College of Arts & Sciences

The Center for the Southwest announces the 2017-2018 C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Lecture in Western History and Culture. Historian Megan Kate Nelson will present “Why the Civil War West Mattered,” on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. in the Hibben Auditorium...

In response to the positive feedback from the University community, UNM’s Department of History is expanding the public lecture series for History 220: The History of UNM. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to investigate the...

It is with great sadness that the UNM Sociology Department says goodbye to one of its emeritus faculty members, Bob Fiala. He passed away on July 28, 2017 after valiantly fighting pancreatic cancer. Professor Emeritus Susan Tiano and Professor Felipe...

Every year, Americans commemorate the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. On that date, 39 founding fathers signed the document that became the cornerstone of law in the United States of America. The Constitution...

In the courtyard of UNM’s Maxwell Museum, a totem pole stood for many decades, weathered by seasons and avian inhabitants. Its beauty and physical condition faded by age, was one concern for university anthropologists—the other, was trying to understand...

The United States is in the midst of a major drug epidemic. Stories continue to roll in daily about the lives claimed by prescription and non-prescription drug overdoses. The numbers are staggering. Opioids alone (including prescription pain killers and...

Using a fleet of airplanes, ships and intrepid scientists, Cornell is leading the largest single deployment of seismometers along the Alaskan Peninsula – a $4.5 million endeavor that geologists from across the country hope will solve long-standing...

University of New Mexico Interim Provost Craig White announced today the appointment of Professor Alex Lubin as Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Development effective immediately. Lubin’s appointment extends through June 30, 2018. “I am very...

University of New Mexico Physics & Astronomy assistant professor Victor Acosta is the recipient of one of only eight Beckman “Young Investigator Awards” issued in 2017 by The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

For the first time ever, the History Department is offering a class about the "History of The University of New Mexico." The course titled, “History 220 – The History of The University of New Mexico,” features a series of public lectures on a variety of...