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.
In fall 2008 UNM Housing spent $206,000 of student rent money to install a card-swiping system at Redondo Village, but it remains offline nearly three years later.
The verdict is in. The Mountain West Conference on Monday suspended five UNM and four BYU baseball players after a heated exchange between UNM’s Quay Grant and BYU’s Chris Capper escalated into a bench-clearing brawl at the conclusion of Saturday’s matchup in Provo, Utah. The MWC reviewed tape of the brawl over the weekend before meting out discipline.
How do you beat UNM’s average football game attendance from 2010? Have an Easter bash at Lobo Stadium.
GPSA has a new council chair, Megan O’Laughlin. It was a tight race between candidates Shannon Crowley, Victor Lopez and O’Laughlin.
Data compiled by the city finds housing some of Albuquerque’s homeless is cheaper than leaving them on the streets.
UNM President David Schmidly will not return to the University when his contract expires. Schmidly announced he will not renew his contract Thursday morning in a University wide e-mail.
Students played with garbage during UNM’s third annual Sustainability Expo. As part of the expo, UNM Recycling hosted a trash-sorting competition.
Jaymie Roybal is the ASUNM president for the 2011-12 school year. Roybal, who ran on the Now slate, received 883 votes in the Wednesday’s election, 62 more than her opponent, Tim Mousseau, who ran on the New Day slate.
Beer and wine might be available for some fans attending UNM football and basketball games next season.
For the first time at UNM, two American Studies graduate students were awarded prestigious Ford Foundation predoctoral fellowships.
Carmen Alvarez-Brown is leaving the University to accept a vice president position at Cleveland State University. Brown begins her employment July 1, Cleveland State announced in a news release Wednesday.
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