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The College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS) is welcoming 19 new faces to their department this fall, the largest ‘freshman class of faculty’ the college has seen in recent years.  “To have an incoming class of this size is Atypical and a real...

Jason Scott Smith, professor of History at The University of New Mexico, recently spoke with journalist Kai Ryssdal on the public radio program “Marketplace,” as part of their insightful new series “Breaking Ground.” The program generates 14 million...

The University of New Mexico is celebrating a major degree milestone this year, as the Bachelor of Arts in Native American Studies is marking 20 years in 2024. To commemorate this, on Tuesday, March 26, from 12 to 2 p.m., the Department of Native...

The R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography is seeking applications for faculty affiliation. Any University of New Mexico faculty member or postdoctoral fellow with an interest in community-engaged teaching, research, or mapping is encouraged to...

An assistant professor and alumna of two separate academic departments at The University of New Mexico have been honored for the success of their interdisciplinary research partnership. Yolanda Lin, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and...

Longtime UNM professor Eva Chi has been selected by Donna Riley, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing, as the first associate dean for faculty affairs in School of Engineering history. Chi, a professor in the Department of Chemical and...

Eric Lang, an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at UNM, is the beneficiary of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) program to encourage his professional development as a faculty member. The NRC Distinguished...

The term research – originally derived from the French word "recherche” in the 1500s – means "to seek," more specifically to seek new knowledge, and that’s a firm practice Omathanu “Om” Perumal has believed in since he was a child. It’s the mantra that...

Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, a distinguished faculty member in the English Department at The University of New Mexico (UNM), has been bestowed with a highly esteemed Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute for Citizens and...

Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) recently recognized two outstanding faculty members at The University of New Mexico with signature awards at its annual Faculty of Color Awards (FOCA) ceremony.  Project for New Mexico Graduates of...