Candidates continued to compete with each other on how to make Albuquerque richer and safer in a televised mayoral debate Sunday afternoon. KOAT hosted the first televised mayoral debate of this year’s election cycle.
In the two years before I took office as mayor, we lost 22,000 jobs in the city. In the last 12 months alone, we’ve gained 7,000. We’re adding jobs, and that’s good news …
Two men held up a human-sized cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama in front of the SUB Friday morning. A crowd of about 100 faced the cutout and pointed their fingers at the faux United States leader.
After over a month of planning, UNM’s 2013 Homecoming will kick off next week. The annual weeklong event will start with an atrium-decoration party on Monday. This year’s homecoming royals will be decided Wednesday.
While you can totally rock a beret while kneading, creating a perfectly authentic French croissant is difficult in New Mexico. And it’s not just because of the temperature, the humidity and the altitude. There is an unfortunate shortage of French bakers in the state.
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.
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