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Frank meets with NAACP
Jamillah Wilcox | August 12UNM is working to improve campus safety in response to concerns from the African American community regarding hate crimes on campus.
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Miller formally censured for controversial tweet
Ardee Napolitano | August 7After more than a month of investigation, UNM has decided to censure a controversial psychology professor for a fat-shaming post on Twitter.
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Regents OK hospital partnership
Ardee Napolitano | July 27A bid by UNM’s Health Sciences Center to manage a community hospital in Gallup moves forward as the Board of Regents approved Tuesday a motion to uphold community health in the state.
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Lobo Spotlight: Dawinder Sidhu
Ardee Napolitano | July 22Maryland native Dawinder Sidhu said he has spent most of his life close to the Atlantic Ocean. So after he snagged a job at UNM Law School three years ago, Sidhu decided to stay in sunny Albuquerque for a change.
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Slashed funding for mental health sparks protest
Ardee Napolitano | July 22A New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee meeting in which the committee was supposed to discuss behavioral health in New Mexico drew hundreds into UNM’s Student Union Building Wednesday afternoon.
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Program to improve NM schools proposed
Jamillah Wilcox | July 22Last year, New Mexico had a National Blue Ribbon School. Central Elementary in Artesia received the national recognition as an honor school in 2012 for showing dramatic improvement in student performance.
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Student success a priority at UNM
Ardee Napolitano | July 22As the fall semester nears, UNM continues to develop initiatives in hopes of improving student success on campus.
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Student loan fix in the works
Nicholas Salazar | July 22UNM students, along with others nationwide, might face higher interest rates on federal student loans, as efforts in Congress to keep the rates at their current levels remain uncertain.
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UNM, CNM advise STEM students
Jamillah Wilcox | July 22UNM and CNM continue to strive to increase graduation and retention rates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.
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Golf course face-lift on its way
Jamillah Wilcox | July 22UNM’s 76-acre golf course could become more eco-friendly by next spring. After the Bernalillo County Open Space Fund and the University agreed to allot $1.5 million to renovate UNM’s North Golf Course last year, the University is now taking those plans into action.
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Lobo Spotlight: Anny Chung
Ardee Napolitano | July 15Anny Chung, Ph.D. student, knows that not everybody would understand cell lysis, cytokinesis and biomes offhand. So Chung, who is in the third year of her doctorate in biology, and does understand this jargon, thinks it’s important for others to be familiar with it too.
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George Zimmerman verdict draws rally
Ardee Napolitano | July 15Andrea Mays, a Ph.D. student studying American studies in her final year at UNM, said in a speech Sunday afternoon that her brother was shot and killed in the streets of Chicago two years ago.
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No meth lab found at Lobo Village
Ardee Napolitano | July 15After a daylong investigation, UNM’s Police Department found Thursday that an anonymous report about a possible meth lab at Lobo Village turned out to be false.
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Former senator donates papers to UNM
Ardee Napolitano | July 15Zimmerman Library has become more of a haven for students who love politics, as a former senator has donated a slew of congressional papers to the facility. Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman donated 1,100 boxes of congressional papers from his 30-year senatorial career to UNM.
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HSC partners with Texas-based LHP Hospital Group
Jamillah Wilcox | July 12UNM’s Health Sciences Center has found a partner to work with managing a nonprofit health facility. The HSC has agreed to a joint venture with LHP Hospital Group Inc.
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UNMPD: Possible meth lab report determined false
Ardee Napolitano | July 11After a day of investigation, UNM’s Police Department found that an anonymous report about a possible meth lab at Lobo Village turned out to be false.
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Frank, regents optimistic about Vision 2020 plan
Ardee Napolitano | July 10One year after the creation of UNM’s Vision 2020, the regents continue to have positive outlooks on the plan. In a special Board of Regents meeting held Friday at The Pit, the board expressed optimism about the plan. UNM President Robert Frank said the plan is improving little by little over the years.
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Lobo Spotlight: Wynn Goering
Ardee Napolitano | July 8Wynn Goering has been serving as the special assistant for branch affairs in the office of UNM’s president for one year now. But he might have to find his own assistant soon, as UNM appointed Goering as the new CEO of UNM West last month.
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Board: Miller tweet not research
Jamillah Wilcox | July 8After weeks of investigation, UNM’s Institutional Review Board came to a decision regarding UNM professor Geoffrey Miller’s controversial tweet.
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Compliance Committee assembles
Ardee Napolitano | July 8The development of UNM’s Compliance Office continues as a number of compliance officials from different University departments have assembled to create a committee.
