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
