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Behind the mid-century modern stone façade of a former automobile sales center on a corner of The University of New Mexico campus, the Center for Advanced Research Computing houses 21st century state-of-the-art computing facilities, along with the staff...

It was back in 1610 when Galileo Galilei made the first telescopic observation of Mars and ever since, the fascination with the red planet for scientific research has grown astronomically. Over the course of the next century, astronomers have discovered...

Life on earth is so diverse, in large part because individual species are restricted to particular areas. If populations were to expand unfettered across continents, communities everywhere would contain the same species. But they don’t. Why communities...

The UNM Action Collaborative for Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, a local facet of the National Academies for Science, Engineering, and Medicine, is offering several upcoming opportunities for the campus community to examine how to...

It’s called PAÍS, a Spanish name meaning country or nation. It is a reflection of The University of New Mexico’s commitment to share research and space while recognizing UNM as a Carnegie I research and Hispanic-serving institution. It’s also UNM’s...

It’s been more than 50 years since the Apollo missions, and in that time, chemical analyses of the recovered lunar materials have revolutionized our understanding of planetary materials. One of the major findings as a result of this research is the...

The National Science Foundation has awarded researchers at New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR), The University of New Mexico (UNM) and partner institutions a total of $739,619 in research grants to address the...

The Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) announced the guest speaker for its 50th installment of the JAR Distinguished Lectures. The series founded by Lawrence Straus, the Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the University of New Mexico...

UNM Rainforest Innovations (formally STC.UNM) announced its 2020 Innovation Fellow – an individual whose work is not only driven by the pursuit of innovation and knowledge, but also by the objective of positively impacting our society. David Whitten has...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Dr. Paul Roth recently announced the promotion of seven UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank...