News and Features
2023
- NSF grant allows international collaboration of scientists to create a predictive model for emerging pandemics
New Mexico scientists lead effort on $1 million planning grant. A collaborative partnership of researchers at the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico State University, University of Kansas, Gorgas Memorial Institute in Panama, and the Center for Research on Health in Latin America in Quito, Ecuador, are developing a new model for predicting pandemics thanks to a $1 million planning grant from the National Science Foundation's Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I program. Currently in the planning phase, the goal of the Pathogen Informatics Center for Analysis, Networking, Translation Education, or PICANTE! is to move from a purely reactive approach to pandemics to an approach that is both predictive and proactive. Using tissues from the UNM Museum of Southwestern Biology's mammal collection and from other collaborating biorepositories, scientists in PICANTE will develop screening and genetic sequencing methods to isolate pathogens.
Posted: February 13, 2023 - Department of Anthropology highlights Black History Month
The Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is celebrating Black History Month in February with a website page full of resources that include the history of Black History Month, Black scholar biographies, the African-American community at UNM, events, videos, research, and more.
Posted: February 01, 2023 - UNM archaeologist Patricia Crown named 2022 AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced that Patricia Crown, the Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emerita at The University of New Mexico, has been elected as a 2022 AAAS Fellow. Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.
Posted: January 31, 2023
- NSF grant allows international collaboration of scientists to create a predictive model for emerging pandemics
2022
- New Mexico EPSCoR, UNM collaborate on a $10 million grant to advance Native American STEM Education
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded researchers at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR), and partner institutions from five states in the western half of the U.S. (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) a $10 million grant to address the under-representation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and workforce.
Posted: August 11, 2022 - PhD student Chris McDaniels awarded the 2022 Cashner Student Award
The Cashner Student Award for ichthyologists and herpetologists provides assistance to students from historically underrepresented minority and currently excluded groups in science. - Twelve faculty members receive 2022 Women in STEM awards
Twelve faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will look at patterns of cancer disparities in New Mexico, consider an interdisciplinary lens for algorithmic justice, examine the importance of plant-rich diets, and explore the possible role of plastic and fiber particles in chronic respiratory inflammation, among other topics.
Posted: Jun 27, 2022 - Maxwell blog discusses variable sexualities, genders in Indigenous communities
To commemorate Pride Month and express support for the LGBTQ+ community, throughout June the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico is posting blog posts written by scholars and curators that tell stories embedded in the museum collections.
Posted: Jun 16, 2022 - UNM research on Ancestral Pueblo fishing spotlighted in archaeological journal
There is a common misconception that Ancestral Pueblo people rarely ate fish. Research from Jonathan Dombrosky, adjunct assistant professor at The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology, shows that not only did fish become a more common part of their diet but, like anyone who enjoys fishing, the bigger the fish, the better.
Posted: July 10, 2022 - NM poised to become an epicenter for fossil collection with opening of Natural History Science Center
One of UNM’s many historical buildings has been given new life again – and it will serve as an educational resource to future scientists throughout our community. Situated at the southern edge of main campus, the Natural History Science Center (NHSC) is a collaborative space dedicated to introducing and researching the rich history of our Earth.
Posted: May 24, 2022 - UNM professor gets NSF grant to study amphibians and impacts of environmental change
Posted: April 28, 2022 - Scholars seek greater collaboration among zoos and museums
UNM researchers say effort would enhance understanding of the animal kingdom.
Posted: April 21, 2022 - High Aspirations for Alpine Plants
Museum of Southwestern Biology curator Hannah Marx studies the plant diversity of New Mexico's mountaintops.
Posted: April 20, 2022 - Larkin Chapman Awarded Grant from the Archaeological Society of New Mexico
Posted: April 19, 2022 - PhD student Chris McDaniels awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Posted: April 05, 2022 - Researchers discover first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection
Posted: February 10, 2022 - UNM alumna named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
Posted: January 26, 2022 - Hunters, researchers work together to study sandhill cranes
Created: January 19, 2022 - Researchers use CARC resources to explain genetic histories of island birds
Posted: January 08, 2022
- New Mexico EPSCoR, UNM collaborate on a $10 million grant to advance Native American STEM Education
2021
- UNM biologists use genomic sequencing to inform preservation efforts for Gila trout
Posted: July 01, 2021 - Opening Doors in Natural Science - Donavan Jackson views his doctoral studies as a way to provide opportunities for Native American students and others from underrepresented backgrounds in academia
Published: March 10, 2021 - New research shows climate change could lead to Mojave bird extinction
Published: February 5, 2021
- UNM biologists use genomic sequencing to inform preservation efforts for Gila trout
2020
- UNM receives $3 million grant from NSF for new interdisciplinary graduate training program
Posted: August 26, 2020 - How natural history collections can predict the next pandemic
Posted: June 24, 2020
- UNM receives $3 million grant from NSF for new interdisciplinary graduate training program
