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The University of New Mexico is designated as an R1 university, the only one in the state. The designation means that UNM is dedicated to very high levels of research across all disciplines, from undergraduates to Ph.D. students. To accomplish this...

Undergrads who think they’re interested in research and earning a master’s degree and Ph.D. should apply now for the McNair Scholars Program and Research Opportunity Program, urges Ricardo Romero, director of the programs at The University of New Mexico....

Among the many programs for student researchers at The University of New Mexico, the only school in the state with the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, is the Undergraduate Research Training...

The Art Department at The University of New Mexico will present awards, including the Reggie Behl Drawing Award, at the Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits Undergraduate Juried Art Show open house Thursday, Feb. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the John Sommers Gallery...

Students are being sought for the annual Team Research Concept Competition at the 2024 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference at The University of New Mexico on April 12. Student colleagues will develop research concepts to share during the...

Melissa DeRaad sparkles with enthusiasm when she talks about her undergraduate experience, professors and mentors, her plans for a Ph.D. degree, and her upcoming graduation. DeRaad will walk across the stage in December to receive her Bachelor of Science...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, assistant professor of Biology and head of the Syed Neural Diversity Lab at The University of New Mexico, has been named as a 2023 Young Investigator grantee by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. This year’s funding will...

University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy Distinguished Professor Greg Taylor recently took a group of students to build antennas at the third Long Wavelength Array (LWA) station. The LWA is a telescope that helps collect radio wave...

The application deadline for the Spring 2024 cohort of The University of New Mexico's Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) is Friday, Dec. 1. Launched in 2021, ASSURE fosters faculty-student research collaborations and...

What makes us “human”? Students can explore the human species' evolutionary history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, development, and behavior while setting a career course in the new Human Biology Undergraduate Concentration offered through the...