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The University of New Mexico is an R1 university, a term reserved for doctoral universities with very high levels of research activity, and the only university in the state with this prestigious designation. Coming into the research community can seem...

Siobhán Mattison, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and director of the Human Family and Evolutionary Demography Lab at The University of New Mexico, recently took a group of undergraduate and graduate students to the South Pacific...

Four undergrads at The University of New Mexico have tackled the problem of water scarcity in the southwest United States by developing a project that would use radar sensors to determine the water levels of the irrigation channels and connect to an app...

The University of New Mexico is churning out a new, inspiring wave of researchers–made up of its own students and faculty. Beyond a regular announcement, The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Global Education Office, are introducing...

UNM’s recent Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference featured two Anderson undergraduate finance students, giving them valuable research experience and refining independent learning, all while gaining practical finance experience. Nikolaos...

Kelly Miller, Biology professor and curator of Arthropods at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at The University of New Mexico, wants his students to use all their senses, think in new and creative ways, and examine their subjects from unusual and...

University of New Mexico undergraduate students work closely with faculty mentors to conduct innovative and exciting research.  Each spring, this research is celebrated at the annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC). UROC is a...

The Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the Global Education Office, is excited to announce the faculty and student winners of this year’s Globally-Engaged Research Awards.  “Our UNM faculty and students engaged in...

When it comes to ways to present research to the public, typical methods include posters and talks that detail the scientific process and findings in a somewhat predictable way. But imagine communicating research through a painting, a poem or a...

My Linh Lucero, a second-year student at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. The fundamental objective of MMUF is to address the problem of underrepresentation in the academy at the level of college...