College of Arts & Sciences

Where did you meet your partner/spouse/significant other? Through family? School? A bar or party? Church? If you did, you’re becoming the minority as online dating gains popularity. Nowadays, a long-term relationship is likely...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Art hosts its Fall 2019 Gale Memorial Speaker Series throughout October and November. The series, organized by Professor of Art History Ray Hernández-Durán, is an extension of a new course, Art History...

New research from Regents’ Professor Katie Witkiewitz at The University of New Mexico Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions examines alcohol use disorder, the physical and economic toll it takes, and effective...

The English Department at The University of New Mexico hosts the Fall 2019 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Symposia series featuring Indigenous research, art and activism of the Southwest. Featured events are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, Thursday, Oct....

Africa has largely been portrayed as a site of perpetual misery, with stereotypes in the public, and among students and scholars. The generalizations make it one of the most misunderstood social, political, and cultural spaces – a perception the UNM...

In commemoration of the day the U.S. Constitution was signed, The University of New Mexico is holding a town hall focusing on the Second Amendment. “Gun control: is it constitutional or not? Ask an expert!” is being hosted by the College of Arts and...

A Geological Society of America (GSA) trip down the Colorado River to commemorate the 150th anniversary of J.W. Powell’s first expedition – what have we learned in the past 150 years – is set to launch Saturday, Sept. 14. The eight-day, 280-mile field...

The University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics (IOM) will celebrate its 75th anniversary during UNM’s Homecoming Week on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24-25. World-renowned, UNM’s IOM was founded in 1944 as one of the first institutions in the...

It’s fair to say that Lawrence Straus has made his mark in the anthropological world with his share of incredible discoveries during an illustrious academic career spanning nearly five decades. For Straus, that curiosity began at an early in his life...

Kristina M. Jacobsen, associate professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology (Ethnology) at The University of New Mexico, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. Jacobsen holds a Ph.D. in Cultural...