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Fired professor files suit against UNM

A former UNM professor has filed a lawsuit against the University and three medical school employees alleging discrimination and harassment, as well as being retaliated against for failing students whom she caught cheating on a final examination. Cynthia Lopez, who taught courses in the Master of Health program, filed the lawsuit Thursday in Bernalillo County District Court.

UNM student stabbed, killed at local party

Staff Report UNM student Andres Arguello was stabbed to death Saturday at a party in the University area. Cousins Christopher Jaramillo and Valentino Jaramillo are being held in relation to the crimes, according the Albuquerque Police Department. Valentino Jaramillo is accused of stabbing Arguello in the chest.

Record year for lottery scholarships

Because of record sales and profits set by the New Mexico Lottery Authority this year, Lance Ross, spokesman for the authority, said that the future of the Lottery Scholarship has been ensured for a "long time." "Every dollar of net revenue and profit helps ensure the longevity of the program," Ross said.

Students welcomed to campus

UNM will sponsor a record number of new international students this fall semester. And, in an attempt to make those new students feel welcome, University President F. Chris Garcia played host during an ice cream social at University House. "It makes me feel special," said Loreto Catoira, a first-year doctoral student from Spain.

U.S. elitism product of commerce

Yankees are classist pig-dogs: You are sitting in a Filipino Karaoke/Strip-Bar in one of the more sketchy sections of downtown Manila. You sip a San Miguel and watch a 4'10" pinoy baritone belt out "One Sweet Day" with the accompaniment of a half-naked stripper he is paying 250 pesos an hour to sing with him - roughly five US dollars. He is really getting into it and is noticeably drunk. The stripper, meanwhile, sings the Mariah Carey part with forced and false emotion. She is merely doing her job.

Misconduct policy revised by board

The Research Policy Committee has revised a new procedure for research misconduct to comply with federal regulations for government-funded research.

New PET scanning

UNM Hospital has received its first PET scan device, a state-of-the art machine that will be used for diagnostics and training in a number of health fields.

Ibarra plans to increase minority numbers

UNM President William Gordon has created a new position that will enhance recruitment and retention efforts of women and minorities in faculty and staff jobs on campus.

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The UNM Scholarships Office and the Student Government Accounting Office now require more documentation from organizations that want to issue awards or grants to individual students.

UNM attractive to deaf students

Being deaf or hard of hearing can be an aggravating challenge. Interacting with a world that doesn't share a person's communication system and doesn't understand that person's situation can make an already challenging situation stressful and hampered.

Student receives SIPES money

UNM student Michael Petronis was recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists.

Agora seeks additional funds

The Agora Crisis Center is starting the new academic year with a pledge to make its presence more known to UNM, said Jeremy Jaramillo, the center's director of budget and finance.

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Redondo Road South will be closed to through traffic between Martin Luther King Drive and Yale Boulevard July 29 through August 18.

Health Center adds new visit fees

Students who make appointments at the Student Health Center will now have to pay a fee for each visit.

Several high-traffic campus restrooms to receive overhaul

In a move to improve building facilities on campus, the Physical Plant Department is renovating and remodeling several high-traffic restrooms on campus.

Cooling plant will receive $55 million renovation

The UNM Physical Plant, which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of facilities, will renovate a 50-year-old cooling plant to improve the reliability of utilities on campus. The construction will be the beginning of a five-year project and is budgeted at $55 million.

UNM looks to donors for revenue

In a time of tight state budgets, a poor economy and the ever-increasing costs of education, institutions are turning toward development as a major way of attracting private donations to compliment state and tuition funding. Leslie Elgood, director of University Development and president of the UNM Foundation, said once accounting totals are completed later this month, she expects the foundation and its development offices to have raised more than $37 million, a new record for the foundation.

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