UNM Mailing Systems has set up an opt-out program for employees who want to stop receiving inter-campus flyers. However, students and most student employees can't take advantage of the program. Before the program started Sept. 3, Mailing Systems generated lists targeting specific employees, assistant postmaster Alisha Foster said.
Daily Lobo: So, what's your major? Alyssa Adams: I'm actually undecided. I feel like I'm a professional soul-seeker. DL: Are you confused about what to choose as a major? AA: No, I'm just really interested in taking a lot of different classes. I like to have the different experience.
Dr. Paul Magarelli is on a mission to reduce the cost of in vitro fertilization in New Mexico. Magarelli, one of about 600 board-certified doctors of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, founded his clinic at UNM Hospital five years ago. Since then, more than 100 babies have been born in New Mexico to parents who used IVF.
English department chairman David Jones resigned Wednesday after battling turmoil within the department for nearly a year. The department is looking for one of its full-time faculty members to replace Jones by the end of this week. Jones, who presided over the English department for the past three years, was chairman during the controversy surrounding creative writing associate professor Lisa Chavez, who posed in sexually suggestive photos with a student.
Tennis legend Pete Sampras faced rising star Sam Querrey in an exhibition match at The Pit on Friday. The professional duo played the best of three sets - with Sampras defeating Querrey 6-5, 6-3 - and raised at least $15,000 for the UNM Children's Hospital, said Hazel Tull-Leach, the hospital's executive director.
Author Anna Baltzer spoke Wednesday about the conflicts Palestinians face with the Israeli government on the West Bank. But some students who attended the event thought the presentation was one-sided. "I want to debunk the myth that this is Jews versus Muslims.
Do you think student groups should be able to exclude people based on religion? Patrick Dylan Sophomore History "Yeah, I think they should be able to. I mean, it's their group. They have a special interest and it's whatever they are involved in. How can you have someone in your group that isn't even involved in what the group stands for?" Samuel Combs Senior Africana Studies "First off, me being an African-American student and one of the few of them around here, I would absolutely say that that's not right.
UNM and CNM joined APS this semester in an educational partnership to encourage children to prepare for college as early as kindergarten. President David Schmidly, CNM President Katharine Winograd and APS Superintendent Winston Brooks gathered at Sombra del Monte Elementary in August to sign the agreement.
Faculty and staff can now get free passes to ride city buses, an announcement that comes nearly a month after President David Schmidly said the passes would be available. Schmidly announced Aug. 11 that the University had worked with the city to provide free bus passes to faculty and staff.
T. Boone Pickens has a plan for energy consumption and development. He is traveling across the U.S. to promote the "Pickens Plan," in which he outlines a way for America to become energy independent by focusing on renewable, domestic energy. The 80-year-old billionaire told a crowd of about 2,000 people at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Wednesday that his money is not enough to motivate politicians in Washington - he needs the support of Americans.
Staff Report The Lobo Conservatives will host an event tonight to commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Stephen Dinkel, president of the Lobo Conservatives, said students should gather to remember the lives lost seven years ago. "We want to remember the victims that were lost," Dinkel said.
The UNM chapter of the Public Interest Research Group is putting a buccaneering spin on voter registration. As part of its "Arrrrrre You Registered to Vote?" campaign, about 15 volunteers dressed up as pirates and hopped aboard the "vote boat." Instead of searching for booty and hidden treasure, these bandits set out to register college students for the Nov.
GPSA created an ad hoc committee this semester to help international graduate and professional students acclimate to UNM. Graduate and Professional Student Association President Christopher Ramirez said the committee is a student-run initiative designed to give international grad students the direction they need and to answer questions about university life.
Each day, nearly 25,000 students rush around campus - and more than 21,000 of them commute to get there, according to UNM. Students say the resulting traffic adds stress to their already busy days. Cheo Torres, vice president of Student Affairs, said UNM never meant for students to have so much trouble.
Hispanic Business Incorporated ranked UNM's schools of law, business and medicine among the top 10 in the nation for Hispanic students. Most notably, the UNM School of Law was ranked No. 1 for Hispanics out of 185 accredited universities. The School of Engineering was ranked third of 197 universities, and the School of Medicine was No.
UNM's marketing department unveiled new plans to advertise the University on Tuesday. The department created a television ad, as well as online social networking pages on Facebook, YouTube and MySpace, and a photo-sharing page for UNM students at Flickr.unm.
UNM welcomed 15 National Merit Scholars and 24 National Hispanic Scholars into the freshman class this year. These 39 scholars add to the 15 Merit and Hispanic scholars who were already enrolled, said Rosalie Otero, director of the University Honors Program.
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