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Portrait of Wendy Pearlman. Photo courtesy of Northwestern University.

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Northwestern professor speaks on journey in Syria

Hazel Simmons | October 3

As part of the 2018 Fall Lecture Series on Migration Stories, Wendy Pearlman spoke at the University of New Mexico Oct. 1 about her journey told in her newest novel “We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled.” Pearlman is an award-winning Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and author of three books and more than a dozen publications focusing on sharing the causes of political violence and the aftermath as told by the people. To expand her studies of comparative politics of the Middle East, Pearlman has traveled to over nine countries and interviewed with more than 400 displaced Syrians since 2012.

Incoming freshman in class of 2022 are officially sworn in by President Stokes as a UNM lobo in Popejoy Hall, on Aug. 19, 2018.

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UNM holds convocation to greet freshmen

Hazel Simmons | August 22

Starting college can be a difficult transition. As an attempt to make students feel more comfortable on campus, the University of New Mexico holds an annual freshman convocation the day before classes begin. With an assortment of speeches and performances, they give the diverse freshman class a taste of the variety of programs and communities that are within UNM.

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Graduation Issue: UNM provides student with international experience

Hazel Simmons | May 7

Amelia Fasting, a soon-to-be graduate with a dual bachelor’s in political science and international studies, has spent her last two years of college studying at the University of New Mexico. Fasting spent her freshman and sophomore year at Louisiana Tech University, and later transferred to UNM to finish her last years of school. Coming from a military family, Fasting has lived in a variety of places, but said she decided that New Mexico was where she resonated most with home.

A tractor blows a freshly dumped pile of garbage at the Cerro Colorado Landfill on April 6, 2018.

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UNM student invents plastic bag-compressing device

Hazel Simmons | April 25

Mostafa Peysokhan, an international student studying optical science and engineering at the University of New Mexico, is not willing to stand by and watch plastic bags pollute waters and harm marine wildlife. In February of this year, Peysokhan came up with an idea that could potentially change the impact of plastic bags on our world. He designed a device that can compress up to 50 plastic bags and by using heat and pressure, will turn them into a small compact disk.

Northwestern professor speaks on journey in Syria

UNM holds convocation to greet freshmen

Graduation Issue: UNM provides student with international experience

UNM student invents plastic bag-compressing device

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