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The University of New Mexico announces the promotion and honor of nine faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank of Distinguished Professor is awarded to faculty who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and are nationally and...

Gabriel P. López, vice president for Research and professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico has been named a 2016 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI announced today that it has chosen a...

Bacteria is such a common part of our world most of us don’t think much about it, but when bacteria grows prolifically on some surfaces it can cause major problems. One example is bacterial growth on a urinary catheter, another is bacterial growth on the...

STEM Gateway hosts the STEM Cultural Colloquium on Friday, April 1 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Student Union Building, Lobo A and B. This one-day event brings together professionals from STEM initiatives across UNM’s campus. The colloquium allows ...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Chaouki Abdallah has appointed Gabriel P. López as vice president for Research. López is currently a professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Duke University.

At first, UNM Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department Research Assistant Professor Linnea Ista couldn’t understand why the data she was observing didn’t match the predictions of the model she was using.  She kept asking why her observations about h