Gary Scharnhorst, a UNM English professor, was recently selected as chairperson of the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association, which is the highest elected office for a professor in that field.
Health and Fitness Instructor Nicholas Spezza meets with his Self Defense class Monday in Johnson Center. The class is scheduled to meet once a week until the end of April. Also pictured from left are graduate students Laura Fausto and Joy Davidson.
When Bryan stopped taking drugs six months ago, he got through the worst of his heroin withdrawal in a week. It was Xanax that tortured him for a full month.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Specialists in emergency, internal, natural and sports medicine from the UNM Medical School will be offering free "mini med-school" sessions beginning Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Faculty Senate received a legislative session update and approved resolutions regarding the library system, CIRT and restructuring in the College of Education Tuesday.
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.
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