UNM men’s basketball team’s player Chad Adams, 20, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with DWI, according to Metropolitan Court records. Adams was arrested near I-25 and Comanche Road at 3:04 a.m.
More students are enrolling at UNM, but tuition hikes mean fewer students are staying. UNM’s undergraduate enrollment grew 4.5 percent the last year, according to the Office of Institutional Research. But its retention rates dropped from about 92 percent in 2010 to 88 percent in 2011. Wynn Goering, vice provost for Academic Affairs, said that the average retention rate in pre-recession years was about 89 percent, but he couldn’t account for the most recent drop. “It’s harder to know for sure whether this return to a more typical level means the economy is returning to normal,” he said. “One thing I can say is that we didn’t see any other patterns to account for the drop.” Because of the economic downturn, more people are choosing to go to school, said Terry Babbitt, associate vice president of Enrollment Management.
Budget cuts and administrative obstacles have led several professors to leave UNM for higher-paying, more prestigious, and better-funded research programs at other universities.
Julia Roberts may never play him in a movie, but considering the work one UNM employee did to try to uncover the truth about a cancer cluster in Ohio, it’s hard not to compare him to Erin Brockovich.
The UNM Cancer Center is helping women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a disease that one in 70 women will develop in their lifetime.
Spring campfires, barbecues and other open flames in Bernalillo County must be extinguished. County commissioners approved a resolution April 26 banning and restricting smoking, campfires and open burning in parts of the county for the next 180 days. County Commissioner spokesman Larry Gallegos said the ban is standard for this time of year, but because of the extreme cold in January and February, plants died and created a greater risk for a brush fire.
The budget is finalized. The regents unanimously passed the budget and finalized tuition-and-fees during Friday’s meeting at the SUB.
Diné activist Louise Benally knows firsthand how corporate takeover can destroy traditional ways of life.
Keep your spare change for the laundromat. Last week, UNM began replacing coin-operated parking meters with machines that exclusively accept credit cards.
Where does cannabis come from? Assistant professor Chris Duvall discussed on Friday the origins of cannabis sativa, or marijuana, during the Student Organization for Latin American Studies’ final Brown Bag Lecture Series. He said the plant originated in Central Asia, spread across the continent to North Africa, and enslaved Africans brought knowledge of marijuana to Brazil.
Sick of Webmail? IT might have the solution. The IT department sent out requests for proposals this week and hopes to have an executive-level decision on a new email system in August, said Deputy Chief Information Officer Moira Gerety. She said the University’s email system is outdated and not user-friendly. Gerety said the University uses about 25 different email systems, and that she and her team hope to bring this number down to one. She said students should have a new email system within a year. “UNM staff and employees, in particular, were really sort of working around multiple email systems,” she said. “It’s just a pain. They want to be able to bring everybody up, schedule messages and schedule meetings on one email system.” Gerety is co-chairing a committee with Mike Campbell, the director of PC Systems and Support for UNMH. Gerety said this is a collaborative effort, in which departments from across UNM are giving feedback.
The University held a series of public forums this week at the SUB Theater, allowing students, faculty and staff to meet interim provost candidates.
Residents of Santa Ana dorm bade the dorm farewell Wednesday evening. It will be demolished this summer.
At around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a sprinkler broke just west of the Communication and Journalism Building, and the resulting trail of water stretched about 470 feet down Central Avenue before falling into the drain near University Avenue.
Some faculty members are reaching their breaking points. English professor James Burbank said that, in his department alone, more than 10 percent of faculty members are retiring — three members out of frustration with the administration.
Former UNM President Louis Caldera left the position almost five years ago, but his name still appears in the University salary book as a law school professor making $124,000 a year.
A proposed Student Fee Review Board policy change has once again pitted the graduates against the undergraduates.
The University announced three finalists for the interim provost position on Monday, continuing a month-long process to replace former provost Suzanne Ortega.
Nonresident students could face an almost 300 percent tuition increase if they take fewer than six credit hours. This semester, full-time, nonresident students are paying about $6,500 more than resident students, according spring 2011 figures from the Bursar’s Office.
It’s been more than a year and a half since UNM became a “smoke-free” campus, but so far no one has been punished for smoking outside of designated areas.
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