College of Arts & Sciences

The University of New Mexico's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences presents the 5th annual Stuart A. Northrop Distinguished Lecturer featuring Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer on Friday, April 15 at 3 p.m. in Northrop Hall, Room 122. A reception and grand...

Alexander Heffner has immersed himself in U.S. politics as a public affairs broadcaster, civic educator, journalist, and since 2014 host of PBS’s The Open Mind. This week he’ll engage and address Lobos at The University of New Mexico. UNM’s...

The UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy is preparing for its first in-person Physics Day in two years. UNM Physics Day 2022 will be held on Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature a variety of events including poster presentations,...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of American Studies hosts a talk about sacred Diné landscapes on Thursday, April 7, from 4 to 5:30p.m. The event is in Frank Waters room 105 of Zimmerman Library.  The event’s speaker is Senior Anthropologist...

A University of New Mexico alum is being recognized at the highest level for his work and contribution to the field of computational science. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Jack J. Dongarra as the recipient of the 2021 ACM A.M....

The Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, the largest and highest geologic structures in the world, started forming some 50 million years ago through the crashing and colliding of the Asian and Indian continental plates. The Tibetan Plateau is a...

Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan, associate professor of Russian in The University of New Mexico Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2022-2023. Fulbright Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive...

Scientists at the University of New Mexico are modeling water in deep Earth using the mineral wadsleyite to determine composition and temperature variations in an effort to decipher the material exchange processes between the upper and lower mantle. The...

Starting this weekend, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos will present Following the Manito Trail–a cultural heritage exhibition that shares the largely untold histories of nine Hispanic New Mexican families from Taos County with public audiences.  The...

New research published this week by University of New Mexico archaeologist Keith Prufer shows that a site in Belize was critical for the studying the origins of the ancient Maya people and the spread of maize as a staple food. According to the...