Faculty News

Across countries, continents, and centuries, humans have felt compelled to adorn themselves. A new book edited and co-authored by Hannah Mattson, Southwestern archaeologist and an assistant professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico,...

The School of Engineering has selected Peter Vorobieff, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as the new Regents’ Professor, and Francesco Sorrentino, associate professor of mechanical engineering, as the Regents’ Lecturer. Both...

Rebecca M. Schreiber, professor of American Studies at The University of New Mexico, has received the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for her latest book. “I’m very excited...

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...

During times of inclement weather, The University of New Mexico utilizes several methods of communication to alert the campus community with specific information about the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho campuses regarding weather-related closures and delays...

Sandworms are a staple of sci-fi horror: giant, terrifying worms, with gaping lamprey-like maws, that live under the desert sand of Earth or a distant planet. Sandworms have horrified those who encounter them in the films Tremors, Beetlejuice, Star Wars,...

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...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering honored 16 of its graduates as recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. The 2020 and 2021 awardees were honored at a ceremony Dec. 2 at Hotel Albuquerque. Honorees are from each of the School’s six...

Not feeling well? UNM encourages you to please stay at home. Symptoms aren’t always from the flu or COVID-19, but with cases on the rise in New Mexico, it’s important we are careful when feeling any symptoms that could potentially put others at...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor Brady Horn (economics) alongside his co-authors were recently honored with the Georgescu-Roegen Prize from the Southern Economic Association (SEA) for their work. The Georgescu-Roegen Prize is an award given...