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Doctoral student Holly Brause packed her trunk this summer and hit the road for a lengthy drive down south. While most students travel for fun and to relax, Brause made the trip to roll up her sleeves and get to work on understanding how water issues are...

The University of New Mexico recently partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and New Mexico's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR) to host NSF Day New Mexico – a day-long event dedicated to answering the...

Advance at UNM hosts a series of workshops designed to faculty build an enjoyable career. The workshops include a variety of interesting topics including Succeeding with New Expectations, Research Proposals: From Idea to Submission and Mindfulness:...

It was the 1850s and people were hungry. They were moving by the thousands to northern California to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, but their appetite wasn’t just for precious metal, it was for basic food—there wasn’t enough of it to satiate...

The University of New Mexico is among the Top 100 Worldwide Universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2017, according to a report published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The report uses...

The sound of shrill whistles and chattering students float out of the Monte Vista Elementary School gym, meaning only one thing: race day for the teams and their balloon-powered cars. Mechanical engineering students at The University of New Mexico are...

Church Rock, N.M. has been home to the Diné, Navajo people, long before uranium mines appeared during the Cold War and is the site of one of the worst nuclear accidents in recorded U.S. history. On-going and slow-paced uranium mine waste cleanup efforts...

The reservoir was demolished, the rubble was cleared and preliminary foundation work began weeks ago in preparation for a day that was more than two decades in the making at The University of New Mexico – the official groundbreaking of a new facility...

Men, women and their families arrived in large numbers to northern California with the dream of striking it rich during the mid-19th century. What most people don’t know about the California Gold Rush is that exotic animals became as much a part of the...

The University of New Mexico’s research at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon was recently honored with a Field Discovery Award at the Shanghai Archaeological Forum. The project is one of 10 chosen from more than 100 projects around the world. “Their...