As early voting for the Albuquerque mayoral election begins, one candidate continues his support for the National Rifle Association. At a ceremony at the Shooting Range Park Monday, incumbent Richard Berry extended an agreement between the city of Albuquerque and the National Rifle Association’s Enforcement Division.
Despite facing major financial and institutional setbacks, the University’s branch campuses continue to strive for improvement. UNM Los Alamos continues to plan how to maintain its campus offerings going into the future after the Los Alamos community rejected on Tuesday a mill levy tax increase that would have supported the branch.
On Sept. 12, police were dispatched in response to a UNM student’s report that she had been scammed online. According to the report, the woman said she received a check in the mail after responding to an ad on Craigslist and then cashed the check.
After years of replacing hip bones and patellas, the UNM Hospital has finally gained recognition for its work. The Joint Commission, a not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the country, awarded a certification to UNMH for its hip and knee replacement programs at the end of July.
About 30 members of the UNM community collected near the Duck Pond Tuesday night for a gathering called “Spread the Light: A Candlelight Vigil for Syria.” The vigil, hosted by the Canterbury Campus Ministry, was intended to bring together community members of all faiths to pray for peace in Syria
Jeremy Edwards has worked at UNM for eight years — his next three will be spent mapping the human genome. Edwards, a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the UNM Cancer Center, won a grant for his upcoming research earlier this month from the National Institutes of Health
There wasn’t a cake with 50 candles at the UNM Art Museum on Thursday, but there was a crowd of hundreds, a large cheese platter and art along the walls.
In a letter addressed to his constituents on Sept. 9, New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich expressed his official support for President Barack Obama’s plans for military intervention in the Syrian civil war. How do you feel about this?
Sensing the urgency of the Lottery Scholarship’s solvency issue, state and student officials convened at the Student Union Building to discuss possible solutions Saturday morning. The summit was organized by the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico.
Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates have turned their attention to higher education in the city. Incumbent Richard Berry said he worked with UNM officials during his first term to help college students. And he said he aims to continue his efforts in a possible second term.
A new building is UNM’s next step in promoting interactive learning among undergraduates. University officials gathered at the Collaborative Teaching and Learning Building (CTLB) on Thursday to celebrate the building’s opening.
The UNM Art, Research, Technology and Science (ARTS) Laboratory recently earned an international award for innovation in research and teaching shared by only five universities.
With the solvency issue still looming over the Lottery Scholarship, the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico continues to ask students for suggestions about how to ensure the scholarship’s long-term survival.
Despite a University policy, homeless people sleeping on UNM’s Albuquerque campus continue to be a problem for police and groundskeeping.
UNM’s effort to centralize Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial startup scene finally goes to the Board of Regents. At a Board of Regents meeting Tuesday, UNM President Robert Frank talked about the project Innovate ABQ.
The University continues to work on a new budget model this semester. UNM President Robert Frank said the administration is currently devising the Results Oriented Management (ROM) budget model to create a more “dynamic” way of allocating money to University departments.
Officials discuss yet again a plan for a north-south Bus Rapid Transit route through UNM, Central New Mexico Community College and the Sunport corridor Tuesday.
ASUNM senators discussed Wednesday a resolution that would make it easier for students with no Social Security number to pay for their education. Various students showed up at the meeting to advocate for Resolution 26F.
On Sept. 1, a UNMPD officer received a station report about a male subject “approaching a female multiple times,” according to the report. The woman allegedly told police that an African American male approached her on Sept. 1 near Satellite Coffee on Central.
Not for the first time, Albuquerque residents raised placards and took to the streets against military intervention in Syria. This time, they rallied outside a United States senator’s office.
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