NMSU News

08/28/2026

NMSU is now home to a new high-performance computing system that significantly expands the university’s capacity for state-of-the-art research computing, including locally controlled artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data.

This summer, the NMSU Research Cores Program commissioned Colibrí, an advanced computing system that provides opportunities for AI and machine learning, advanced modeling, data-intensive research and scientific computing. It will support technology development tied directly to challenges faced by New Mexico, with examples that include wildfire detection and response coordination, a full digital twins of local agricultural systems, high-fidelity modeling of water treatment systems designed for New Mexico waters, and edge decision-support technologies for remote hybrid solar, wind and fuel-cell power systems.

Read more: https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-launches-new-era-for-research-computing/s/1b071e65-c79e-4829-abdf-f7ba18c41e43

08/28/2026

The “strong force” is the most powerful of the four basic forces in nature. It holds together everything we see in the universe, and yet researchers are still trying to understand it.

New Mexico State University physics professor Raza Sufian received a $450,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to pursue his research over the next five years to better understand the gluonic structure of protons and neutrons, the building blocks of the atomic nuclei that make up every star, every planet and every living thing. https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-physicist-receives-5-year-nsf-award-to-decode-the-glue-that-binds-us/s/2efc1001-6d9e-4a4e-9935-b9d5e804d42d

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

A NMSU College of Engineering professor is leading a multi-university research team to help advance the rehabilitation of people with neurological motor disorders.

Wei Tang, NMSU Paul W. and Valerie Klipsch Distinguished Professor in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his research team recently received a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Health program, which involves researchers from NMSU, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The team will focus on people with traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder, both of which can affect movement, balance and coordination. Tang is the project’s lead principal investigator.

Read more: https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-researcher-leads--1-million-project-to-advance-neurological-rehabilitation/s/4dac8b80-0ee1-492b-a182-b7bd006f28d7

08/27/2026

Industry professionals today are concerned that universities are scaling back geology field-camp experiences, long considered a core rite of passage for the geology undergraduate degree. A variety of pressures are to blame: Shrinking student enrollment, a shortage of field-trained faculty, surging costs of travel and insurance, tighter institutional budgets and a shift toward modern digital tools.

New Mexico State University is finding success bucking that trend.

The Geological Sciences Department at NMSU offers a capstone field camp course that was the cover story of a recent edition of the AAPG Explorer, the flagship magazine published by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). NMSU’s partnership with A-Lan Reynolds, the founder of the Reynolds Field Station (RFS) is putting the university at the forefront of a project to reignite the field camp course philosophy and put students who want that experience together with universities that offer it, creating a pipeline to employers.
https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-partnership-sparks-national-push-to-revive-much-needed-geology-field-camps/s/1d1a8600-2ee3-49bd-8ab7-d2c046fc1361

08/27/2026

🔭Grab your lab coats for TEDxABQ this Saturday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m., where speaker and NMSU astronomy Ph.D. student Aman Priyadarshi Kumar will reframe the way we look at our closest star☀

Click the link to find out more:
https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-astronomy-student-invited-to-speak-at-tedx-albuquerque/s/9461919c-713e-49e1-bc44-280015168b43

08/26/2026

The two-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m Sept. 15-16. NMSU Aggie Career Studio

This fall, the New Mexico State University Aggie Career Studio will once again transform campus into a hub of professional networking as it will host the 2026 Career Expo and Engineering, Science...

08/25/2026

The event will be held at Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center and include a presentation about jujube basics and its fruiting habits with a fruit tasting session to follow.

The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a jujube workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center, 7200 Plant Science...

08/24/2026

A big win for the Public History Program as NMSU historian Jerry Wallace receives this year’s Heritage Preservation Individual Achievement Award from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.🏆

Though honored, Wallace credits his students, colleagues and the Las Cruces community for making the work he does possible.

“So many of the things that we work on as public historians are very collaborative."
Read more: https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-historian-awarded-for-his-local-preservation-efforts/s/ca9f8163-d76f-47ba-a95a-15bbce7a2e40

08/21/2026

MEET THE CHIEF: New Mexico State University Police Chief Justin Dunivan will host a community meeting about safety on Monday, Aug. 24 at 12:30 p.m. in the Corbett Center Senate Gallery, Room 304.
“When we gather together, it breaks down barriers and builds the trust necessary for real communication,” said NMSU Police Chief Justin Dunivan. “It gives us a chance to share the actual data, dispel rumors and provide actionable tips that can keep people on campus and our greater community from becoming a victim of crime.”