College of Arts & Sciences

A powerful new book is shedding light on the untold story of what happens behind closed classroom doors – racism, sexism, classism, anti-fatness, etc.

This year’s Fall Undergraduate Research Scholarship awardees have been chosen. Four University of New Mexico students are supported in their pursuit of research with a UNM faculty member. Winners are given a $500 departmental award. 

The initiative will build a national-level, fully open AI ecosystem to drive scientific discovery through AI and, in doing so, will also advance the science of AI itself.

University of New Mexico researcher Katie Witkiewitz Ph.D., was recently honored with the Marlatt Mentorship Award from the Research Society on Alcohol, the largest organization of alcohol researchers in the country.  

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Physics and Astronomy scored a rare scientific hat trick this summer as three faculty members received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award.

The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) recently welcomed a new director. Damián Vergara Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Spanish & Portuguese and Hispanic Linguistics from The University of New Mexico. 

A four-year, $7 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program awarded to The University of New Mexico’s Accelerating Resilience Innovations in Drylands (ARID) Institute...

Juliet Tandoy is a sixth-grade science teacher at Zuni Middle School, an educator for 22 years, and always looking for ways to better connect science to the real world for her students.

The University of New Mexico’s Assistant Professor Marisa Repasch has been awarded the 2025 Early Career TUNDRA Award—short for Toolik Userdays for Naturally Developing Research Abilities—in recognition of her promising field-based research in Arctic...

With ropes, notebooks, and a shared mission, two UNM professors have turned passion into purpose—developing new rock-climbing routes in the Sandias and publishing a guidebook to benefit mountain rescue teams and outdoor access across the state. Dr....