smith will be at the UNM Bookstore Thursday, Feb. 19 at noon to sign copies of Bush League Boys: The Postwar Legends of Baseball in the American Southwest (University of New Mexico Press, 2014). This event is free and open to the public.

University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus of English E. A. “Tony” Mares – teacher, essayist, poet - died January 30 at the age of 76.  A memorial service is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the UNM Alumni Chapel. Mares, who was born May 17,...

The University of New Mexico’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP), a program that's part of the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA), received a $10,000 grant recently from Transforming Youth Recovery (TYR) designed to assist students in recovery from substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors.

Film director Maria Agui Carter screens her 75-minute film, "Rebel," on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 6:30 - 9 p.m. in the UNM SUB Ballroom C. The film is the amazing story of Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who crossdressed as a Confederate soldier turned Union Spy.

New Mexico News Port launched in September with funding from the Online News Association's Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education. Since then, Michael Marcotte, visiting professor, UNM Communication & Journalism, and others, have...

The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC), based at New Mexico State University, recently awarded fellowships to Engineering and Arts and Sciences students at the University of New Mexico. Each recipient receives a $10,000 award.

As a service to the UNM community, the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) hosts a 12-week grantwriting seminar course offering a step-by-step approach to preparing a successful National Institutes of Health (NIH) research...