College of Arts & Sciences

By the time it begins, the inaugural cohort of a first-of-its-kind program will be a part of something five years in the making in the department of Native American Studies (NAS) at The University of New Mexico. The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) an NAS...

A small shift in boundaries can have a drastic impact.  That’s why the tiniest bending of a line turned into a hard-fought battle for fairness in New Mexico’s redistricting process, a painstaking redrawing of state election districts following a new...

University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Professor Mohammad Yousuf, is receiving one of the most prestigious awards in Journalism in this region, by the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC).  He has...

It’s a set of seemingly random letters with a purpose. YANA, which stands for You Are Not Alone, is a new club housed within UNM’s Communication and Journalism (C&J) Department. The mission of YANA is within the name–to make students of all ages on...

A team of scientists at The University of New Mexico is experimenting and learning about reforestation and the challenges presented by several environmental factors in the semi-arid southwestern United States where planted conifer seedling survival is...

Christine Gleicher is the first in her family to go to college. Raised in the South Valley of Albuquerque, Gleicher started her college work at CNM before transitioning to The University of New Mexico in 2020. In March 2022, she was named a Goldwater...

The University of New Mexico is planning a celebration on Monday, Oct. 10 in honor of alumnus Jack Dongarra, the recipient of the 2021 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of...

Chemistry students at The University of New Mexico are about to be one step closer to becoming fully-fledged chemists. That is thanks to a new Partnership for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC) between UNM and the National Science Foundation...

The University of New Mexico is inviting the community to a series of events commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month.  Since 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the U.S. to recognize and honor past and current Hispanics, Latinxs and their...

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific...