The air of excitement suddenly turned somber at the Teaching Awards Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, when the most prestigious award winner gave a speech about the decline of UNM’s core mission – education.
The Scholes Hall elevator has suffered a “catastrophic failure,” Mary Vosevich, director of the Physical Plant, said the wording on the notice plastered throughout the halls of the administrative office building is not meant to be dramatic. “That’s just a term that we use for the elevator that cannot be repaired without procuring some other parts that can’t be bought,” she said.
Publicized surveillance footage was the key to capturing two young men recorded stealing from the New Mexico Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
It wasn’t a chemical reaction that sent the Biomedical Research Facility into flames early Wednesday morning. According to the Albuquerque Fire Department, a generator tested outside the building, north of UNM Hospital, on the ground level started the blaze. Sam Giammo, spokesman for the Health Sciences Center, said the generator had a stack on it designed to carry fumes out over the top of the building. “It appears that something inside that stack ignited,” he said.
The new College of Education building, which opens today, may be the most sustainable building on campus.
A conference on campus today addresses a Senate bill that would allow exceptional undocumented students a streamlined path to U.S.
UNM President David Schmidly announced Tuesday that he will be seeking medical treatment for a small abdominal tumor.
Stephen Reaves, 25, a weight room intern for the UNM football team, was arrested on a charge of aggravated DWI in the Nob Hill neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to an APD criminal complaint. KRQE 13 initially broke the story Monday morning.
Censorship is a touchy subject in America, but it’s a part of everyday life in other countries. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Jed Crandall and Ph.D student Jong Chun Park have been working to understand the Chinese government’s methods of Internet censorship.
American Campus Communities is taking over UNM student housing. The company builds student housing all over the country.
Doug Fields resigned from his post as Faculty Senate president Monday, citing a lack of shared governance between the UNM administration and faculty. In a press conference Monday, Fields said the administration has not been willing to collaborate and listen to the Faculty Senate.
The Board of Regents approved a $2.1 billion budget for next year, a decrease of 1.1 percent from last fiscal year.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association Council wrangled Saturday between pushing for a more ethical elections code or continuing to allow elections to mirror those of state and federal government. The council debated how to amend the GPSA bylaws to ensure that elections reflected transparency, fairness and consistency.
The winds of change have blown Pat Lohmann into his new position as the Daily Lobo’s editor-in-chief. Lohmann is a sophomore from Gallup, N.M.
Instead of lighting up the night, the Luminaria Awards will light up the faces of four appreciated members on the UNM janitorial staff. The Office of Equity and Inclusion will have its first-ever Luminaria Awards Dinner tonight in the SUB, where the University will recognize the services of people who have gone above the call of duty in promoting diversity and support. “There was a sentiment raised that some diversity efforts hadn’t been recognized to the degree that we should be recognizing them,” said Jozi De Leon, vice president of Equity and Inclusion. De Leon said the department decided to find a way to acknowledge more members of the UNM community, including the evening janitorial team for the Castetter Hall, Marron Hall and the Communications and Journalism Building. “They are a great representation of exactly what everyone around campus should be doing,” she said.
Allen Weh, Republican gubernatorial candidate, wants to fight government corruption, strengthen the school system, fix the budget, create new jobs and make safety a top priority. “I am going to make sure that our University system is responsible so we keep tuition rates under control.
Sure, it’s a quick way to get across campus, but skateboarding could be hazardous to your health or the health of passersby.
Today the Board of Regents will finalize next year’s budget, which includes a 7.9 percent increase in tuition and fees.
Even by the admission of its drafters, the new health insurance reform law is complex, but two members of UNM’s health and medical community are here to explain it. Beverly Kloeppel, director of UNM’s Student Health and Counseling, and Nancy Ridenour, dean of the College of Nursing, agree that the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a significant impact on young adults. The most immediate impact will be on young adults, who now have the ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance until the age of 26, Kloeppel said. People aged 19-29 make up one-third of the uninsured population in the United States, Kloeppel said.
The City of Albuquerque Transit Department reported a 15.4 percent increase in ridership compared with last year, reaching a 1 million rider high for the month of March. According to a press release, since January 2.8 million passengers have taken some sort of ABQ Ride public transportation.
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