In 1984, The Santa Fe Institute is a private, not-for-profit, independent research and education center, founded in 1984,…
On Dec. 6, 1979, public Law 96-164 [S. 673] passed by the U.S. Congress, was signed by President…
In 1971, The University of New Mexico Cancer Center was established by the state’s Legislature. Today, the Cancer…
On Mar. 4, 1956, Sandia opened second laboratory and transferred personnel from Albuquerque to Livermore, California and began…
In 1955, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Charles A. Thomas by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1946, fission-derived radioiodine became readily available as a by-product of the Manhattan project in Oak Ridge, TN….
Sandia began in 1945 as Z Division, the ordnance design, testing, and assembly arm of Los Alamos National…
In 1896, Rocky Mountain spotted fever was first recognized in the Snake River Valley of Idaho and was…
On Feb. 28, 1889, the New Mexico State University (NMSU), located in Las Cruces, was founded as a…
In 1888, the New Mexico State University, located in Las Cruces, was founded as a land-grant agricultural college…