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University of New Mexico students come in all shapes, colors and ages, creating a culture of contrast that extends far beyond the classroom. Tracy Morrison is one fiber that makes up the blanket of the student body

On Friday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. the Department of Anthropology is hosting a lecture by Associate Professor Thanik Lertcharnrit from the Department of Archaeology of Silpakorn University in Bangkok,Thailand on Mortuary Traditions, Bioarchaeology, and...

As part of its ongoing efforts to inspire the potential scientists of tomorrow, UNM’s Department of Physics & Astronomy is once again hosting its Lecture Demonstration Show on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. inside the Regener Hall Auditorium on main campus.

Near Geneva, Switzerland, an experimental facility, 17-miles in diameter, shoots protons at almost the speed of light to see what happens when they crash into one another. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is located at CERN, the European Organization for...

Whether it’s the new 137,000-square-foot Physics & Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science facility in Albuquerque or the Career Technical Center in Taos, University of New Mexico campuses across the state are asking New Mexicans to vote on higher education to make a big impact on thousands of students.

Quantum information science is going to change the world. Being able to manipulate and control individual atoms and other microscopic systems to do jobs in communications, sensing and computation will have an impact on nearly every aspect of our daily ...

It’s a simple idea that many say will revolutionize the way research is done at The University of New Mexico: Build a facility to house classrooms, offices and laboratory space for scientists from across campus, not just from a single department. The...

Just recently Cuban scholar and educator Luisa Campos had the opportunity to visit the United States. It was only the second time the teacher, with historical significance, has visited the country. Her trip was a rare opportunity for New Mexicans to...

It was meant to be a simple project. When UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Emily Jones began working with graduate student Cyler Conrad they wanted to set up a trial project with a simple yes or no outcome. Conrad needed to learn how to work with...

Neon signs lit up the night on Route 66 and beyond. University of New Mexico’s Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock flipped the neon switch once more through their new book The Zeon Files. Childs, professor of architecture and associate dean of research in the...