College of Arts & Sciences

New Mexico has been getting hotter and drier with each passing year. This winter, the state is experiencing record-breaking warm temperatures, which could significantly affect this spring's wildfire season. 

Over a year after a group of UNM pre-law students initially submitted their proposal to the President and Governors Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences proposing the creation of an official task force to study desegregating the Oscars as part of...

Thirsty for Thought (T4T) is back with another episode, this time featuring experts in neuroscience on Thursday, Feb. 12, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at High and Dry Brewing located at 529 Adams St. N.E. 

Hundreds of Lobos filled the Roundhouse Wednesday, turning UNM Day into a powerful show highlighting the importance and significant impact of The University of New Mexico's research, academic programs and community engagement across New Mexico to...

February 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month in the United States. This milestone will be recognized and honored throughout the month at The University of New Mexico, which has been celebrating Black History Month for the past 50...

Jonathan Davis-Secord, associate professor of medieval studies at the University of New Mexico, has received the William Riley Parker Prize from the Modern Language Association of America for an outstanding scholarly article published in PMLA, the...

In 2012, fossils from a rare Homo habilis skeleton were uncovered along the shores of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists who made the find turned to University of New Mexico anthropologist Osbjorn Pearson, a professor and...

Faculty, researchers and students from The University of New Mexico’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics represented New Mexico at MathSciOnTheHill, a national advocacy event focused on federal support for the mathematical sciences, held Jan. 8 on...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered a major share of Earth’s water. A new study argues that the Moon’s surface record sets a hard limit on that possibility: even...

In 2023, professors Jennifer Tucker, community and regional planning, and Andreas Hernandez, sustainability studies, partnered with the community organization People’s Budget to design a participatory budgeting (PB) process for Albuquerque.