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As a college freshman at Wayland Baptist University, Haleigh Gossett never expected her collegiate path would lead her to walking across the graduation stage at The University of New Mexico. Gossett, originally from New Mexico, made the decision to...

Ylva Pihlström, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently was awarded a three-year, $564,000 grant from NASA to continue research that she started as part of her 2017 Women In STEM Award.  The work, set to begin in January 2022,...

UNM Senior Datenzing Tamang has had a long journey to the graduation stage, both academic and personal. It started with an uprooting, when the Land of Enchantment intrigued her so much, she left her home country of Nepal and travelled around the world to...

Throughout a distinguished career and years of service to the Albuquerque community, Judy Zanotti will be honored by The University of New Mexico with an honorary doctoral degree during the fall commencement ceremony, Friday, Dec. 17. “I’m truly...

December is turning out to be a season of new beginnings for Clarissa Pitts. Not only will she be graduating from The University of New Mexico with a bachelor’s degree in nursing, she’s also just accepted a position as a charge nurse in urology, vascular...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected their new cohort of 2021 NAI Fellows and University of New Mexico faculty member David G. Whitten made their list. Whitten is a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological...

In 2020, Lobos stayed home for health and safety concerns. In 2021, the Pack is Back as The University of New Mexico honors graduates of both classes during its Fall 2021 commencement ceremonies scheduled Thursday, Dec. 16 and Friday, Dec. 17 at...

Eva Chi, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of New Mexico, is studying possible ways to kill SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses using UV light and polymers. Using synthetic polymer materials, Chi and Dr. David Whitten found...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic University find increased employment, especially in manufacturing, following the opening of legal recreational cannabis dispensaries. They found no evidence of declines in worker...

Every year, African lungfish survive to the dry seasons in Africa by creating a cocoon that allows them to live on land for months or even years, until water returns following long periods of heat and drought. This cocoon, in which the lungfish is...