College of Arts & Sciences

The University of New Mexico and PNM recently celebrated the winners of the 2023-2024 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest. The winners, families and teachers gathered recently for the celebration in Ballroom C of the Student Union...

The College of Arts & Sciences at UNM announces the recent appointment of five new associate deans. These new appointments, including three newly established positions, signify a transformation in the college's administrative structure. With a focus on...

Researchers from UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) have uncovered the giant hummingbird’s extreme long-distance migration for the first time. Their eight-year study, Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds...

The University of New Mexico Sustainable Space Research Grand Challenge team aims to develop a center of space science-exploration excellence at UNM by uniting relevant and diverse space expertise. To that end, last month, the team brought industry, lab,...

Just 41 light years from Earth is an exoplanet so incredibly hot scientists didn’t think it could maintain an atmosphere, but a recent study published in Nature by a national team of scientists suggests 55 Cancri e may be the first rocky exoplanet...

The University of New Mexico Center for Teaching & Learning, Honors College & Teaching Enhancement Committee, and College of Arts & Sciences held its 25th Annual Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony today at the Anderson School of Management’s Jackson...

A new book from a University of New Mexico researcher examines the wild carnivores of New Mexico, from the common striped skunk to the now extinct grizzly bear. Jean-Luc E. Cartron, a research professor in the UNM Department of Biology, teamed up with...

The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May with a website page full of resources about history, racism, culture, and many other topics. The...

It’s not every day a Lobo becomes a published author alongside a NASCAR legend and remembers to thank their professor. UNM alumnus Dominic Aragon is celebrating the release of All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story. Aragon’s...

The newly released New Mexico Election Study (NMES) reveals a successful general election in 2022, meaning the election was run well with strong security to protect the system against fraud, while also having many opportunities to ensure voter...