News
Senate OKs 12 percent increase in student fees
Andrew Webb | October 25Students will likely vote whether to raise ASUNM fee paid by undergraduates from $14 to $20 during the November general election.
State revenue decline threatens UNM funds
Iliana Limn | October 25Many of the University's top funding requests including faculty and staff salary compensation for next year may be in danger as the faltering national economy strikes closer to home, UNM President Bill Gordon said Wednesday.
Students take to sidewalk for campus safety event
Andrew Webb | October 24About 200 students roamed every nook and cranny of UNM in search of missing lights, dark corners, tripping hazards and other potential dangers during the fall semester safety walk Tuesday.
Students try hand at NASA projects
Misty P. Salaz | October 24The Center for Intelligent Systems Engineering at the UNM School of Engineering is giving graduate students a chance to conduct intelligent research and gain real world experience.
U.S. aiding anti-Taliban forces
October 23The United States is stepping up efforts to help Afghan fighters trying to break through the Taliban forces guarding approaches to the capital city of Kabul
Two postal workers dead from anthrax
October 23Two postal workers in the nation's capital are apparently dead of anthrax, and two more were hospitalized Monday with dangerous pulmonary anthrax infections, escalating bioterrorism's toll on America.
Job performance says it all for deaf student
Ruben Gonzales | October 23UNM student Tim Garcia works full time at UNM’s Parking and Transportation Services department and says that people with disabilities can find a job and do it well.
Just kickin' it
October 23Freshmen Olwan Tenoso and Bao Nguyen practice moves during their karate class in Johnson Center Monday afternoon.
IMC alternative to `corporate media'
Andrew Webb | October 22A group of independent filmmakers, radio producers, writers and others hope to provide an alternative to what they call corporate media by following a growing worldwide trend towards the creation of independent media centers.
Professor to discuss status of corporate globalization
October 19Tim Canova, associate professor at the UNM School of Law, will present "Globalization at the Cross-Roads or at the Brink?" today at noon at the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, 801 Yale Blvd.
Physicist argues against global warming theory
Andrew Webb | October 19Changes in global temperature and sea levels reflect natural fluctuations that have occurred throughout history and are not caused by pollution, according to an environmental professor who spoke at a UNM forum Thursday.
Proposed fee increase may help emerging student groups
Andrew Webb | October 18A bill that would raise the ASUNM fee paid by undergraduate students from $14 to $20, and would increase funding available for student groups by $200,000 cleared its first hurdle Wednesday.
Forum focuses on understanding civil rights
Alma Olaechea | October 18With heightened security and protests nationwide due to last month's terrorist attacks, attorneys offered suggestions on handling police confrontation and emphasized the importance of understanding civil rights during a campus forum Wednesday.
Capitol Hill under quarantine
October 18Congressional leaders closed the House of Representatives on Wednesday night for five days, cleared the Senate complex of most employees and searched the entire Capitol for anthrax after 31 people tested positive for exposure.
Grant allows UNM to sponsor science institute
October 17UNM has received a $100,000 National Science Foundation grant to hold a two-week interdisciplinary science institute in Argentina in June.
Art exhibit focuses on dealing with pain
Andrew Webb | October 17About 100 people, many from UNM's cultural studies departments and the School of Medicine, turned out for the opening of a new exhibition at the University Art Museum aimed at connecting art and the management of pain Tuesday.
Today's menu: choose from three events during lunch
October 17The UNM community can attend an anti-violence event, soul food cookout or concert all at lunchtime today near Zimmerman Library.
Speakers discuss tenets of Islam
Andrew Webb | October 16Terrorists do not represent Islam because they defy one of the basic tenants of the religion, according to a panel of Muslim experts that gathered for a UNM forum Monday to educate people about the growing faith.
