College of Arts & Sciences

Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist Ernie Pyle was best known for his poignant stories on soldiers at the frontline during World War II. He captivated readers across the U.S. with a weekly column that ran in more than 300 newspapers. When this...

the UNM College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) hosted its inaugural “Data-to-Knowledge” Symposium at the UNM Sevilleta Field Station, bringing together research-active faculty from across various disciplines in the college to discuss their work and...

As part of an effort to spur the transformation of graduate education in the humanities, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) visited The University of New Mexico to speak with students and faculty about the role the discipline can play in the world’s economy.

It’s been more than 35 years since the last major eruption of Mount St. Helens. Since that blast, much research has been conducted with scientists learning a great deal about one of the most active volcanoes within the Cascade arc, a North-South chain of...

Hummingbirds are amazing creatures to behold. They are the tiniest of birds, yet possess natural born super powers that enable them to fly backwards, upside-down, or hold perfectly still in mid-air.  Their wings flap over 50 times per second and their...

For scientists developing life-saving medicines, knowing how cells interact and communicate with one another is an important part of the puzzle. The problem is, being able to see those interactions through a microscope hasn’t always been possible. But...

As part of its ongoing efforts to inspire the potential scientists of tomorrow, UNM’s Department of Physics & Astronomy is once again hosting its Lecture Demonstration Show on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. inside the Regener Hall Auditorium on main campus.

Join UNM’s chapter of Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium as they present ‘What Happened to the Mammoths? Exploring the Cause of North America’s Most Recent Mass Extinction.’

New Mexico PBS, in collaboration with The University of New Mexico Department of Communication and Journalism, present a free screening, titled Best of Enemies, on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the School of Engineering Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30...

Near Geneva, Switzerland, an experimental facility, 17-miles in diameter, shoots protons at almost the speed of light to see what happens when they crash into one another. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is located at CERN, the European Organization for...