GPSA held an appeal review meeting Tuesday to determine several applicants’ futures for summer 2010 grant applications that were denied. Three graduate students who applied for the Student Research Allocation Committee grants and Specialized Training grants presented their cases in front of a four-member graduate panel.
After a long silence, peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine will take place this week in an effort to find a solution to the long-felt conflict between the two states.
At a Lobo Development Corporation meeting Monday, board members unveiled plans that detailed future dormitories and Athletics facilities construction at UNM. Paul Krebs, vice president of Athletics, said Athletics needs new tennis courts, a renovation of UNM’s baseball field and improvements to the existing parking lots. Krebs said the baseball field renovation carries a price tag of $4 million.
The Provost’s Office is reviewing the viability of a part of UNM that may come as a surprise to many: University College.
More than 200 people showed up last week for the grand opening of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and Questioning Resource Center. The center, which operates under the Office of Equity and Inclusion, opened Friday.
At a somber service Aug. 27, former UNM professor Ferenc “Frank” Szasz’s life and achievements were honored. The ceremony featured a bagpiper and a recitation of “Auld Lang Syne.” Szasz, 70, died June 20.
UNM is always bustling with students during the first week of classes, but this year the campus may seem more crowded than usual. UNM’s enrollment grew nearly 6 percent, from 26,187 students to 27,700 students, since last fall, said Carmen Alvarez Brown, vice president of Enrollment Management.
For four years, Alex Garcia has known his kidneys were failing. For the last four months, Garcia’s “part-time job” has been undergoing dialysis three times a week.
Students trying to contact Communications and Journalism faculty using their office telephone may have some trouble.
Fourty-two is a special number for those in the know of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” The number is the answer to life, the universe, and everything calculated by the fictional earth-sized supercomputer.
What would you do to create well-paying jobs that will keep New Mexicans employed in the state? Susana Martinez: Recent reports show that in the past year our state suffered the second largest drop in employment out of the 50 states.
Editor’s note: This semester, the Daily Lobo will feature semi-monthly interviews with African American students.
The UNM Health Sciences Center lost about 90 percent of its patient medical records created before 2005, after a fire burned through an industrial warehouse in downtown Albuquerque this summer, said Catherine Porto, executive director of health information and incident commander.
The Faculty Senate approved a resolution Tuesday that it hopes could radically change the way university regents are chosen at New Mexico institutions.
For now, Elizabeth Lambert will be allowed to play, but the gag order on her right to exercise free speech has yet to be lifted. Athletics Director Paul Krebs said Tuesday that Lambert will be reinstated to the UNM women’s soccer team.
This summer, the Lobo Gardens class planted a seed for what grew into a full semester-long course focusing on community gardens and sustainability issues.
Albuquerque Fire Department responded to a residential fire in the 200 block of Cornell Drive S.E.
A new emergency alert system, LoboAlerts, is replacing TextMe as the method the University uses to inform students of emergencies on campus.
The last suspect in a university book theft ring was arrested, and officials in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office are ready to prosecute the racketeering ring after more than three years of investigation.
Passengers riding the Rail Runner Express are now able to connect to any Rio Metro Regional Transit District bus for free with a valid Rail Runner ticket or monthly/annual pass. Chris Blewett, Rio Metro Regional Transit District staff director, said this year the district consolidated and expanded its transit services to include all bus services in Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Belen and Los Lunas.
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