College of Arts & Sciences

UNM'S Optical Science and Engineering Program will participate in the New Mexico State Fair’s "Science and Technology Day/Environment Appreciation Day" on Friday...

The team excavated the remaining deposits in the area where 19,000 year-old human remains had been found in 2010-11 and found about 10 more hand and foot bones from the adult woman whose bones and jaw had been collected by her band or family members after flesh decomposition, then stained with red ochre and reburied during the Lower Magdalenian period.

Despite the availability of a cheap and effective vaccine, measles remains a leading cause of childhood mortality worldwide, killing more than 150,000 individuals in 2011. In a new study, researchers at the University of New Mexico have revealed ...

Nearly 100 new faculty members arrived on campus this fall.  The new faculty members will join 42 different academic departments. The Honors College has four new faculty members. UNM President Robert Frank hosted an event to welcome the new faculty, telling them...

UNM Provost Chaouki Abdallah has announced the appointment of Michael Dougher, professor of Psychology and senior vice provost for Academic Affairs, to the position of Vice President for Research and Economic Development. The appointment is effective ...

Are you a metropolitan Albuquerque homeowner? If so, you are eligible to participate in a UNM research study conducted by the Department of Economics. The purpose of the focus group is to hear homeowners opinions on issues related to water and wildfire. ...

The University of New Mexico is “stretching” the summer session into fall to give students extra instruction in math and English to get them on the path to success as incoming freshmen.Cristyn Elder, assistant professor in the English department, said ...

The UNM Libraries Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections has received the congressional papers of former New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman. ...

The University of New Mexico and the city of Albuquerque host the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH) at the Albuquerque Convention Center this week through Monday, July 15. The conference attracts more than 1,000 scientists ...

The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at the University of New Mexico provided $53,475.22 to purchase books published by the University of New Mexico Press for under-funded public and tribal libraries across New Mexico. Under the leadership of Tobías ...