In response to the Feb. 15 stabbing, about 70 students, faculty and staff traipsed about campus Thursday looking for safety hazards. The Office of Student Affairs and Student Affairs vice president Eliseo “Cheo” Torres organized a campus safety walk.
UNM is responding to the Feb. 15 student attack by holding a campus safety walk tonight. Students will meet in front of the Saggio’s in the SUB at 6 p.m.
The search for the next School of Engineering dean has narrowed to three final candidates, each of whom will visit campus over the next two weeks. Daniel Fleetwood, Patrick O’Shea and Gregory Washington will each have the opportunity to present and conduct an open forum with students, faculty and the community before the Provost makes a final decision. Fleetwood, chair of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, was the first of the three to visit UNM.
The Arts and Sciences Advisement Center is moving to a bigger and better location this week. The center will be closed until Tuesday to complete the move from Ortega Hall to the Student Services Building, according to an e-mail sent to all Arts and Sciences students on Tuesday.
The reporters at the New Mexico Independent were happy to hear that the special session of the New Mexico Legislature was postponed for five days. Having spent hundreds of hours liveblogging the torturous 30-day legislative session, the staff of the online news source kept New Mexicans informed about how their officials were spending tax dollars.
Computers in one of UNM’s largest departments were hacked last semester, disabling hundreds of terminals and shutting down online services for a week. But no personnel or student information was stolen, said Chris Vallejos, Institutional Support Services spokesman. “I don’t believe it was a virus.
Daily Lobo: What is your major? Megan Howser: Music education. DL: Are you thinking of a having a different major? MH: I also enjoy meteorology. DL: What do you enjoy about meteorology? MH: I love the weather, and I’m just fascinated by how it works. DL: What is your favorite type of weather?
UNM is joining other universities near the U.S.-Mexico border to create a resource center aimed at tackling an issue at the forefront of American politics. UNM signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Feb.
UNM Students and staff are growing accustomed to the updated e-mail system, even if they are disinclined to the sudden change.
UNM alumni are opening up their homes to 12 strangers. “Dinner with 12 Strangers” began about six years ago to better connect alumni and students.
With 40 years of experience, Paul Biderman has all the right stuff when it comes to his position as director of the Institute of Public Law at UNM.
“Was I the only one who put glue on my hands and peeled it off for fun when I was a kid?” J.D. Juerling, vice president of UNM Bigs, asked this question while making an art project with his little brother from Big Brothers Big Sisters.
For the first time ever, the Student Veterans of UNM will sponsor scholarships for two student veterans starting in the summer semester. Zack Mutchler, president of Student Veterans of UNM, said the scholarships are important to supplement the financial assistance the government gives to veterans.
GPSA is trying to decide if it should volunteer some money to keep the student UNM newspaper afloat. At a meeting Saturday, GPSA discussed whether to give funding to the Daily Lobo from GPSA’s funds.
Full Disclosure: Mario Trujillo is the editor-in-chief of Conceptions Southwest Written into the ASUNM government’s constitution is a clause that automatically allots 8.5 percent of its budget to Student Publications.
UNM President David Schmidly unveiled Wednesday the list of students, faculty and administrators who will make up a new team of advisers. Schmidly asked Faculty Senate leadership — but not GPSA and Staff Council — for a list of possible candidates for the team.
It’s no secret that property crime is common around UNM, and Mayor Richard Berry is not happy about it. Berry said he is planning to tackle the property crime problem and unveiled his plan to do so January. “Eight out of 10 crimes committed in Albuquerque are property crimes,” he said in a Daily Lobo interview.
The grammar in Facebook postings or instant messages might make some teachers cringe, but not North Carolina State University Professor Chris Anson.
UNMPD released a sketch of a “person of interest” officers would like to interview in connection with the Monday night stabbing of a UNM student.
The UNM community is responding to the earthquake in Haiti with on-the-ground support. The New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team sent 23 doctors — six from University Hospital — to Haiti for a two-week deployment.
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