A new health club across the street from UNM is shaking up meal time. Dan Barrera, one of the club’s owners, said 2112 Nutrition offers a unique program that substitutes shakes for regular meals.
Local African-American leaders are calling on UNM to end what they say are discriminatory practices against African-American employees, particularly those at UNM Hospital.
Students eating at La Posada dining hall or in the Mercado in the SUB this semester may have eaten food made with ingredients grown right here on campus, in the Lobo Gardens.
A spice commonly used in zesty Middle Eastern foods could be useful in treating prostate cancer. UNM researchers found that a synthetic version of curcumin, the main compound found in the spice turmeric, inhibits the growth of prostate cancer cells.
The Albuquerque chapter of the NAACP filed a complaint with the Justice Department and the Department of Education claiming UNM is biased against African-Americans. The New York Times reported Tuesday the Title IV says University and UNMH administrators created a racially hostile environment for black faculty, staff and students. The complaint says African-Americans have been excluded from upper administration positions, African-American women have no authority within UNM and that African-American faculty face salary disparities.
Daniel Califf-Glick is a local film director who moved to New Mexico this year from Queens, New York to document the true life story of Jimmy Santiago Baca, a world-renowned poet.
Following the ASUNM Fall Elections on Nov. 16, the 10 candidates who ran on the Make Your Mark slate were fined, and two from the slate were also disbarred from office following findings of financi al misconduct.
A surprise proposal voted on at Monday’s Education Retirement Board meeting would establish the minimum retirement age at 55 for faculty and staff.
Jason Bache is an information technologies consultant and owner of Nerds Limited, an Albuquerque-based tech support business that makes house calls to fix both Mac and PC computers.
Though ASUNM Senator-elect Brandyn Jordan received the most votes in the recent senate election, he is disqualified from taking office.
Honors Biology professor Ursula Shepherd never intended to teach. “I wanted to be a great novelist, a doctor or a lawyer, never a college professor,” she said.
Albuquerque police responded to a domestic disturbance call Friday involving Meiko Locksley, son of former head football coach Mike Locksley and current Lobo football player.
Cold weather has forced the (un)Occupy Albuquerque movement indoors and online. Protester Erica Estes said the movement has gone virtual.
Stabbing leads to 18 months in prison A member of the Navajo Nation has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in connection with a stabbing in Shiprock last December. The U.S.
Student reports car stolen at Lobo Village The father of a student who lives at Lobo Village reported his daughter’s vehicle stolen on Nov.
Football’s new head coach Bob Davie said he’s excited about his future at UNM despite the Lobos’ losing season.
UNM’s six-year graduation rate sits well below the national average, but UNM officials said thanks to a new federal program the University has already seen graduation rate statistics improve. At UNM, an average of 45 percent of undergraduate students graduate within six years.
This series is from an ongoing project by Daily Lobo freelance photographer Laurisa Galvan. Galvan has been focusing her lens on the gang lifestyle in an effort to illustrate the gang life that often lies out of sight but is fairly prevalent in the southwest.
UNM’s new football coach has arrived. Vice president of Athletics Paul Krebs announced yesterday that Bob Davie will take over the coaching responsibilities from George Barlow, the interim head coach, at the end of the season, becoming UNM’s 31st head football coach.
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