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UNM School of Law receives grant to help serve underprivileged families

Sayyed Shah | February 17

The UNM School of Law has received a grant to attract, prepare and mobilize lawyers to work for the health and well-being of the underprivileged communities of New Mexico. The $2,652,487 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) is a collaboration with strategic community partners, including UNM’s Health Sciences Center (HSC), to address unmet legal needs that harm the health and well-being of children and families living in poverty in New Mexico, according to a UNM press release.

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Drive allows UNM patients to be comfortable

Elizabeth Sanchez | February 16

Clothing drive at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital helps those in intensive care. This year’s second annual, two-week Lovin’ on Little Lobos drive successfully benefited children admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital, according to event coordinators. UNM Staff Councilor Jodi Perry said dozens of items, including: newborn and preemie onesies, socks, booties, newborn/children’s board books and Halo SleepSacks were donated this year.

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Trials moving ahead for treatment of most aggressive form of brain cancer

Sayyed Shah | February 16

The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center has started phase 2 clinical trials, targeting glioblastoma patients. Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive type of brain cancer. Only about one fifth of adults diagnosed with it survive two years or more after their diagnosis, UNM researchers said. “Unfortunately, it is also the most common form of primary brain tumor, about 70 percent of newly diagnosed primary brain tumors,” Omar Chohan, director of Neurosurgical Oncology and a part of the clinical trials team said. A new two-drug combination, currently in use in the clinical trials, might help people diagnosed with glioblastoma to fight the disease, according to a UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center press release.

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Counseling center provides care for community, experience for students

William Longenbaugh | February 16

The Manzanita Counseling Center allows students and residents alike in the Albuquerque metro area to receive professional counseling services at no charge. Director Rhonda Neswald-Potter said Manzanita has the CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs) accreditation, which is the highest standard for a counseling supervision program. "Other counseling centers across the country would aspire to the standard we hold here,” she said. “There is so much need in our community for free or reduced fee care.”

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Online fees now apply to all students

Denicia Aragon | February 15

University of New Mexico’s financial and enrollment officials have proposed to the Board of Regents that the University shift online course fees from students taking online classes to all students attending UNM. “The funding source that we are using wasn’t matching up with what the money was being used for. We are charging students $100 for an online course and then we’re taking it and supporting the Learn system so that every student can see their syllabus, course materials and grades online,” said Andrew Cullen, associate vice president of Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis. “We feel that it should be a mandatory fee because all students are benefiting from it.” The proposal disperses the cost of online classes to all UNM students with a mandatory online delivery fee.

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Board of Regents moves to make UNM more global

Sayyed Shah | February 15

The UNM Board of Regents approved recommendations for the establishment of a university-wide, sustainable, interdisciplinary Global and National Security Policy Institute. The board also voted, on Thursday, for the creation of an interdisciplinary, nontraditional, module-based masters program in Global and National Security, an interdisciplinary undergraduate National Security Certificate (already in place) and an interdisciplinary graduate National Security Certificate (preliminary stages).

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Monday on the Street: When does criticism of an athlete go too far?

Matthew Reisen | February 15

When does criticism of an athlete go too far?

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Small business owners fear Rapid Transit system will kill businesses

David Lynch | February 15

Now that nearly $70 million in federal funding has been approved for Mayor Richard Berry’s passion project, it’s full steam ahead on a new bus rapid transit system that will run down Central Avenue from Unser to Tramway Boulevard. However, many small business owners along the proposed route believe the Albuquerque Rapid Transit, or ART, spells an end to their shops, as well as the quirky personality of the Nob Hill area in particular. “I’m thankful for living in a country where I don’t go to jail for fighting my government, but on the other hand, I shouldn’t have to fight my government. So that’s what we’re doing...because they’re not listening to us,” said Steve Schroeder, owner of Nob Hill Music.

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APD aims to reassess use of force with mentally ill

William Longenbaugh | February 12

Use of excessive force and the handling of mentally ill individuals have been significant issues for law enforcement in Albuquerque, but despite national attention and heavy scrutiny, Albuquerque Police Department, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department and UNM personnel have steadily corrected the issue.

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Two new UNM regents confirmed

Sayyed Shah | February 12

The New Mexico Senate confirmed two regents to the UNM Board of Regents on Monday, according to a UNM press release, “in a process that turned out to be not quite smooth.” The pair confirmed by Senate, are current Student Regent Ryan Berryman of Sandia Park, an MBA student at the Anderson School of Management. The other is current Regent Marron Lee, who comes from “a Cibola County ranching family that has long supported UNM and in fact gifted the University with its first live Lobo,” according to the release. Berryman said that he was both humbled and honored to be confirmed by members of the New Mexico Senate.

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Lecture encourages students to examine how race is dealt with in US

Elizabeth Sanchez | February 11

Tuesday afternoon Dr. Tyson E.J. Marsh discussed the history of African-American culture, neoliberalism and, ultimately, what it means to be Black, in his lecture, “Everybody Wants to be Black Until It’s Time to be Black.” “The talk is informed by the appropriation and commodification of Black culture and the critical need to reclaim cultural tools of resistance in the struggle for racial and economic justice against what Bell Hooks has aptly named imperialist-White-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy,” Marsh said, prior to the lecture.

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Black History Month: Q & A with Dr. Charles Becknell

Denicia Aragon | February 11

Dr. Charles E. Becknell, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Associate Director and professor for UNM's Africana Studies Program explains the importance of Black History Month, how it has changed throughout the years, issues regarding race in our current society and his hopes for UNM students celebrating during this month.

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Presentation at Tamarind Gallery showcases the growth of Cuban art

Nick Fojud | February 11

A collaboration between UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute with the Tamarind Gallery brought museum curator Omar Diaz Liria to Albuquerque from Cuba for a talk on the evolution and current state of Cuban art on Tuesday night.

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New program at UNM to get faculty, staff healthy

Denicia Aragon | February 10

UNM's Employee Health Promotion is offering a new LIFESTEPS Weight Management Course that benefits eligible staff, faculty and retirees of UNM. Tracy Briggs, EHP supervisor, said LIFESTEPS is offered to the UNM community as a tool for comprehensive weight management. "It is a program that stresses the importance of quality nutrition, physical activity, and the course curriculum stresses teaching behavior modification techniques in a cohort setting which, when integratively implemented, assists with gradual weight loss and an increased healthful lifestyle," she said.

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Grad students compete for big money in national competition

William Longenbaugh | February 10

For the first time ever, UNM grad students took part in one of the largest design competitions in the country that included over 60 colleges and universities, with the winner eligible to receive $50,000 in reward money.

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UNM Environmental law program rich with opportunities

Sayyed Shah | February 9

A recent issue of preLaw Magazine graded the University of New Mexico School of Law’s Natural Resources and Environmental Law Programs with an “A” rating.

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Column: Czech Republic growing increasingly resistant to immigration, EU

Fin Martinez | February 9

On Feb. 6, the citizens of Prague gathered at the city center to protest refugee immigration and the EU. Various speakers voiced their opinions at the protest, displaying their contempt with the EU and its efforts to assist refugees in finding asylum in Europe. The U.S. State dept. issued a statement warning U.S. citizens that the protests could turn violent. The statement estimated that anywhere from 300 to 1000 supporters would be at the protests, which took place at various locations around the city center. Those at the gathering carried Czech flags as well as anti-EU and anti-muslim materials, with some signs at the protest reading “Thank you Mr. President that defends 80 percent of the citizens. We issue you a green card!” and “I do not want to be a citizen of the euro! I do not eat euro food! I do not live in the euro caliphate! I am Czech and a patriot!”

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UNM to hold eclectic career fair

Matthew Reisen | February 8

UNM is holding one of the biggest career fairs in the state this Tuesday. The Office of Career Services at UNM is hosting the annual Career Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the SUB ballrooms, offering jobs to students of all levels and majors. Jenna Crabb, director of career services and interim dean of students, said there are going to be 86 employers onsite at this year’s event.

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Monday on the Street: What would you change about UNM?

Matthew Reisen | February 8

If you could change one thing about UNM what would that be?

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Bernalillo County DA's office gives young cancer patients support

David Lynch | February 8

Fighting cancer is a battle afflicted children cannot fight alone, said Julia Grimes, director of Child Life at the UNM Children’s Hospital. Emotional support is an important part of rehabilitation. Which is why staff members of the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office, as part of the nationwide Jared Box Project, took the time to put together care packages filled with toys for young cancer patients at UNM Hospital. Grimes said it is difficult to articulate the impact made by the goodies given to the children at the hospital, most of whom are long-term patients who range in age from 18 months to 20 years old.