Only 2 percent of graduating medical students plan to pursue careers in primary-care internal medicine, according to a study released earlier this month. Linda Simmons, senior residency coordinator of internal medicine at the UNM School of Medicine, said residents have been changing their area of concentration.
UNM will host a Civil Rights Symposium in the SUB today and Friday to get students and community members talking about the far-reaching effects of racial strife. Dan Cryer, a coordinator for the event, said the issues of the Civil Rights Movement are still critical for students today.
UNM and community colleges around New Mexico are making an effort to give adults who perform below high school level a second shot at education. So far, 28 Adult Basic Education programs are offered at community colleges around the state and at UNM branch campuses.
The UNM Foundation, which raises money for UNM, became independent of the University this summer. The Foundation is a nonprofit institution and raised $85.5 million for various colleges and University projects through fundraisers and endowments last year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down almost 3,000 points from this time last year, and many major banks are flirting with bankruptcy. In light of the changing economy, University experts encourage students to consider their finances now and plan for the future.
The Student Employment Office is calling UNM's on-campus job fair - held the first week of school - a success. Twenty-three percent of studentsˇwere offered anˇinterviewˇatˇthe fair, according to survey results released this week. Forty-five percent of students who attended the fair were freshman, 16 percent were sophomores, 20 percent were juniors, 8 percent were seniors and 9.
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is under pressure from the UNM College Democrats and Republicans alike for allegedly registering voters illegally. According to an article in the Albuquerque Journal on Sept. 17, the Bernalillo County Clerk's Office notified prosecutors in state and federal law enforcement agencies that it had received fraudulent registration cards from ACORN.
Sigma Chi fraternity members were charged with minor-in-possession offenses when police broke up an off-campus party Sept. 14, according to a police report. Sigma Chi President Jacob Salmon said the incident occurred at a private party and that penalties for the members are being administered by the fraternity's executive board.
How safe is the construction work on campus? To find out, the Daily Lobo asked Lynn Meiers, a construction superintendent who has been in the business for 45 years. Daily Lobo: Do you find it difficult to work with so many students running around all day? Lynn Meiers: I'm responsible for everything.
Soon students will no longer be able to access financial aid and admissions on Main Campus, as plans to move the Student Services Center are in the works. The center, now in Mesa Vista Hall, will relocate most of its student-oriented amenities to the old Lockheed Martin building off of University Boulevard and Avenida Cesar Chavez - about one mile from UNM - by the spring semester.
The UNM Sustainability Studies Program is hosting the Lobo Growers Market at Cornell Plaza today. The event will showcase local farmers and two technologies developed by Sustainability Studies. As part of a campuswide sustainability initiative, the program bought a biodiesel Mercedes Sprinter van and converted an old trailer into a solar-powered performance and information kiosk.
The loss of faculty in major departments such as mathematics and statistics has become a major issue, and there are no funds to solve the problem, department members said. "We are in a crisis situation for mathematics and statistics in terms of faculty," said mathematics professor James Ellison.
Daily Lobo: What made you choose political science? John Dyrcz: I was always involved in international affairs, even when I was a younger kid. I traveled a lot at an early age. I was never really concerned with U.S. affairs. Then as I grew older, it was still something that I had a big interest for.
More than 600 families are on the waiting list for UNM's child care program - a number GPSA says is unacceptable. Graduate and Professional Student Association Council Chairwoman Lissa Knudsen said students need better access to child care facilities and that the GPSA tried to hire a lobbyist to ask the Legislature for money to expand UNM's child care program.
Staff Report There were 22 arrests for liquor law violations and 67 motor vehicle thefts on campus last year, according to a recent report from the UNM Police Department. The statistics of all reported crimes on campus in 2007 include crimes like homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft and several others.
Representatives from International Student Volunteers held seminars in the SUB on Thursday to recruit students for their volunteer-adventure program. "Our purpose and mission is to create an environment conducive to combining education, conservation and recreation," ISV American Recruitment Coordinator Sam Yax said.
Staff Report Professor Scott Sanders will become interim chairman for the English department. Sanders will replace former chairman David Jones and serve until July 2009. Jones announced Sept. 10 that he would transfer to the new position of special assistant to the dean for International Programs.
Sheriff Darren White came to UNM on Thursday to meet his supporters and stress the importance of the upcoming election. White, the Republican candidate for the District 1 congressional seat, said his long-standing interest in politics has shown him how to solve America's problems.
The growing trend of online health assessment has come to UNM. Students can now log on to Web sites such as PingMyHealth.org and the Electronic Checkup To Go, or E-CHUG, at Unm.edu/~cosap. "The E-CHUG is an excellent online alcohol assessment tool that had its beginnings here at COSAP," said Jill Anne Yeagley, Campus Office of Substance Abuse Prevention program manager.
UNM was given $2.5 million this semester to start one of the nation's first fetal alcohol research centers. The program is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The New Mexico Alcohol Research Center will look at the effects of alcohol on the brain.
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