Faculty News

Somewhere around 55,000 to 60,000 years ago, a woman lived in a cave in what is now called Israel. Mostly likely, she was a Neandertal, probably a little over 5 feet tall and weighing an estimated 130 pounds. In an excavation that started in 1991, a...

University of New Mexico Professor Felisa A. Smith was recognized recently for her contributions to the paleontology community with her selection as a Fellow of the Paleontological Society. The Paleontological Society is an international nonprofit...

The challenge marginalized groups face is that many microaggressions are systemic. This means they are embedded in policies, programs and practices at the federal, state and local level. To combat microaggressions means that everyone has to be...

As the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown continues, restaurants everywhere are feeling the impact. Many closed or switched to curbside and takeout options. But others have been on a months-long roller coaster – opening as virus numbers dropped and closing down...

New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland hosted a roundtable with a group of University of New Mexico students and faculty to highlight international students’ contributions to the University. The discussion follows decisions made by the Department of...

Professor A. Gabriel Meléndez, director of the Center for Regional Studies since 2017, recently announced his retirement at the end of July after more than 26 years as a faculty member at The University of New Mexico. During his career, Meléndez accrued...

A professor at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has been selected to be part of a multi-institutional NASA project to support various aeronautics research goals over the next four years. This project, “Assured Autonomy for Aviation...

Former UNM administrator and current adjunct faculty member, Ken Carpenter hosts a virtual book presentation of his recently published memoir “Borderlands Boy: Love, War and Peace in the Atomic Age” in a Zoom event on June 28 at 3 p.m. Tying into Pride...

Almost 140 years after his death, the man born Henry McCarty  ̶  but better known as Billy the Kid  ̶  continues to exert a sense of fascination and romance. Two books about the outlaw, who spent the last part of his life in New Mexico, will be...

It’s part of the department’s overall mission of individual, family and community education – the wellbeing of New Mexicans – and as families adjust to a new reality amid the COVID-19 outbreak, faculty and students at The University of New Mexico’s...