President Bush promoted small businesses, tax relief, improved relations with Mexico and education accountability on Wednesday during a speech at the opening ceremony for the Barelas Job Opportunity Center in Albuquerque.
Friends and family say former UNM professor Howard Dittmer had a love for biology and students that seeped into every part of his life.
The UNM Board of Regents voted last week to end its association with one Albuquerque institution while expanding its ties to Taos.
During the next two weeks, those interested in shopping at the UNM Bookstore will have to show their Lobocards or prove they are enrolled in classes so students can benefit from a tax break on textbooks.
Marceil DeLacy will deliver a talk about healer, educator and writer Mary Baker Eddy’s life and legacy Tuesday from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Kiva Lecture Hall.
Food ranging from green chile stew to ice cream, local bands and student organizations recruiting members are a few of the things that will greet new and returning students during Welcome Back Days.
UNM signed an agreement with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories Aug. 7 that pledges the institutions’ commitment to researching nanoscience.
The Management Development Center at UNM’s Anderson Schools of Management is offering seven certificate programs in Albuquerque this fall.
Despite being shuffled around campus, Agora Crisis Center and Students Educating Peers About Sex both have found shelter at the Psychology Clinic, are seeking volunteers and are available to help community members. The Agora Crisis Center is the oldest crisis center in the country and was started in 1970. Molly Brack, Agora’s professional director, said professors and students established the organization because they were concerned that no crisis intervention services were available in Albuquerque.
Bulldozers continue to reign at UNM as a variety of prominent construction projects are well under way.
An external review of the UNM General Library and Dean Robert Migneault found a lack of substantive strategic planning, low staff morale, deteriorating physical facilities, a problematic management structure and a questionable salary structure.
A delegation of 30 visitors from Thailand, including representatives of Naresuan University, the Thailand Office of Medical Education, Ministry of Public Health and various affiliate hospitals recently toured the UNM School of Medicine. The medical school was one of four U.S. medical schools, along with Harvard, John Hopkins and Stanford, selected for the tour because of its reputation for progressive, high-quality education, clinical care, biomedical research programs and community outreach.
While most UNM students are still enjoying their summer, a group of 28 freshmen are completing their fourth week of intensive academic study.
Iowa State University student Tim Lappe feels like a rock star every time his solar car team rolls into a new town that serves on a checkpoint on the trek from Chicago to Los Angeles.
UNM professor David Dunaway said with the upcoming 75th anniversary of Route 66, Americans should take a look at the memorable road and realize that there are many more stories still to be made and told.
Provost Brian Foster announced that Robert J. Desiderio, dean of the UNM Law School for the past four years, will resign from his position effective June 30, 2002.
A 21-year-old woman said in a UNM police report that she was raped while at a bachelor party at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, which has led to the emergency suspension of the fraternity and one of its members.
Solar-powered cars competing along a 2,300-mile course and famed Mexican folkloric dancer Miguel Caro-Zarigoza are set to make appearances at UNM’s free festivities for the Route 66 Diamond Jubilee.
UNM President Bill Gordon announced today he has named Julie C. Weaks to serve as vice president for Business and Finance effective immediately.
The lush meadows of the Jemez Mountains were dotted with 18 tents on a sunny Saturday morning. Erica Dennison sat by the campfire as Ashley Sarracino braided her hair. Brian Mann sat on a log nearby, observing the setting.
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