College of Arts & Sciences

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated when and how the Colorado River first carved its way through the Grand Canyon. Now, a new study led by researchers at The University of New Mexico offers compelling evidence that the river developed...

Maize, or corn, is a major dietary staple in Maya communities past and present because of its reliability, potential for surplus and suitability as both food and fodder. It became so important to ancient Mesoamerican communities that it even became...

This summer, a group of New Mexico high school students are stepping into a university research laboratory—not as visitors, but as scientists. Through a partnership between The University of New Mexico, New Mexico's Division of Vocational...

Two UNM students participated in a panel presented as part of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators Civil & Divorce Mediation Seminar in May. Emma Williams and Shin Hlaing presented on dispute resolution issues.

For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly reveals, the newfound...

After three decades of service to The University of New Mexico, Professor Richard Rand is retiring from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, concluding a distinguished career that included more than seven years as department chair. Beginning July 1,...

For the fifth consecutive year, University of New Mexico Biology Professor Mubarak Hussain Syed, also known as the FlyGuy, together with Matthew Clark, assistant professor of biology at Bucknell University; Veronica Evans, associate professor of biology...

Professor Ronda Brulotte, Ph.D., in the Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences at The University of New Mexico, will present and sign her new book, Mezcal in Oaxaca: A Craft Spirit for the Global Marketplace, during the inaugural Indigenous...

A graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of New Mexico has received a prestigious fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. Amilcar Jeronimo Perez, a...

For the past three decades, a team of prehistoric archaeologists have been uncovering some of the field’s most recent monumental discoveries, relying on gut instinct, persistent hard work, and cutting-edge methodologies and technologies.