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The UNM’s Grand Challenge Water and Climate Science Communication Fellowship pairs undergraduate students with research mentors who study water and climate science to develop a communications project based on the mentors who study water and climate science to develop a communications project based on the mentor’s research.

For Mark Freeland, graduating with his bachelor's degree is a lifelong dream he will soon realize. In just two years, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts, two minors in communication and political science and a certificate in honors...

When Kamyrn Zachek began as a freshman at UNM, there’s a good chance that she may have expected to find a faculty mentor. However, this economics and philosophy student might not have guessed that that mentor would be in a completely different field:...

Evany Lopez, an art history major, is the winner of this year’s UNM Excellence in Undergraduate Arts Research Award. Lopez is also a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.

Every year, University of New Mexico undergraduate students work with faculty on their research topic of choice during the annual Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC). UROC is a professional research conference that spotlights...

From subjects ranging from science to art — taking shape as oral, poster and even audio or visual presentations — research projects from undergraduate students from across The University of New Mexico will be showcased April 11 at the annual...

If this year’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC) at The University of New Mexico is any indication, more first-year students are jumping into research. Mentors hope that through participating in research opportunities at UNM, first-year students will eventually find their lifelong research passions.

Throughout the year The University of New Mexico undergraduate students work closely with faculty mentors to conduct innovative and exciting research.  Each spring, they get a chance to show off their research to students, staff, and faculty during the...

The story of La Llorona is an ancient one imbedded in the folklore of Latin America and New Mexico. There are many variations on the theme but, basically, it’s a tragic tale of the ghost of a grieving woman roaming rivers, lakes, or acequias seeking her...

Some of the major benefits of being the state’s only Research 1 institution are the everyday opportunities students are afforded to work closely with faculty mentors on innovative research across a wide range of disciplines. Each year, undergraduate...