College of Arts & Sciences

Lobos are just weeks away from celebrating UNM's 2025 Research and Discovery Week (R&D Week) Nov. 6-14. Faculty, staff, students, and members of our community are invited to campus to attend a variety of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, performances,...

The University of New Mexico (UNM) is hosting Professor Jesús A. Fernández, a visiting scholar from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH), as the 2025 Fulbright Mexico Studies Chair. The position is part of a multi-year agreement between UNM’s...

Emily L. Jones is a seeker of truth and a discoverer of human evolution. By day, she is a professor of anthropology at The University of New Mexico and director of UNM’s Zooarchaeology Lab.  In her free time, she writes and publishes novels. Most...

When Efraín Villa packed his bags for an international business law course in the United Kingdom, he didn’t know the trip would alter the course of his life. The Albuquerque native, who had grown up camping in New Mexico but hadn’t yet traveled abroad,...

A global research effort led by Colorado State University, including The University of New Mexico, shows that extreme, prolonged drought conditions in grasslands and shrublands would greatly limit the long-term health of crucial ecosystems that cover...

In recent years, efforts nationwide have made great strides attracting prospective college students to the STEM disciplines. Those recruitment efforts translate into students who are excited about the promise and potential of STEM, leading them to enroll...

Severin Fowles, a leading anthropologist at Columbia University, will deliver the 2025 Journal of Anthropological Research (JAR) Distinguished Lecture.

More than 90 middle school students from across New Mexico gathered at the University of New Mexico (UNM) on Saturday for the first-ever New Mexico Math Meet (NM3), an in-person, team-based math competition. The event was directed by Sean Choi, a New...

Jingjing Wang, associate professor of economics and associate director of the Water Resources Program at The University of New Mexico, has been named a recipient of the 2025 NM EPSCoR Mentor Award.

For four years, the UNM’s Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been shining a spotlight on extraordinary research faculty who exemplify outstanding mentorship and collaboration with students throughout the academic year through the...