UNM Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Diana Dragomir has received a $750,000 NASA grant to continue her work studying exoplanets. Dragomir leads 60 astronomers to use the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) telescope, which surveys the sky for exoplanets orbiting stars in the Solar neighborhood. NASA launched TESS in 2018, and the work funded by […] Read More
UNM Distinguished Professor of Sociology Sharon Erickson Nepstad has received a FulbrightSpecialist Award at the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora in Brazil, where she will offer workshops on academic writing and publishing. Nepstad also will also meet with faculty to develop recommendations and strategies to increase their departmental ranking within Brazil’s public university system. During her […] Read More
UNM Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addiction (CASAA) Katie Witkiewitz and CASAA Research Professor Matthew Pearson are overseeing two major research projects related to chronic pain and opioid use. Funding for both programs recently was renewed by the National Institutes of Health HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) […] Read More
UNM Professor of Landscape Architecture Katya Crawford has published an essay celebrating the importance of landscape architecture design competitions in the LA+ Journal. The essay, “Let’s smoke, walk and enter competitions,” explores the thrill of competitions, whether entrants win or not. It points to well known landscape architecture projects that might not have been built if […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of English Nahir Otaño Gracia has been named as one of 10 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders for 2023. Her work for the fellowship explores the construction of whiteness in medieval Arthurian texts. “Earning a Mellon Emerging Faculty leader award means the world to me because it validates my commitments to responsible and critical […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of Biology Alex Webster will lead a team of researchers across six universities that will study water quality and quantity in headwater stream networks. Research for the $2.5 million, two-year award from the Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program will take place in five headwater stream networks across […] Read More
UNM assistant professor Myrriah Gómez has published a book exploring nuclear colonialism in New Mexico. Gómez spent more than 10 years on the research behind Nuclear Nuevo México, which considers the effects of the nuclear industrial complex on Nuevomexicanas/os, Hispanic New Mexicans. Gómez said she wrote the seed essay as a Master’s student […] Read More
UNM Associate Professor Stephanie Beene and a colleague at Oakland University have published a new paper exploring conspiracy theories presented by library patrons. The work, “Library workers on the front lines of conspiracy theories in the US: one nationwide survey,” was written by Beene, an Art, Architecture, and Planning Librarian in the College of University Libraries […] Read More
Two UNM researchers have published an article on microplastics toxicity that was selected as the June 2023 Extramural Paper of the Month by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The article, “Photoaging of polystyrene microspheres causes oxidative alterations to surface physicochemistry and enhances airway epithelial toxicity,” is a collaborative work between Drs. Eliane […] Read More
The University of New Mexico announces the recognition and promotion of six faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank of Distinguished Professor is awarded to faculty who have demonstrated exceptional achievements and are nationally and internationally renowned scholars. This is the highest title that UNM bestows upon faculty. The faculty promoted to Distinguished […] Read More
