UNM is ranked eighth on Hispanic Magazine's "Guide to the Top 25 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics" in its March 2001 issue.
International scholars will invade UNM this week, delving into medieval Spain and the three cultures that once ruled the Iberian peninsula during the University’s Institute for Medieval Studies 16th annual spring lecture series.
At least 50 doctors are needed to adequately serve the Las Cruces area’s health care needs, an official from Triad Hospitals Inc. said.
Despite the rosiest of forecasts, UNM’s top priority of staff and salary compensation was in danger of dying during the final weekend of this year’s legislative session. Gov. Gary Johnson signed a more-than $3.8 billion budget package into law Friday, ensuring that public schools and state agencies will have money to operate in the fiscal year starting July 1, but he vetoed $95 million in next year’s spending proposed by lawmakers.
Health inspectors are reevaluating the health conditions in the ASUNM Crafts Studio after a Daily Lobo article drew attention to the organization’s move to the first floor of the Communication and Journalism building.
The Daily Lobo will not be publishing between March 12-16 because the University is on Spring Break, but the staff will be updating the Web site. Continue to check out www.dailylobo.com for news updates and coverage of the men's and women's basketball teams as they continue in post-season play.
While the majority of the campus is observing Spring Break, Parking and Transportation Services will be inforcing parking policies because March 12-17 is only an academic break.
The focus on education during the recent presidential election prompted the University to choose "Our Children's Future" as the topic for this year's 21st Century Speakers Series at UNM.
Many students at UNM have heard a thing or two about the new dorms, but no one seems to know what will become of the $12 million dollar project when it is finished this summer.
Supporters of indigenous rights walked from UNM to downtown Albuquerque Tuesday to present the Mexican Consulate with nine pages of signatures supporting the Zapatista movement.
The ASUNM Steering and Rules Committee unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night to cut all of the New Mexico Daily Lobo's ASUNM funding, which is about $37,000. Sen. Lisa Marie Gomez, along with other member of the committee, agreed that the money would be better spent on other student organizations.
Jennifer Herrera said she wants to help students who are rape and abuse victims to not fear talking about their experiences.
Registered nurse Maria Scarpelli said the current situation for nurses at University of New Mexico Hospital is getting worse. "Nurses are leaving the field because of working conditions, and working conditions are greatly impacted by the fact that we don't have enough nurses," said Scarpelli, who works at UNM Hospital and is a nursing union chapter president.
Sandrea Gonzales, director of the UNM Women's Resource Center, said the best part of her job is watching women who never thought they would make it into college graduate and pursue upper level degree.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Former University of New Mexico basketball player Malcolm Battles pleaded no contest Tuesday to two charges stemming from his December arrest on domestic-abuse allegations. He was sentenced to probation.
The ever-frustrating parking space hunt will get a little easier for members of the UNM community lucky enough to win the lottery. UNM Parking and Transportation Services is opening the former Bob Turner Ford parking lot at the southwest corner of Lomas and University Boulevards to the public via an online lottery system at parktrans.unm.edu/turner.cfm.
SANTA FE — The House has approved a measure to earmark more state lottery proceeds for a college scholarship program while also helping finance public school technology.
Sister Helen Prejean said Sunday during a speech on campus that the death penalty is used because of a corrupt justice system and societal problems, such as racism and discrimination against the poor. Prejean, the author of "Dead Man Walking," spoke at the Continuing Education Auditorium in support of New Mexico legislation for repealing the death penalty. She said that the death penalty is not only inhumane, but is corrupted by the system that uses it.
About 1,000 University of New Mexico employees from academic advisers to child care workers decide on March 22 whether to form a union.
The GPSA Council allocated $600 for an upcoming graduate social and discussed the status of its funds during a Saturday meeting in Zimmerman Library.
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