A number of dignitaries were in attendance at the UNM Biology Department’s annual Research Days and Open House including (l. to r.): College of Art & Sciences Dean Mark Peceny, Karl Johnson, MD (discovered both Ebola and Hantavirus), State Senator Cisco McSorley, former UNM President David Schmidly and director of the Museum of Southwestern Biology, Joe Cook.

Museum of Southwestern Biology Director Joe Cook, center, discusses the Division of Genomic Resources facility upgrade. With the new facility, samples previously archived at –80^oC in 17 freezers are migrating into new, more secure cryogenic nitrogen-vapor facility (-190^oC).

The University of New Mexico’s Division of Genomic Resources (DGR) recently celebrated the grand-opening of its newly-expanded biological material repository installing several frozen nitrogen repository tanks designed to better protect the...

A book co-authored by a UNM Sociology professor is gaining increased national attention, including reviews by some of the most prestigious journals in the field. “A Shared Future is both optimistic and critical about a compelling model for social...

The 2017 Miss Indian UNM Pageant will be held this Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium.  The 2017-2018 Miss Indian UNM will be crowned, and a farewell to the current Miss Indian UNM, Marika Trujillo, is also part of the...

A group of UNM professors has received the 2017 Women in STEM awards to honor their research in diverse areas of inquiry, including bioengineering, exercise science, biology, linguistics, political science and astronomy and physics. Among other topics,...

The Physical Plant Department arborists have announced an open invitation to the campus community to participate in a series of tree plantings to commemorate Earth Day and National Arbor Day.