College of Arts & Sciences

Imposed upon Navajo people in the 1930s, the brutal Livestock Reduction Program proposed to eliminate over half of Diné livestock herds. Against the backdrop of the Dust Bowl and the Hoover Dam, livestock reduction was an extreme response to reports of...

An upcoming conference at UNM is focusing on the future of water and all that depends on it across the Americas. The Transect of the Americas Symposium: Water & Climate Change Across the Americas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Headwater Dependent...

A University of New Mexico professor is joining the ranks of legends like Alexander Hamilton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Madeleine K. Albright. Political Science Professor Mala Htun has just been elected as a member of The...

Albuquerque locals are invited to join The University of New Mexico R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography in the City Nature Challenge.  If you can download an app and take photos, you can help protect biodiversity in Albuquerque. It’s as easy as...

The story of La Llorona is an ancient one imbedded in the folklore of Latin America and New Mexico. There are many variations on the theme but, basically, it’s a tragic tale of the ghost of a grieving woman roaming rivers, lakes, or acequias seeking her...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences announces the Seventh annual Stuart Northrop Distinguished Lecturer featuring Dr. Jerry X. Mitrovica on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in Northrop Hall, Room 122. A reception will...

The Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) is honoring UNM Psychology Professor Steven Verney for his commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in New Mexico and the Albuquerque community.   Verney, an Alaska Native (Tsimshian) was...

UNM’s partnerships with National Laboratories are integral to supporting our research, education, and service mission. To foster these relationships and increase our research capacity, the College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with Sandia National...

While there’s a strong determination worldwide to return to a new normal in a post-COVID world, the pandemic is nearly impossible to forget. A large amount of data also provides insight we may not want to move past just yet–how we handled it.  UNM...

A University of New Mexico Communication & Journalism (C&J) student is being recognized as an exemplary young journalist nationwide. UNM multimedia journalism and statistics junior Lauren Lifke was just named a member of the National Association of...