College of Arts & Sciences

Ian Maddieson, a beloved research professor in the department of linguistics at The University of New Mexico, died Feb. 2. He was 83.  A private memorial event was held in his honor Feb. 22.  Maddieson worked with colleagues, students and research...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Africana Studies hosts a public discussion on policing and community relations as part of the national “I Fear for My Life” initiative.  The event, titled “Building Trust and Reducing Fear Between Police &...

Do sanctuary cities lead to more crime? While some believe cities that hold the sanctuary title have a higher crime rate because of it, research from The University of New Mexico shows otherwise. The findings from a 2017 study, published by UNM Political...

The LVI Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Jada Benn Torres, a leading anthropologist from Vanderbilt University, The annual event will feature two engaging public talks examining the intersection of race, genetics,...

Two faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of New Mexico have been awarded research grants from the 2025 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program.  Carmen Nocentelli, associate professor of English and...

To plan for the future, it’s sometimes necessary to look to the past. To improve natural history collection and analysis in the future, a team of researchers is looking at collections of plants from as far back as 1812. A team from The University of New...

Albuquerque is no stranger to fractals. The city is home to the Fractal Foundation, features fractal billboards around town, and even has a fractal hot air balloon, sponsored by the foundation. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns with never-ending...

Around 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, archaeologists started exploring the cave, finding abundant evidence of prehistoric people and their activities. In 2010,...

The University of New Mexico first celebrated Black History Month in 1976, following President Gerald Ford formal recognition of the month. However, the tradition started much earlier than 1976. It was 1926 when Harvard-educated historian Dr. Carter G....

Economics alumnus Charles Lehman (B.A. 1963) has donated $30,000 to the University of New Mexico for a campus-wide license of IMPLAN, the leading software for assessing economic impact. IMPLAN allows economists, geographers, planners, and other...