Research

Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support our populations and economies. Paul Hooper, alumnus and adjunct associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New...

The idea of show and tell is a time-tested way to engage students, especially when teaching about complex subjects. And one research center at The University of New Mexico is taking full advantage of that concept, with promising results. Beginning last...

In her new book Workers Like All the Rest of Them, Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, Professor of Latin American History and Associate Vice President of the Division for Equity and Inclusion at The University of New Mexico, recounts the long struggle for...

The inaugural Quantum New Mexico Symposium is being held at The University of New Mexico later this month. Quantum New Mexico (QNM) is holding the in-person and virtual symposium Thursday, March 31 – Friday, April 1 in celebration of the new Quantum New...

Scientists at The University of New Mexico recently took part in the opening of ANGSA 73001, a drive tube lunar sample collected by NASA's Apollo 17 mission that will allow scientists to study any gases that may reside in the container as well as lunar...

Three University of New Mexico archaeologists from the Department of Anthropology made significant contributions to a recent special issue of The Journal of Quaternary Science (JQS). Recent UNM Ph.D. and current UNM Adjunct Assistant Professor Milena...

Emma Trentman, associate professor of Arabic at The University of New Mexico, was announced recently as a winner of a grant from the Qatar Foundation International (QFI). Trentman’s research focuses on Arabic language learning in study abroad, virtual...

Eric Denkers, professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico and primary investigator of the Denkers Lab at UNM's Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.  Professor...

Heather Himmelberger, director of the Southwest Environmental Finance Center at The University of New Mexico, was recently highlighted by the American Water Works Association Rocky Mountain Section in a feature on Engineers Week. She was recognized for...

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...