The College of Arts & Sciences, UNM’s largest academic unit, has a new dean in Jennifer Malat, who comes to UNM from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she was dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences and most recently associate Vice President of...

A $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy is helping UNM researchers concentrate on the hydrological health of headwater streams, the small but complex rivulets that knit together to feed rivers. “Headwater stream networks are vital to downstream...

In his research, Associate Professor Damián Vergara Wilson, the coordinator of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program at The University of New Mexico, uses the term Traditional New Mexican Spanish to describe the unique Spanish language vernacular that has been...

Nancy López, UNM Sociology professor and director and co-founder of the Institute for the Study of Race & Social Justice, has been awarded a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to create a resource to advance equity and student success in Science,...

Colin Sleeper, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics, saw the effects on the mental health of people he knew during and after the 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings held for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which included...

More people are choosing plant-based diets — eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and beans while eating less or no meat or dairy – than ever before. What’s behind the trend? Lama Lteif, a former nutritionist who is now an assistant professor of marketing...