UNM’s 2026 R&D Week to feature more than 50 events

Lobo faculty, staff, students, and members of our community are invited to campus Nov. 2-6 as UNM celebrates its 2026 Research and Discovery Week (R&D Week). A variety of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, and other activities will be open to the public and on display all week across UNM campuses.

Our Sched calendar allows individuals to customize the events you don't want to miss, just click the "my schedule" button and sign up to add the sessions to your personal schedule.

This year's R&D Week will take place in the SUB, as well as other spaces around campus. Centered around this year's theme, 'Resilient Ideas. Real Impact.' the week will feature keynote speaker Setso Metodi of Quantinuum, an outstanding lineup of speakers and workshops, and nearly 20 interactive research tables that bring discovery to life.

A sneak peek at R&D Week: Explore the full schedule on our website

Monday, Nov. 2
Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) Open House
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Location: CHTM

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Lightning Talks
9:30-10:30 a.m. | Location: SUB

Hands ON my Research!
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Location: SUB

Workshop: Cultivating Resilient Students
1-2:15 p.m. Location: SUB

Community Engaged Research Lecture with Professor Steve Walsh
5:30 p.m. | Location: PAIS

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Research Administrators Network: Networking
9 a.m. - Noon | Location: SUB

Speaker Session: Resilient Learning, Real Impact: Research Advancing Education & Discovery
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Location: SUB

Postdoc Mentoring Mosaic Mixer
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Location: SUB

Poster Session: Category III Research Centers
2-4 p.m. | Location: SUB

Thursday, Nov. 5
Workshop: Understanding and Getting Started with Agentic AI for Teaching & Research
9:30-10:30 a.m. | Location: SUB

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Fair
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Location: SUB Atrium

Workshop: Teach Like a Magician
2-3 p.m. | Location: SUB

LoboBITES
3-5 p.m. | Location: SUB

Friday, Nov. 6
QNM-I Industry Day
8:30 a.m. - Noon | Location: SUB

CASAA Research Day
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. | Location: CASAA

Lecture: Riley O. Schaeffer Endowed Lectureship with Michael J. Therien
4-6 p.m. | Location: Clark Hall 101

*R&D Week will also feature 6 different "field trips" at some of UNM's museums, science labs, and art spaces. Please visit our full schedule for more information.