UNM honors assistant professor Celia L¢pez-Ch†vez provided a detailed timeline of the Jesuit economy in San Juan, Argentina, from 1540-1767 for listeners at the Latin American and Iberian Institute Friday.
When Marlon Parmer left the UNM men's basketball team last week, head coach Fran Fraschilla said he and his staff had helped Parmer through academic, legal and team issues.
In a year when the state Legislature is eyeing across-cross-the-board budget cuts, UNM's graduate student government found that sometimes it just pays to be lucky.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, bolstered by the West Coast's Nisqually earthquake and the World Trade Organization protests, have led colleges to take a serious look at emergency management as an academic discipline.
Winona LaDuke, author and former Green Party vice presidential candidate, will be making two appearances on the UNM campus Tuesday to discuss indigenous people and environmental issues.
In what would rank as the first major testing change in 30 years, an influential faculty committee proposed Wednesday that the University of California scrap the frequently criticized SAT I aptitude exam and seek new custom-designed admissions tests to measure what a student has learned in high school.
The UNM Institute for Medieval Studies is sponsoring a series of free seminars titled "The Plagues of the Middle Ages" that begin tonight and run through Saturday afternoon.
Lack of good urban planning contributes to problems such as dependence on automobiles, pedestrian deaths and degrading communities, panelists said Thursday during an off-campus public forum.
The Economics Department at UNM is sponsoring a presentation today titled, "Toward a Sustainable Los Angeles: A Nature's Services Approach." The presentation, by Stephanie Pincetl, research associate professor in geography and coordinator of the Sustainable Cities Program at the University of Southern California, is at 2:30 p.m. in the Social Sciences building, Room 1002.
A study complied by a UNM professor says women who are physically abused are in poorer health than women who are not involved in intimate partner violence.
While the economic downturn has hit small businesses hard nationwide, local entrepreneur Melinda Rand-Kenefic said she sees it as a chance to improve customer service.
1,000 Friends of New Mexico is sponsoring an off-campus forum tonight about the effects of urbanization on health and how the community can help.
David Iglesias, the recently appointed U.S. Attorney General for the district of New Mexico, spoke Wednesday about his new position and its role in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
The attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to let courts in New Mexico use a particular field test to check whether a driver is drunk.
It's been almost three months since anyone has seen or heard from Pennsylvania State University senior Cindy Song, and nobody has a clue where she is.
A group of UNM students visited with legislators Tuesday to discuss University priorities during Student Day at the state Legislature.
The inevitable impact of changes in UNM employee health insurance on faculty and staff members was the focus of discussion during a town hall meeting on campus Tuesday.
The Faculty Senate received a legislative session update and approved resolutions regarding the library system, CIRT and restructuring in the College of Education Tuesday.
Faculty and staff at the UNM Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine expressed relief Monday after hospital administration dropped - for now - plans to close a small gymnasium to make way for office space.
History will remember President Bush's commanding speech to the nation nine days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But his first State of the Union address Tuesday night might be a bigger test of his leadership.
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