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Recent News
Victor Acosta wins Moore Foundation Award
August 22, 2024Welcome to our incoming graduate students!
August 14, 2024Catch up with the latest research from UNM Physics and Astronomy alumnus Will Crockett
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July 3, 2024Tara Drake receives NSF CAREER Award to study optical frequency combs
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Upcoming Events
New Phenomena Around Supermassive Black Holes: Dynamics and Chemistry
Sep. 12, 2:00 PM
PAIS 3205
Dark Sector Searches with Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills
Sep. 17, 2:00 PM
- Sep. 17, 3:00 PM
PAIS 3205
Object detection enabling data-driven ML training for rare event searches
Sep. 24, 2:00 PM
- Sep. 24, 3:00 PM
PAIS 3205
Colloquium TBA
Oct. 4, 3:00 PM
- Oct. 4, 5:00 PM
PAIS 1100
25 Years of Science with Chandra
Oct. 18, 3:30 PM
- Oct. 18, 5:00 PM
PAIS 1100