College of Arts & Sciences

For years, scientists have long wrestled with the control and manipulation of light, a long-standing scientific ambition with major implications for the development of technology. With the growth in nanophotonics, scientists are making gains faster than...

Coming out of the last glacial period, there was a sudden climate reversal observed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the Earth. The cause of these changes during this interval so enigmatic, so much so, the interval was informally...

Nine University of New Mexico scientists’ research was recently featured in Nature Communications -- a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to covering research in all areas of the biological, physical, chemical and Earth sciences. UNM Assistant Professor...

The University of New Mexico’s Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR), a group dedicated to finding solutions to the education problems in New Mexico, has announced a formal name change to UNM Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI). According to...

Surface and groundwater use in southern New Mexico has been in the news lately for a variety of reasons including the lack of precipitation in the state this winter, and also for water adjudication on the lower Rio Grande. The University of New Mexico’s...

National debates about historic, sometimes controversial, art on college campuses are opening conversations at The University of New Mexico. The focal point? ‘The Three People’s Murals’ in the historic west wing of Zimmerman Library on UNM’s Main...

Richard W. Etulain, professor emeritus of history who taught at The University of New Mexico from 1979 to 2001, has published two new books. The first book, “Ernest Haycox and the Western,” is a study of the popular western writer, whose short story...

Matthew "Matt" Taibbi, an investigative and politics/culture reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine, presents a public talk at The University of New Mexico titled “The Problems of Reporting in the Internet Age (and How to Counter Them)” on Wednesday, Jan....

The UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) and the Mind Research Network (MRN) seeks moderate to heavy alcohol drinkers, ages 22-55, to participate in an ongoing research study. The study involves how the brain changes over...

Men, women and their families arrived in large numbers to northern California with the dream of striking it rich during the mid-19th century. What most people don’t know about the California Gold Rush is that exotic animals became as much a part of the...