by Julian R. Lucero-Emmons Daily Lobo Officials of the School of Engineering's Diversity Programs unveiled its new computer and tutorial lab to representatives of several campus and national student organizations Friday. The lab, to be on the second floor of Tapy Hall, will feature tutors, study areas and computers.
by Ryan Floersheim Daily Lobo UNM officials say campus safety has always been a major concern, but this year they want students to become more involved with protecting the UNM community. According to UNM's Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, several organizations across campus are working on new, innovative ways to make UNM as safe as possible.
by Julian R. Lucero-Emmons Daily Lobo The Center for Academic Program support is UNM's main tutorial service to help students succeed by providing academic assistance, one-on-one tutoring appointments and group labs. The program also offers English as a second language tutors, a library and help with study strategies.
by Terrance Cook Daily Lobo In an attempt to improve its programs and reach out to the surrounding community, the Anderson School of Management has begun seeking student input for its strategic planning process. The process is a way of improving the school, achieving department goals and to better reach out to UNM and its surrounding community.
by Stephanie Garc°a Daily Lobo ASUNM and other University organizations are remembering the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by planning a campus-wide commemoration. ASUNM President Jennifer Onuska said that the events of Sept. 11 have not only had an impact on UNM, but also the entire country.
by Julian R. Lucero-Emmons Daily Lobo Thomasine P. Ross, first of four Office of Equal Opportunity director candidates, presented her qualifications, including discrimination investigation, mediation and human resource management, to University officials and students at a forum Thursday.
A UNM student was arrested on charges of aggravated assault Wednesday evening after admitting to UNM police he fired a BB into a Hokona Hall residence room. Brandon Bednarski, a first year student, was arrested by UNMPD and transported to Bernalillo County Detention Center.
Last month University officials expanded electronic options for those interested in becoming UNM employees.
About 170 people were evacuated yesterday from Zimmerman Library and the Social Sciences building after a fire alarm was set off by concrete dust from construction in the area.
Strong leadership skills and compatible engineering research helped Julia Fulghum become the first woman to head UNM's Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department.
Staff Report Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, an environmental watchdog group, filed a lawsuit in federal court last week seeking to block construction of a biohazard research facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The suit alleges that an analysis of environmental, health and safety impact has not been properly conducted.
Next week work will begin on a six-story parking structure at the visitors lot between Popejoy Hall and Johnson Center. "We're always looking at ways of increasing short-term parking," said Josh Kavanagh, associate director of Parking and Transportation Services.
Lorena Olmos, new president of GPSA, said she will work to ensure that UNM's graduate and professional students' concerns are voiced this year ASUNM president Jennifer Onuska said she plans to expand her role as undergraduate student body president to include more communication with the students.
Fenton Lake State Park reopened Thursday just in time for Labor Day vacationers after a wildfire scorched nearly 4,000 acres of forest around the holiday destination.
According to a Harvard University study released last week, the Bridge to Success and Lottery Success scholarship programs do not boost college attendance among N.M. high school seniors and also widens the enrollment gap between whites and minorities.
The doors Wednesday to its cleanroom, a computer chip manufacturing facility, to media representatives, University personnel and guests. The presentation aimed to show off and help promote UNM's cleanroom, a multi-million dollar semiconductor facility, at the Manufacturing Training and Technology Center.
The ASUNM Senate appointed chairs to four special committees and approved five presidential appointments in its opening session of the fall semester Wednesday. The ad hoc committees that were formed during an Associated Students of UNM team-building retreat Aug.
Officials at the UNM School of Law introduced their new dean, Suellyn Scarnecchia, to the University community Tuesday evening at a presentation at the west wing of the school.
Amid growing concern that divisions with Saudi Arabia over Iraq and other issues are threatening U.S. interests in the Middle East, President Bush met Tuesday with the Saudi ambassador as part of an effort to smooth relations with the key strategic and economic ally.
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