Focus: Hidden - New Mexico

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Dr. Fine is the newest member of the UNM Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Team.

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Among 42 candidates from across the country, student Caleb Gustin became one of just six chosen to serve on the 2014-2015 National FFA Officer Team.

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Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy inspired many other women to seek genetic counseling, too. But for women in rural areas, getting a genetic test can impose its own set of barriers. New research by Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, offers some hope.

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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have received a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to develop a technique that they believe will significantly improve the efficiencies of photovoltaic materials and help make solar electricity cost-competitive with other sources of energy.

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In a field test in downtown Chicago, Sandia National Laboratories' mobile imager of neutrons for emergency responders (MINER) system identified the exact location of a sealed laboratory radiation source through shielding and at a distance. MINER detects fast neutrons that emanate from special nuclear material and can discriminate the device signature from background radiation and to measure the spectrum of neutrons emitted by it.

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A massive collection of a unique genre of folk art called retablos is housed in Las Cruces, NM.

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The "Minerals and their Roles in Ranch Sustainability" symposium helps ranchers consider the importance of mineral nutrition for their cattle herds.

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A Las Cruces professor is one of a limited group of scientists now beta testing a handheld genome sequencer.

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A Las Cruces professor is focusing on the role that progesterone and receptors that bind progesterone play in breast cancer.

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Faculty, staff and students in the New Mexico State University Bridge Inspection Program are working to prevent tragedies and keep citizens safe.

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Dual-purpose canola is being explored as an Eastern New Mexico crop based on a New Mexico State University research project.

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The annual Ride for the 4-H Clover motorcycle tour is an awareness campaign for the Cooperative Extension Service 4-H program.

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A Las Cruces, NM professor focuses on a embodied restorying process to help veterans and their families begin to find empowerment.

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The Aggie Corporation will allow NMSU to better manage and develop its land, property and water assets.

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A newly formed medical school in New Mexico, the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, will admit its first class in August 2016.

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NMSU's Arrowhead Center provides support for entrepreneurial alumnus Aaron Garcia, CEO of SiliconMesa.

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New Mexico State University’s recent production of “The Misanthrope” earned four nominations from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

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Team members worked to improve the white cane, a device used by visually impaired persons to become more aware of their surroundings.

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This alfalfa variety was released in June 2009 and was favorably reviewed by the National Alfalfa and Miscellaneous Legume Variety Review Board in January 2010.

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Astronomy professor Jason Jackiewicz studies the sun’s (and other stars’) interior using seismology.

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The Board of Regents at New Mexico State University approved a new, linearized tuition model which provides a financial benefit for students taking at least 15 credit hours per semester.

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A group of research teams in Las Cruces, NM, is working toward greater understanding of the relationships between water, energy and the environment.

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Romero has been researching the biology, sexuality and behavior of cockroaches for two years, mainly studying the Turkestan cockroach, which is the most prevalent cockroach southern New Mexico.

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Bernd Leinauer is a turfgrass expert, studying and researching ways to preserve green spaces in places like New Mexico, where water scarcity is a big problem.

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The Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University has been ranked as one of the top 10 animation and game design schools in the Southwest by Animation Career Review.

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Researchers at NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute are almost ready to release the NuMex Sandia Select, a Sandia variety that allows the traditionally red chile pepper to be used as a green chile.