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Students in third through 12th-grades are invited to “Engineering the Elements” on Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers and Hispanics in Engineering & Sciences Organization, two students groups in...

Thanks to the generosity of an Albuquerque couple, The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is now the first school or college in the University to hold an endowed dean’s position. Jim and Ellen King’s gift of $500,000 will create the Jim and...

Michael Devetsikiotis, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been selected as the next chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of New Mexico.  Devetsikiotis is 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...

Mechanical Engineering Professor Yu-Lin Shen spent spring break in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan traveling as an Albuquerque ambassador for the Sister Cities Foundation program and talking about the University of New Mexico.

Millions around the world offered sympathy, prayers, and even money after hearing about the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 8,000 people and devastated thousands of homes and businesses. But some were compelled to do even more. Two...

Last December, University of New Mexico Civil Engineering Department Chair and Professor Mahmoud Taha, and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Mark Stone, traveled to the Suez Canal to speak about infrastructure resilience at a conference sponsored...

Dozens of departments, programs and schools from The University of New Mexico showcased their work at the capitol building in Santa Fe, Monday, for the annual UNM Day at the legislature.

The dormant volcanoes west of Albuquerque frame the view on the western horizon from anywhere in the city. Next summer westbound drivers on I-40 will be able to glance to their right as they rumble over the Westside I-40 diversion channel, and they just...

Athena and Maya Combs-Hurtado have a lot in common. They have the same friends, are interested in the same activities, and often travel together. The twins, born in Venezuela but raised in Albuquerque, now have one more thing they share: they are both...