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At The University of New Mexico, research is not an abstract pursuit confined to laboratories—it is a public good that strengthens communities, grows the economy, improves health, and prepares the next generation of New Mexico’s workforce.

Maya Shamsid-Deen has a few titles - mother, teacher, and now, Doctor. A love for plants as a child grew into a decade-long academic career, crossing the finish line with her Ph.D. in Biology from The University of New Mexico in May.

When a diorama, a living wall made of chia seeds and a video featuring a UNM water plant operator all come together, it can mean only one thing: the annual Undergraduate Water and Climate Science Communication Fellowship presentations, held recently at...

Students and faculty from eight universities in the West are working together and researching topics on issues impacting the Western United States like water scarcity and wildfires.

Albuquerque is no stranger to fractals. The city is home to the Fractal Foundation, features fractal billboards around town, and even has a fractal hot air balloon, sponsored by the foundation. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns with never-ending...

Museum collections are key to the university’s mission to provide education, research, public service and economic development to the state, nationally, and internationally. A new paper entitled “Global natural history infrastructure requires...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, is one of 10 neuroscientists selected by The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience board of directors to receive the 2024 McKnight...

An exhibit created by local eighth graders is now front and center inside one of the University of New Mexico's Biology buildings.  Two display cases inside Castetter Hall showcase the work of Lobo Science students, who have been creating the exhibit...

A new exhibit on The University of New Mexico's campus will showcase local eighth graders' work about the Museum of Southwestern Biology.  Lobo Science is a yearlong museum science class taught in collaboration with the Museum of Southwestern Biology...

One University of New Mexico Ph.D. student is being recognized nationally for his showcasing of plant biological studies. Joseph Kleinkopf just took first place in The American Institute of Biological Sciences’ (AIBS) annual Faces of Biology Photo...