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A total of 449 students from 35 schools across New Mexico took part in the first round of the 2025–2026 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest, held recently at 17 testing sites across the state.

More than 90 middle school students from across New Mexico gathered at the University of New Mexico (UNM) on Saturday for the first-ever New Mexico Math Meet (NM3), an in-person, team-based math competition. The event was directed by Sean Choi, a New...

The University of New Mexico hosts Carnegie Mellon University Professor Po-Shen Loh, who will deliver two special events Feb. 7-8 as part of the UNM-PNM Math Contest. Loh is a social entrepreneur and inventor, working across the spectrum of mathematics,...

The University of New Mexico and PNM recently celebrated the winners of the 2023-2024 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest. The winners, families and teachers gathered recently for the celebration in Ballroom C of the Student Union...

One College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) Research Professor has just completed a remarkable stretch of research, and isn’t stopping there. H. Lee Swanson is continuing his work he began at the University of California. As an expert in...

The instability of Stokes waves (steady propagating waves on the surface of an ideal fluid with infinite depth) represents a fundamental challenge in the realm of nonlinear science. A team of researchers recently identified the origin of breaking oceanic...

New Mexico’s future mathematicians are being rewarded for their love of math and science thanks to a special partnership between UNM and PNM. Each year, the Department of Mathematics & Statistics joins together with PNM to execute the UNM-PNM Statewide...

The two podcasters who got their start at The University of New Mexico have seen considerable listener growth over the past few years. Throughout the years, The Breaking Math Podcast (formerly associated with KUNM) has grown significantly. Currently,...

The state-wide contest that’s known to test the mathematics skills of students from around the state was not exempt to the challenges brought forth by CODIV-19. This year’s 53rd annual UNM-PNM Statewide High School Math Contest was held virtually drawing...

For more than 50 years students from across New Mexico have participated in a UNM-PNM math contest, competing for cash prizes and bragging rights. “It creates interest and excitement around math,” organizer Jehanzeb Chaudhry said. “Parents and teachers...