College of Arts & Sciences

The role of the gut microbiome in our health has become an important topic in recent years, but a new study out of The University of New Mexico is the first of its kind to look at how it supports animals in the wild who are dealing with variable food...

Nahir I. Otaño Gracia, a distinguished faculty member in the English Department at The University of New Mexico (UNM), has been bestowed with a highly esteemed Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute for Citizens and...

Whether it was the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War or even New Mexico’s own Manhattan Project, nuclear tensions have been a longstanding component of international relations. Across each of these situations, journalists have been at the forefront of...

Joey Sorenson, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded the U.S. Department of Energy and the Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare (DOE-INFN) Summer Students Exchange Scholarship. He is...

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month and to highlight the celebration, UNM Anthropology department administrator Jennifer George has compiled a website page full of events, research, news, organizations, and other resources and information. According to the...

For the past 20 years, Wednesday mornings have been a bustle of activity in a very unlikely spot: the basement of the Hibben Center for Archaeology. Thanks to a special group of volunteers who dutifully gather here every week, archaeological collections...

Kelly Miller, Biology professor and curator of Arthropods at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at The University of New Mexico, wants his students to use all their senses, think in new and creative ways, and examine their subjects from unusual and...

It’s an opportunity of a lifetime. For the first time in more than 50 years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be sending astronauts to the moon - and an interdisciplinary group of experts at UNM has been selected as one of...

As school lets out and faculty and students prepare to wind down for the summer, this is a great time to explore new opportunities and make connections. For the Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), these opportunities will come when they open the doors...

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of New Mexico is set to make a significant impact at the American Astronomical Society's semi-annual meeting, scheduled to take place from June 4 to 8 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The...