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The UNM College of Arts & Sciences has – Category II Centers that provide a physical and intellectual intersection between schools and disciplines. These interdisciplinary Centers are tackling broader issues facing our society and engaging faculty and their students in national and international collaborations to face challenges related to the environment, technology, energy, and health.

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Centers

Category II Centers

ASPIRE

The Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE) fosters integrative Geographic Information Science (GIScience) research and education, as well as application of cutting-edge geographic information technologies (GIT), through cooperative research and education, development of novel GITs, and expert data collection and analysis services. 

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Center for Quantum Information & Control

The Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC) is an interdisciplinary research center focused on Quantum Information Science, including quantum computation, quantum simulation and complexity, quantum control and measurement, quantum metrology, and quantum optics and communication.

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Center for Social Policy

The Center for Social Policy (CSP) integrates the work of UNM’s Cradle to Career Policy Institute and the Native American Budget and Policy Institute to utilize social science research to inform public policy decisions.

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Center for Stable Isotopes

As one of the largest stable isotope centers in the United States in terms of instrumentation and cutting-edge analytical capabilities, the Center for Stable Isotopes (CSI) is creating a better understanding of our world by measuring a range of materials found in natural samples. Through these measurements, they are learning how much of our environment has been formed over time.

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Earth Data Analysis Center​

The Earth Data Analysis Center serves the spatial needs of communities by utilizing geospatial technologies, providing IT Services and engineering research. Their partnerships include government agencies, private organizations and regional universities. 

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Institute of Meteoritics

The Institute of Meteoritics (IOM) is a premier research institution for study of early solar system and planetary evolution. Founded in 1944, the IOM was one of the first institutions in the world devoted to the study of meteorites.

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Institute for Social Research

The Institute for Social Research (ISR) is a well-regarded provider of program evaluation and policy research in New Mexico. 

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International Studies Institute

The International Studies Institute (ISI) is an umbrella organization for the interdisciplinary undergraduate program in International Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico. 

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Language Learning Center/Language Research Center

The Language Learning Center (LLC) supports language learning and multilingualism at UNM and beyond. 

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Category I Centers

Center for Astrophysical Research and Technology (CART)

CART oversees the operation of the Long Wavelength Array and astrophysical research and public outreach in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. 

Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology (CETI)

CETI is an interdisciplinary initiative where researchers conduct collaborative research on the evolution and diversification of immune systems across all organisms. 

R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography

The R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography works in four main areas: service learning, collaborative mapping, place-based research, and public events that bring UNM and its surrounding communities together.

The New Mexico Center for Particle Physics

The New Mexico Center for Particle Physics together with the Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology/Inflation groups encompasses a large number of both theoretical and experimental efforts.