Faculty News

The next edition of “Engineering in Action: How Our Innovation is Impacting Our Community,” a periodic virtual series presented by The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, will feature a presentation on UNM’s Project VolCAN and the...

English Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies Jesse Alemán has been named the 2022 Willa Cather Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sponsored by the Cather Project, the UNL English Department, and endowment funds...

For her well researched book on the evolution of European women’s writing, the Navonic Institute for European Studies awarded UNM Associate Provost of Student Success and Professor Pamela L. Cheek the 2022 Lauren Shannon Prize. The Lauren Shannon Prizes...

Two professors from The University of New Mexico, including Hua Guo and Wirt Wills, were elected recently by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to the newest class of AAAS Fellows. The 2021 class of AAAS Fellows includes 564...

University of New Mexico English Assistant Professor Nahir Otaño Gracia was recently awarded the 2022 Article Prize for her article Towards a decentered Global North Atlantic: Blackness in Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd.

Nicholas Edwardson, professor of health administration in the UNM School of Public Administration, is bringing global attention to the program. He’s serving as the 2022 Professional Development Workshop (PDW) Chair for the Health Care Management (HCM)...

With new director Kirsten Pai Buick at the helm, the Africana Studies program at The University of New Mexico is looking forward to a major leap this year. Buick, who is also a professor of Art History, Associate Dean of Equity and Excellence, and...

Overcoming significant challenges, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities enacted a swift, innovative, inclusive, and community-driven approach to rolling out the COVID-19 vaccination, and there’s a lot to be learned from their methods. A...

It is with profound sadness that the College of Fine Arts shares the following: UNM Professor of Music and Director of Bands Eric Rombach-Kendall has passed away. He is survived by his wife Julie Rombach-Kendall and children, Rebecca Kendall and Michael...

The Harwood Museum of Art will host University of New Mexico professor of Art and artist Andrea Polli along with artist Marina Zurkow in Remote Possibilities: Envisioning Climate Futures, a virtual conversation about the role of environmental art in...