College of Arts & Sciences

Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology, Songwriting and Anthropology (Sociocultural and Linguistic) at The University of New Mexico, clearly has a deep love and affinity for the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. That love comes...

Collaborative studies using new analytical techniques combined with traditional field geology in one of the world’s premier geologic laboratories have led to new views of the Cambrian explosion of life. Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students and collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania, is investigating how developmental and genetic factors affect sleep behavior....

The Critical Mystery Studies symposium focuses on developing our awareness of the cultural importance of monsters, ghosts, aliens, and conspiracy theories in many communities.

Abrianna Morales, an alumna from The University of New Mexico, will travel to Denver this November to participate in the finalist interview for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the world. Morales, a native of Las...

Your favorite celebrity can often influence parts of your life through the music you listen to or even the outfits you wear but could a celebrity also influence who you vote for in an election? That's a question many researchers, including University of...

A new center at The University of New Mexico has received a $3.83 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) that will support the mission of improving climate resilience in New Mexico. The...

A new book titled ‘Handcrafted Careers’ explores the everyday lives of workers in the craft beer industry, asking questions Americans wonder about, like what makes a good career? The author is Eli Wilson, a University of New Mexico...

Researchers at the University of New Mexico have identified the presence of bacteria in healthy brains from fish. Understanding this connection between bacteria and animal brains could have future implications for the study of Alzheimer’s disease. UNM...

Are people who find a romantic partner online more likely to end up with a partner who is different than them, in terms of race, religion, age, and education? One University of New Mexico professor's research says in almost every category, the answer is yes.