Geography

Fourteen faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2024 Women in STEM Awards.  The 11 funded projects include a study of carbon storage in soils along the middle Rio Grande floodplain, an investigation into rural New...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences recently announced its new Regents’ Professors for the Annual Years 2025-2027. Regents’ Professor is a special title bestowed on selected full professors who, in the judgment of the dean and on...

Babies born with weights less than 5 lbs 8 ounces (2,500 grams), can face a host of health challenges and an increased risk for chronic health problems like diabetes and heart disease later in life. Now, for the first time, researchers at The University...

An upcoming conference at UNM is focusing on the future of water and all that depends on it across the Americas. The Transect of the Americas Symposium: Water & Climate Change Across the Americas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Headwater Dependent...

Albuquerque locals are invited to join The University of New Mexico R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography in the City Nature Challenge.  If you can download an app and take photos, you can help protect biodiversity in Albuquerque. It’s as easy as...

A team from The University of New Mexico will present Shared.Futures, a unique collaborative event that brings together science and art at Adult Night at ¡Explora!, the center for activities in science, technology and art in Albuquerque. Shared.Futures...

An idea to simplify how migratory populations of ducks, geese and cranes are counted first hatched around a campfire. The project took flight in Bosque Del Apache earlier this month for its first-ever waterfowl survey. Every winter, wildlife managers...

What would happen if a volcano were to erupt tomorrow in New Mexico? How prepared as we as a society for an event like this to occur? When volcanic unrest occurs, both academic and government agencies need to have advanced fundamental understanding of...

The University of New Mexico Department of Geography and Environmental Studies will host its 2023 Murphy Lecture, featuring a talk from Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Ph.D., Friday, Nov. 17 from 3 to 4 p.m. in KIVA Lecture Hall. Dupigny-Giroux, a...

The R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography is seeking applications for faculty affiliation. Any University of New Mexico faculty member or postdoctoral fellow with an interest in community-engaged teaching, research, or mapping is encouraged to...