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UNM joins Brown University in national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants A new institute supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI...

For the first time in El Puente’s nine-year graduate school experiential trip history, students were able to trade their eight-hour drive for a one-hour plane ride thanks to the generosity of Southwest Airlines. The airline donated 34 e-tickets valued at...

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently announced awards totaling $161 million to 281 university researchers under the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program or DURIP. The grants, which include an award of $232,320 to The University of New...

Quantum research could be the key to unlocking society’s next major technological advancement and demand for the skills and expertise required for such work is sure to grow. Now, for the fourth year in a row, students in New Mexico have the opportunity...

Olumide Adedeji, a Ph.D. candidate in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at the University of New Mexico (UNM), achieved a remarkable milestone by securing the first-place prize at the National Elevator Pitch Competition, organized by the Houston...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awards one of its first HSI Center of Excellence grants to create the Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability (ARCHES).  The new center will address the interconnected issues...

The University Libraries’ Research Data Services (RDS) program offers an ongoing series of workshops aimed at boosting research capabilities at The University of New Mexico. These workshops introduce and provide hands-on experience with tools like R and...

It’s not all that often scientists, within the field of biology, discover a new cellular process, but Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., can speak from experience and he will as he shares the breakthrough and central importance of autophagy with colleagues,...

The University of New Mexico Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting its annual State of Research this Wednesday in the PAIS Auditorium from 4-6 p.m. UNM is the only university in the state with an R1 designation – reserved for doctoral...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) visited the Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) at The University of New Mexico last week to see the work being done by forensic anthropologist Heather Edgar and her team to improve the identification of Native American...