Attention students: This fall, STC.UNM offers inventors and entrepreneurs seminars that teach business and marketing skills. Lisa Kuuttila, president and CEO of STC.UNM, said that seminars, which are free but require registration, help students evolve and understand how to start their own businesses or market their own inventions. “So you have an idea now?
UNM science and biology graduate Justin Aderhold works as a research assistant at the Heart Station at UNM Hospital. He shared his wisdom on the nature of racism from his couch, where he sat with his foot in a post-surgical boot.
Since most patrons visit later in the week, officials at the New Mexico State Fair decided to close on Mondays and Tuesdays this year, said Craig Swagerty, the fair’s general manager.
The UNM Foundation, an independent institution responsible for much of the University’s funding, has seen a $15 million drop in donations this year.
UNM’s College of Education dean announced an education reform that will take a “holistic” approach to teaching students throughout the state’s school systems. Dean Richard Howell encouraged the N.M.
When the United Nations declared Sept. 21 the International Day of Prayer for Peace in 2002, it said the day should be “reminding us that our permanent commitment, above all interests or differences of any kind, is to peace.” That’s why UNM’s Inter-Religious Council (IRC) is putting aside its differences and working together to bring the Day of Peace to campus, said Andrea Schoeny, campus minister of communications for the UNM Aquinas Newman Center. “The IRC coming together on this event is a showing that peace is possible between people,” she said. Today, UN representatives of all religious backgrounds from the IRC will be in tents under the northeast grove near the Duck Pond from 9 a.m.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, a national publication, wrote an article about the breakdown of UNM’s shared governance after photos featuring an English professor and several graduate students surfaced on a sadomasochist website in 2007. The Sept.
Hundreds of bicyclists, escorted by Albuquerque Police, whirled down Central Avenue on Sunday to help promote bicycle safety. Organized by Bike ABQ and the Duke City Wheelmen Foundation, the second annual “Can You See Us Now?” ride started at Copper Avenue and Jefferson Avenue and went to Tiguex Park in Old Town. Jennifer Buntz, Duke City Wheelmen Foundation president and member of Bike ABQ’s Board of Directors, said the ride raises awareness about bicycling accidents.
Seems like study guides exist for everything these days, even life. Tim Nisly, the curator and host of TEDxABQ, said the short, carefully prepared talks given at Saturday’s event at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino are “the Cliff’s Notes for life.” “The idea is if you put a lot of intelligent people in a room and help them share ideas … the conversation as a result will make a major difference in the world,” Nisly said. TED, a non-profit organization that began nearly 25 years ago, brings the brightest minds together to spark innovation, Nisly said, and he hoped the ignition would occur in Albuquerque.
Ever since professor Hector Torres and graduate student Stefania Gray were killed on a quiet Sunday in March, students, family, friends and colleagues have been tackling the issue of domestic violence.
The Coalition for Immigration, Race and Social Justice is sponsoring a summit Saturday to focus on understanding and educating students on immigration issues. Christopher Ramirez, the project assistant for the Office of Equity and Inclusion, said a variety of people are affected by issues that will be covered at the Back2School Summit, even if they don’t realize it. “Immigration, race and social justice impacts all of us.
Statistics released by the Dean of Student’s office show some surprising numbers: While the number of punished cases of academic dishonesty is going down, the number of unpunished cases is going up. From 2000 to 2005, a student faced disciplinary action in only slightly more than 10 cases per year on average.
The Office of Capital Projects said UNM has seven construction projects underway on main campus, all set to be completed in October. Will Turner, director of the Office of Capital Projects, said there are 23 construction projects have been approved on main campus. “There’s more work out there to be done than we can ever finish,” he said.
Julian Blair, a former defensive back on the UNM football team was involved in the Aug. 25 robbery of teammate Brandon Lewis, according to UNMPD officials. Detective Chris Crespin, the lead investigator in the case, confirmed that Blair is a suspect in the robbery of $1,800 worth of electronics from Lewis’ room. Blair was not named in the Aug. 25 police report, but was dismissed from the team during preseason for an unspecified violation of team rules, an Athletics spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
A proposed buyout plan encouraging older UNM faculty to retire was recently ended because of questions about its financial viability.
Studying at a prestigious foreign university could cost a UNM student slightly more than regular tuition.
New Mexico Public Interest Research Group held a kick-off meeting to discuss its upcoming campaigns. ASUNM senator Melissa Trent said she became involved in PIRG, a grassroots, nonprofit, nonpartisan outreach advocacy group for environmental, consumer and democracy issues, to ensure the student issues are heard. “It’s time to reform, and young people need to be heard in the debate,” Trent said. NMPIRG President Breanna Hastings heads the New Voters Project, a campaign designed to increase voter participation.
Hispanic Business Magazine has named UNM’s Anderson School of Management the nation’s sixth best graduate business school for Hispanic students for the second year in a row.
The Board of Regents discussed the University’s fate in the face of grim 3.2 percent budget cuts at a meeting in the SUB Tuesday.
A 19-year-old man, recently released from the UNM Mental Health Clinic, was shot twice by police when he approached officers and refused to drop a knife Tuesday morning, Albuquerque Police Department Chief Ray Schultz said in a statement.
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