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The University of New Mexico Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts the Thorlabs Mobile Photonics Laboratory Experience from Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 24–26, bringing hands-on photonics education and industry engagement directly to campus.

Over a year after a group of UNM pre-law students initially submitted their proposal to the President and Governors Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences proposing the creation of an official task force to study desegregating the Oscars as part of...

Over the past 18 months, The University of New Mexico’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research (UNM BBER), commissioned by and working in partnership with the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Arts & Culture, has completed a comprehensive study of...

Preparing to retire after 35 years at The University of New Mexico, Jim Todd, known by many as JT, director of Recreational Services, has built his decades-long career with patience and a belief in second chances. 

Those who seek a career as a faculty member in academia have endless choices after attaining their terminal degree (often a Ph.D., but this can vary depending by field).

Students in The University of New Mexico’s Constitutional Law (Rights) class received an unexpected educational opportunity when two of the nation’s leading Title IX experts visited as guest online speakers. Dan Schorr and Alyssa-Rae McGinn, co-hosts of...

Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the “Halloween fireballs”, they are named for the constellation Taurus—the bull—from which the meteors appear to radiate, the shower...

Lobos are just weeks away from celebrating UNM's 2025 Research and Discovery Week (R&D Week) Nov. 6-14. Faculty, staff, students, and members of our community are invited to campus to attend a variety of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, performances,...

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is hosting Professor Jesús A. Fernández, a visiting scholar from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH), as the 2025 Fulbright Mexico Studies Chair. The position is part of a multi-year agreement between UNM’s...

A research group in University College is providing first year University of New Mexico students the opportunity to get research experience. The Greenberg Research Group is led by its namesake Jake Greenberg who is a trained Ph.D. chemist.