Research

The Child Health Grand Challenge team at The University of New Mexico is undertaking a two-year study on child maltreatment incidence. The study, led by principal investigators Rebecca Girardet, professor of Pediatrics, and Gabriel Sanchez, professor of...

An interdisciplinary team of Indigenous and western scientists from around the globe recently received the 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for their research on the evolution of...

A team of researchers from The University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) reported unexpectedly high levels of chemical contamination in wild birds and mammals at Holloman Air Force Base, near Alamogordo, N.M. in new research...

The next installment of the permanent collection exhibition series, Hindsight Insight 4.0: Portraits, Landscapes, and Abstraction from The University of New Mexico Art Museum, recently opened to the public. The hybrid project space and exhibition...

For 22 seniors in mechanical engineering this year, their capstone design project is literally rocket science — and they wouldn’t have it any other way. After enduring a dip in enrollment last year in a post-pandemic higher education landscape, The...

The University of New Mexico’s Successful Aging Grand Challenges Team is involved with the design and delivery of the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) next month in Albuquerque. The conference will be held March...

The first book on renowned Mexican composer Mario Lavista, titled Mario Lavista: Mirrors of Sounds (Oxford University Press, 2023), was recently published by Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, associate professor of Musicology at The University of New Mexico. It...

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology’s annual Ancestors lecture returns with a talk by The University of New Mexico Associate Professor Sherry Nelson. Nelson will speak about Becoming Human: The Early Stages from Ape to Hominin. The lecture will be...

High cholesterol, a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, could be treatable in coming decades with a new vaccine developed by University of New Mexico Health Scientists. The vaccine lowers bad cholesterol in mice and non-human primates, potentially...

The University of New Mexico is designated as an R1 university, the only one in the state. The designation means that UNM is dedicated to very high levels of research across all disciplines, from undergraduates to Ph.D. students. To accomplish this...