Research
November 25, 2020
A research study at The University of New Mexico and the Mind Research Network (MRN) is picking up right where it left off after the pandemic slowed recruitment efforts. The study that aims to identify neurocognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms of...
By Mary Beth King
November 24, 2020
In 1896, a team known as the Hyde Exploring Expedition began excavating Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon. As they worked, they numbered the rooms, including one they labeled Room 28, which had a burned roof and walls. They were about to move on to excavate...
By Rachel Whitt
November 24, 2020
Lani Tsinnajinnie knows that clean running water is not just essential for everyday life, but for future planning. As an assistant professor at UNM’s School of Architecture and Planning (SAP), the researcher brings unique perspective to an issue that’s...
November 20, 2020
In 2019, Graduate Studies at The University of New Mexico celebrated its 100 years of graduate education at UNM with its annual Shared Knowledge Conference and popular LoboBITES competition. Students, faculty, staff,...
By Mary Beth King
November 19, 2020
Ph.D. candidate Asia Alsgaard and Emily Lena Jones, associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico, have received a National Science Foundation grant of $28,086 that will allow them to examine how an ancient group of humans were able to maintain ecosystem stability in their environment several thousand years ago.
By Kim Delker
November 16, 2020
Sandia National Laboratories and The University of New Mexico have signed a memorandum of understanding to offer a collaborative program in nuclear security at UNM.
The agreement addresses a growing need for experts in the nuclear security field. Sandia...
November 16, 2020
Despite the fact that women tend to outlive men in almost all societies, they experience more sickness along the way. This so-called ‘gender-health’ paradox has long puzzled researchers. Biological differences between the sexes – females’ higher body fat...
By Gabriel Sanchez, Laura Evans and Raymond Foxworth
November 14, 2020
There was major enthusiasm about the Native American electorate’s potential role in the 2020 election outcome following a historic 2018 mid-term election where the importance of the Native American population as both voters and candidates reached unprecedented levels.
By Mary Beth King
November 12, 2020
Chaco Canyon is extraordinary in many respects, not least in the dense concentration of jewelry found in archaeological contexts dating between the 9th and early 12th centuries CE (Current Era). The largest and most prominent pueblo in the Canyon is...
By Felina Martinez, Advance at UNM
November 11, 2020
Women in STEM researchers from The University of New Mexico's Linguistics department have recently created the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab (LLA LLA), a new research lab focused on child minority language acquisition at The University of New...
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