UNM, in collaboration with other educational institutions in the Southwest, is organizing lobbying efforts to have New Mexico selected as the site for a new imaging radio astronomy telescope. The Low Frequency Array Telescope, also known as LOFAR, will be a major new multi-element imaging telescope designed to operate within low frequency ranges.
In an official vote by the Faculty Senate, two-thirds of respondents favor presidential candidate Carlos Santiago and more than 80 percent think the next UNM president should have experience as an educator and academic scholar. Beverly Burris, president of UNM's Faculty Senate, said 30 senators responded to the three-part survey.
State Gov. Richardson declines bid to run for president WASHINGTON (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert he won't accept a nomination to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate. "I love being governor. I love being in New Mexico.
About 50 peace activists and poets showed up to watch 13 more shave their heads to show opposition for the U.S.-led war in Iraq and to honor of the victims of the conflict on Sunday. "Peace Buzz," was designed as an avenue for local artists and activists in a profound personal statement of mourning for the victims of the war in Iraq to send a collective cry for peace, said Sue Chavez, a member of the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, co-sponsor of the event.
Drummer Donna "C," of The Donnas, performs during a free concert for UNM students on Johnson Field Friday. The concert, part of College Television Network's Music Binge Tour, was sponsored by Student Special Events.
UNM star center Jordan Adams was selected 18th by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2003 WNBA draft on Friday. Adams is the first UNM women's basketball player from UNM to be drafted into the WNBA.
Arthur Simoni, managing editor of the Daily Lobo, has been named to lead the newspaper into its 109th year as the 2003-04 editor in chief. Simoni, 27, is a junior majoring in University Studies. He was selected for the position by the Student Publications Board on April 11 and will take over editorship of the paper May 4.
Staff Report More than 60 Albuquerque area high school students are getting a taste of the UNM Health Sciences Center job market through a partnership between the University and the city. The Job Mentor Program is a project funded by the Albuquerque Business Education Compact and operated by the City of Albuquerque Job Training and Family Services Division.
The U.S. Army War College's Current Affairs Panel visited UNM Wednesday to discuss a number of issues including the shifting focus of national security in the United States and the country's role in the globalization of the world. Joe Manous, lieutenant colonel in the U.
Moments after winning the 2003-04 Miss Indian UNM pageant at Hokona Hall Wednesday night, Jerelene Yazzie receives congratulations from Deidre Sanders of Durango, Colo. Yazzie, 26, is a senior in the Anderson Schools of Management planning to pursue a master's degree in finance next fall.
Members of UNM's Faculty Senate received a questionnaire Wednesday asking for feedback regarding each of the five presidential finalists, including their professional qualifications, as well who they think should be the next UNM president. The questionnaire comes after a faculty-only meeting Wednesday where several faculty members, many of them senators, expressed concern about disparities between presidential qualifications and the academic backgrounds of at least one of the finalists.
Diversity interests Santiago Ryan Floersheim UNM presidential candidate Carlos Santiago said he wants the position because he is interested in the diverse population of New Mexico and because his administrative experience closely parallels the responsibilities of the job.
Staff Report A group of about 30 UNM faculty members, most of them from the Faculty Senate, indicated with an informal vote Tuesday that they heavily favor presidential candidate Carlos Santiago and that they doubt candidate Louis Caldera is qualified to lead UNM.
By researching campus topics, working closely with the University community and using her experience from a career in higher education that began more than 30 years ago, Linda Bunnell Shade said she would succeed as UNM president. "I have admired UNM from afar," she told audience members at a public forum for University staff Tuesday.
A teach-in on campus designed to offer several perspectives on the war in Iraq focused on historical U.S. occupation in different countries. Sponsored by the UNM American Studies Department, the "Teach-in on the war in Iraq and its consequences" featured a panel of six UNM professors representing five different departments.
UNM's Faculty Senate used its last meeting of the year to recognize the work of outgoing President Chris Garcia. "I'd like to thank you all for your service for the Faculty Senate," Garcia told members during his report. He also applauded the work of the faculty during the last year and expressed his hope that professors will aid UNM's next president as much as they helped him.
A UNM chemistry professor recently received the top award that emphasizes higher education for analytical chemists, recognizing him as one of the best chemistry educators of all time in the United States. Chris Enke, whose career in education spans more than four decades including teaching stints at Princeton University, Michigan State and most recently UNM, is one of only 21 individuals to have been selected to receive the J.
Former U.S. Senator and political mainstay Gary Hart told members of the UNM community Monday that to secure our future in these uncertain times, we must revive and restore the values of the public. Hart, who stopped at UNM as part of a national tour designed to gauge the country's support for his ideas as he explores a possible candidacy for president in 2004, gave the lecture "The Iraq War and America's Role in the World.
In the aftermath of six Albuquerque Public Schools teachers' suspensions, a four-member panel addressed issues such as the First Amendment's role in classrooms and fielded questions from about 50 local educators at the Anderson Schools of Management Monday night.
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