Earth hanging on a water drop. Image modified from Yogendra Joshi, and accessed via Flickr.com.

The University of New Mexico hosts the third annual Earth Educators’ Rendezvous July 17-21. The event, which will be held at UNM Student Union Building and various other locations on campus, brings together researchers and practitioners working in all...

D.H. Lawrence Ranch Initiatives is once again partnering with UNM Continuing Education to host a series of Rananim online creative writing workshops. The eight-week, non-credit courses give writers the opportunity to get feedback on their work, and...

The UNM Biology Department has collaborated with the Kenya Medical Research Institute for more than two decades. The project continues to help train graduate and postdoctoral students from the U.S. and Kenya. 

Eric S. Loker, Distinguished Professor of Biology at UNM. 

Sand-harvesters working in Lake Victoria expose themsevles to water containing the s. mansoni parasite. 

Cattle also use the lake as a water source and can transmit a different parasite into the Biomphalaria snails, which can actually reduce the rate of s. mansoni in the snails. This aspect of biodiversity has a positive impact on the region.

Locals use the lake for many activities, including washing clothes, collecting drinking water, fishing and recreation, which leads to high rates of schistotomiasis. 

Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, by surface area, and plays a crucial role in every day life for those who live in the region.