For the third year in a row, students from the Anderson School of Management returned from the Small Business Institute’s Project of the Year Competition in New Orleans with accolades in hand. This time around, the students enjoyed two third-place finishes: one in the Graduate/Specialized category, the other in the Graduate/Comprehensive category.
The third annual LoboTHON, UNM's philanthropic 13.1 hour Dance Marathon, will be held on April 2 at noon in Johnson Gym to help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. LoboTHON is both an event and organization that hosts events all year, the dance marathon is the biggest event the organization hosts. Matthew Davoudzadeh, executive director of LoboTHON, said it provides a way to celebrate all the other events throughout the year while raising money for the Children's Miracle Hospital in the process.
If you have walked north out of Zimmerman library you have probably noticed a distinct smell in the air. That smell comes from the Dogwood trees, which are the white trees that are along the sides of the walkway exiting the library. Along with the smell, you can hear the comments about how the trees themselves smell rather funky from those who have passed them.
How would we feel if another nation overthrew our government and installed a brutal dictator who murdered and tortured many of us? The C.I.A. overthrew the government of Iran in 1953 and installed the brutal Shah. His secret police murdered up to 60,000 Iranians and tortured many more. President Carter preached human rights, but Carter hypocritically called the Shah “our best friend in the Middle East.”
New Mexico returns to league play following a high-scoring affair in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech jumped all over UNM starter James Harrington, who only lasted 2.1 innings in a 14-10 loss on the road. Harrington threw 61 pitches, allowing eight runs, five of which were earned.
The ethereal washed sounds of psychedelic rock band Sun Dog have been permeating Albuquerque’s music scene for almost half a decade. Now with both an EP and album under their belt, the group has been touring out of state to share their music across the nation. Sun Dog is comprised of vocalist/guitarist Colin Roxford, guitarist/organist Jon Deyhle, drummer Maxwell Graves and bassist Luz Allison. It originated four years ago as dddiamonddd, a rock band.
The New Mexico football team may have some new faces and experience some change and adversity, but as the team gets ready for spring practice, the head coach said there will be one clear focus — consistency. In Monday’s press conference, head coach Bob Davie discussed the state of the football program. He said the team continued to show growth and improvement last season and is moving in a positive direction, but one of the biggest obstacles it faced was inconsistency.
UNM’s Brain & Behavioral Health Institute and the New Mexico Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association collaborated on a conference titled “Dementia Capable Providers: Person-Centered Solutions” that is currently running though Thursday morning. The conference, which will end at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, aims to share the latest research in the field with public health policy makers and health care providers.
A group of UNM graduate students are facilitating access to education for girls going to school in Pakistan and Afghanistan — two countries marred by war and violence. The students provide lectures to girls in primary schools in Pakistan and facilitate their access to an education by providing financial support.
Soon after 1920, Hitler, who wanted “to make Germany great again” following Germany’s humiliation in World War I, privately formed a group of goons who would break up any “disorder” at his Party gatherings. Sound familiar these days? Yes, witness what is happening at Trump rallies.
Before voting to increase undergraduate student tuition by 2.5 percent, the UNM Board of Regents elected to hold off on voting for an online course delivery fee redistribution proposal, in order to do some fine-tuning. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Terry Babbitt presented the proposal at Tuesday’s UNM Board of Regents’ annual Budget Summit, saying that it would help the University’s presence in the online classroom medium. “We’re trying to be competitive in the distance education environment,” Babbitt said.
Undergraduates will be paying a bit more to attend school in the fall, albeit not as much as they could have been paying. At the annual Budget Summit on Tuesday, the UNM Board of Regents voted unanimously to increase tuition by 2.5 percent, to about $5,286 for the 2016-2017 school year. Students will also pay about $157 more in fees next year, an increase of about 10.5 percent, stemming from the approval of renovations to Johnson Center, Anderson School of Management and Smith Plaza.
While there are a number of support groups and services offered at UNM for students seeking advice on their studies, junior biology major Ari Mishra said she wanted to coordinate a more personal group for women who plan to pursue medical school after graduation. For her first event as the coordinator for the Women in STEM collaboration between the Women's Resource Center and STEM Gateway, she chose to organize a panel for undergraduate students to get their questions answered by first year medical students. “The idea came from my personal experience as a pre-med student. I've heard a lot about the adversities that women face, non-traditional paths they take and advice they have for other women,” Mishra said. “I couldn't wait to bring people together to talk about these topics in medicine.”
Researchers are conducting behavioral health screenings in different health care settings across New Mexico to identify substance use and mental health issues among patients and to increase patients' access to convenient and evidence-based treatment. The New Mexico Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment program, also helps train peer-supporters for substance abuse and mental health patients. The project is funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to the State of New Mexico Behavioral Health Services Division. The UNM researchers are partnering with them on the five-year grant.
Over Spring Break, the Anderson School of Management played host to a meeting of the All Pueblo Council of Governors for the first time. The meeting was held for informational purposes, as the council members in attendance numbered one shy of a quorum, thus no voting action was able to take place. A formal council discussion was held after an introduction by University President Bob Frank and a brief powerpoint presentation by Craig White, interim dean of the Anderson School of Management.
How do you plan to get back into the swing of school after Spring Break?
On March 11, an article appeared in which Students for Life expressed support for subpoenas of the names of faculty, students, and staff at UNMHSC and Southwestern Women’s Options who are involved in fetal tissue research. In opposing abortion, this pro-life organization has mistaken privacy and safety for secrecy. Abortion opponents want such names in order to shame people, if not harm them. Patients are another group at risk. I’m an alum (Ph.D., American Studies, 1983) who has done research on abortion since 2009, when Dr. George Tiller was murdered in Wichita by an anti-abortion activist. I wrote a paper about his 6-year prosecution by the State of Kansas, which found no wrongdoing in 35 years of practice. Former Kansas attorney general Phill Kline lost his law license for misconduct and unethical practices in Dr. Tiller’s prosecution. Kline now teaches at Liberty University.
I have given much thought to those candidates running for office. I pledge to no particular affiliation in terms of Democrat or Republican. I only see what I believe is the most intelligent way for our country to go. I have seen how the LEFT attempts to steal our rights to free speech by trying to turn the Chicago political rally into Tiananmen Square. Who could be blind to this?
At the 88th Academy Awards last month, the Oscar for Best Documentary Short was awarded to “A Girl in the River: the Price of Forgivenes." The film chronicles the intense struggle of Saba, a Pakistani woman who, after being shot in the face by her father and uncle, was ordered to make legal reconciliations with her would-be murderers.
New Mexico brought out the brooms on the back of left-handed pitcher Colton Thomson's gem of a game in an 11-1 rout over San Jose State on Sunday. The game was sailing along in what looked to be a pitchers’ duel between Thomson and Josh Nashed (0-4). However, a rocky 7th inning for Nashed ruined any shot of a Spartan comeback. While every pitcher would like to have the backing of the offense, Thomson received more than enough in this blowout victory in the final game of the series. The seven run bottom of the seventh proved to be plenty for Thomson (2-1), who shut down SJSU in his eight innings pitched, his longest career outing.
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