 Current Arts and Sciences Newsletter for Fall 2008 |
Hot Off the Press Books by UNM Faculty |
 UNM Researchers Determine Winter Moisture Linked to Rapid Glacial Climate Shifts
If past records regarding periods of warming and cooling climate are an accurate indication of weather patterns, then the southwestern United States is likely headed into a period of severe long-term drought say researchers at the University of New Mexico in new research published in the February issue of Nature Geoscience. Variable winter moisture, or the lack thereof in the southwestern United States, is linked to rapid glacial climate shifts say Yemane Asmerom and Victor Polyak, researchers in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of New Mexico.  [More] |
UNM Researchers Achieve Milestone in Laser Cooling
 Optical refrigeration breakthrough promises a novel alternative to bulky mechanical cryo-coolers
Researchers at the University of New Mexico have established a new low in temperature cooling through laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures. Under an AFOSR, MURI grant, a team led by UNM Professor, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, created the first-ever all-solid-state cryocooler (temperatures that can only be obtained by liquefying gases and mechanical refrigerators) that can be used for a variety of applications ranging from cooling infrared sensors to superconducting electronics.
This work was just published in the January (online) issue of the Journal of Nature-Photonics. To view the paper visit: Laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures.
Graduate students Denis Seletskiy and Seth Melgaard designed and performed the experiments at UNM's Department of Physics and Astronomy in collaboration with researchers from Los Alamos National Lab and the University of Pisa, Italy. [More] |
 The Center for the Southwest announces the sixth Richard W. Etulain Lecture in History.
Dr. Jesse Alemán, Associate Professor of English, will present the 2010 Richard W. Etulain Lecture, “From Union Officers to Cuban Rebels: The Story of the Brothers Cavada and their American Civil Wars,” on Thursday, February 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building, Lobo A and B. [More] |
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| Mary Anne Nelson |
Biology Professor Honored with Presidential Award for Excellence
Biology Professor Mary Anne Nelson will be honored today by the White House and President Barack Obama as one of 22 individuals and organizations to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
Colleagues, administrators, and students from their home institutions nominate candidates for the Presidential Mentoring Award. [More] |
UNM Research Prepares for the Future, Examines the Past, Explores the Complexity of Life
A look at the top-10 research stories from UNM in 2009 [More] |
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| You can begin to see the structure at the construction site |
UNM Continues Construction of the New Math and Science Learning Center
The
University of New Mexico hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new
Science and Mathematics Learning Center on Friday, June 5 at 10:30 a.m.
at the current “B” parking lot located west of Clark Hall and south of
Bandelier Hall. This image was taken from the roof of an adjacent building
Additional pictures will be posted as the building goes up.
This image was taken on January 04, 2010.
[Archived pictures of the new building] |