College of Arts & Sciences

UNM Professor Emeritus Dr. Peder Jack Johnson is being remembered as an extraordinary human being. Johnson died at home on Aug. 11, 2023, at age 87, leaving the earth a better place than he found it, according to his friends and family.   Johnson was...

There’s more that meets the eye when it comes to most things in life. In one specific area of research, however, the impulse to dive deeper and look beyond the surface had long been avoided.    That’s something UNM Sociology Professor and director and...

A new symposium at The University of New Mexico will bring together students and researchers of neuroscience to look at the progress made and brainstorm about the future. Specification of Complex Behaviors will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 30-31,...

The 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings held for Brett Kavanaugh may have caused the equivalent of an additional 26 million poor mental health days for adult women in the United States, according to a new paper from researchers at The University of...

The beginning of a new academic year is always filled with excitement at the prospect of new opportunities, but at the College of Arts & Sciences, this is even more true this year as it welcomes its 17th dean, Jennifer Malat, on Monday, Aug. 21. Malat...

If you travel up stream to the tip-top of the headwaters in the San Juan Range of the Colorado Rockies, you’ll reach the very beginning of the Rio Grande River, and what happens at the very top helps determine the quality and quantity of water that we...

Dr. Amy Lucinda Brandzel, an associate professor at The University of New Mexico with a joint appointment in American and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, died Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at home in the care of family and surrounded by cherished pets....

Distinguished Professor Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, died of complications from cancer on July 10, 2023. There are many tributes being offered in Sheik-Bahae’s memory and all touch on one essential...

Terry Loring, distinguished professor of Mathematics and Statistics, recently published and co-authored a new research piece involving his research on K-theory with the major advances in applications to critical problems in physics. The new research...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Economics hosts the second annual New Mexico Economics Research Day, an event designed to highlight New Mexico-centric economics research. The free event will be held Friday, Aug. 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. in...