UNM faculty and students played a key role in the Supreme Court’s recent decision to bar the execution of mentally retarded inmates. UNM law professor James Ellis was a major component in the legal victory. He assisted in preparing the legal brief and delivered the oral argument before the Supreme Court Justices.
During the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education’s two-day retreat last weekend, the group addressed several issues, including revising the state funding model used to establish budgets for higher education institutions. The commission, which serves as the coordinating board that provides policy recommendations to the state legislature, also addressed distance learning initiatives and improved communication between member constituents.
The Access to Essential Medicines Expo, sponsored by Doctors Without Borders, visited UNM last week trying to raise awareness of the crisis people living in developing countries without adequate medical care face. The walkway outside the UNM Bookstore was scattered with flytraps; attached were information cards about the parasites associated with the tsetse fly and other statistics.
Due to the new exclusive contract between UNM and Pepsi, five full-time Vending Services employees will be laid off next month. After their last day on July 12, the employees will be placed on layoff status and officially lose their jobs. Layoff status can last up to six months.
The American Nurses Association's prediction that up to 40 percent of the nursing workforce will retire after 2010 is forcing the UNM College of Nursing to seek additional legislative funding to increase enrollment.
Deceased former UNM professor Frank Hibben left evidence of his passion for archaeology through his contribution to the development of the Hibben Archaeological Center, which is slated to be completed by the fall semester.
The second suicide bombing in two days in Jerusalem left at least seven people dead and 35 wounded on Wednesday, as Israel prepared to implement a new policy of seizing and holding Palestinian territory in response to terrorist attacks.
At a time when state drought conditions are beginning to reach emergency levels, the UNM campus may consume as many as 38 million gallons of water a month this summer, private contractor Joe Griffenberg said.
An interactive, multimedia exhibit explaining effective and affordable medicines for people in developing countries is rolling through UNM.
Albuquerque officials have decided to discontinue the city's UNM work-study program due to recent budget cuts.
Often mentioned as one of the most important people in the UNM and New Mexico arts communities, Clinton Adams, former dean of the College of Fine Arts, died last month of cancer.
Students will have to wait a little longer for a Student Union Building as construction is not due to finish for a few more months.
The Board of Regents chose political science professor and administrative alumnus F. Chris Garcia in a unanimous vote to be UNM's president for a year while they search for Bill Gordon's replacement.
Master's degree offered to study optical science Beginning in the fall semester, a new master's degree program in optical science and engineering will be available to students. Students will have a choice of three areas of emphasis: thesis, course and internship-based studies.
Fred Sturm, a UNM philosophy professor, has been appointed to serve as president of the Society of Philosophers in America by its board of directors.
The ball finally got rolling on the 2002-03 UNM operating budget during the Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee meeting Wednesday when the budget expenditure levels were approved for the regents' review.
The Albuquerque community celebrated Channel 27's second Annual Freedom of Speech Day Saturday after Gov. Gary Johnson proclaimed June 1 as Freedom of Speech Day in New Mexico.
A UNM chemistry professor earned a $425,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study techniques to improve technology used with CAT scans, MRIs and X-rays.
UNM awards exclusive soda contract to Pepsi UNM has awarded the Pepsi Bottling Group an eight-year contract that will pay the University about $1 million a year and will give exclusive bottled and fountain drink sales rights to the international soft drink company.
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