College of Arts & Sciences

In the wake of the 2020 Election results there will be a lot of post-mortem analyses of Latino voters. What has become clear is that Latino voters were highly motivated to vote and were very focused on two critical policy issues. Just second to COVID-19...

Chaco Canyon is extraordinary in many respects, not least in the dense concentration of jewelry found in archaeological contexts dating between the 9th and early 12th centuries CE (Current Era). The largest and most prominent pueblo in the Canyon is...

Women in STEM researchers from The University of New Mexico's Linguistics department have recently created the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab (LLA LLA), a new research lab focused on child minority language acquisition at The University of New...

Although U.S. veterans experience PTSD at rates of up to 30 percent, there are no objective measures to help identify individuals with PTSD. A currently funded grant from the National Institutes of Health to the University of New Mexico is intended to...

A new mural being installed at the UNM Information Technology building celebrates the diversity and history of New Mexico, the state’s rich Native American cultural roots, and how they both have contributed to the development of information...

A version of this story originally appeared in Brookings' How We Rise blog and was republished with permission from Brookings Institute. Gabriel Sanchez is a Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow for...

Two faculty members are being honored for their outstanding performance with Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards. In October, The University of New Mexico's Office of the Provost recognized two faculty members including Meeko Oishi in the...

One can tell a lot from the composition of the gasses coming from active volcanoes about what is happening deep beneath. It is even possible to predict when an active volcano will erupt causing widespread damage, yet gathering this critical data can be...

A group of researchers from The University of New Mexico Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, led by Distinguished Professor Hua Guo, have teamed up with colleagues from Texas A&M University to understand more about the photochemistry of Earth’s...

The Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine recently released its annual Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics' issue, and The University of New Mexico is well represented. Every year, the magazine puts together the lists to chart the national...