The UNM Health Sciences Center is providing a cooking class to help participants recover from mental illnesses and substance abuse. The class is offered at the UNM Psychiatric Center and is a part of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program.
It takes time to instill a physical mentality. It’s something New Mexico’s defensive coordinator has been working on. Kevin Cosgrove, who is in his second year at UNM, said one of his goals was to get the Lobos to play a more physical style of football. So far, the team has shown a more aggressive attitude with Cosgrove at the helm.
The New Mexico men’s soccer team will travel to California this weekend to open up its regular season against one of the toughest competition in the country: UCLA. The Bruins are ranked No. 1 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America preseason poll.
Why have a picnic by the beach when you can have a picnic by the waterslides instead? On Saturday and Sunday, Blue River Productions will host the first Princess & Pirate Water slide Picnic at Balloon Fiesta Park.
This is no ordinary season-opening tournament for head coach Jeff Nelson and his New Mexico volleyball squad. UNM will compete in three games in Muncie, Indiana during the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge. Not only will Nelson face off against some of his former coaching staff, but UNM may be able to award its head coach with his 400th career win -- and on a national stage, no less.
At some point between the evening hours on Monday and 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a portion of the cement steps on the north side of the SUB were vandalized, with a small area of the steps being destroyed and rubble strewn nearby.
In recent weeks there has been a noticeable increase in the number of reported sexual harassment incidents on campus, which has some begging the question: is UNMPD doing enough to protect its female students? “I think they need to have more patrols,” said Mary Martinez, a junior biology major.
This is a slow week for concert-goers in Albuquerque. There are only a few venues with shows booked this week.
August 26 is the 95th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The League of Women Voters of New Mexico honors the amazing women who fought with unrelenting tenacity to achieve the most powerful extension of citizenship rights in our nation’s history.
While I respect the goal to obtain equal rights among men and women, I was disappointed after I read yesterday's story, "Activists Go Without for Topless Equality." While their intentions may be to de-sexualize the female body, the results are furthering our objectification as women.
UNM’s Health Sciences Center received $4.7 million in funding increases in 2015, according to a UNM HSC press release. This year, the HSC has received $160,753,570 for different research projects, according to the statement. “Since 1998, HSC has more than tripled its research grants and contracts, from $45 million to more than $160 million,” according to the statement.
Bob Davie has always spoken about how vital walk-ons are to New Mexico’s program. On Tuesday the head coach awarded scholarships to redshirt juniors and former walk-ons John Russo and Michael Walsh, both of whom are Albuquerque natives.
Monica Kowal has been named associate dean of the newly designated Office of Community Engaged Learning & Research in the University of New Mexico’s University College, according to a UNM press release. According to the press release CELR, formerly the research service-learning program, will serve as an interdisciplinary “University-wide office committed to supporting community engaged scholarship and teaching.” Kowal was a lecturer in the Professional Writing Program in the UNM Department of English, Language, and Literature, according to the statement.
“No Epitaphs,” the upcoming release from heavy metal punk band Ramming Speed, is an interesting blend of traditional heavy metal and epic guitar riffs that actually consist of more than fast-paced power chords. The first track, “No Forgiveness in Death,” gives off an impression of energetic epicness. The fun riffs mixed with the perfect head-banging beat will make fans want to get up and move with the music.
UNM renovations could soon be reaching for the stars. In addition to the planned renovations of Johnson Center, Smith Plaza and Anderson School of Management, the University plans to create a physics and astronomy interdisciplinary science facility to replace the outdated physics and astronomy building on north campus. The new facility would be located on the Yale Mall across from Castetter Hall, the former location of a Bernalillo County water reservoir.
UNM scientists have discovered a protein that organizes autophagy in the human immune system, “the vital internal cell-scrubbing process that maintains the intracellular landscape by gathering and disposing of worn-out proteins and invading microorganisms,” according to UNM press release. Autophagy is the early immune response that regulates which cells die or live longer.
As part of the relatively new LoboRESPECT initiative that works to end sexual harassment on campus, UNM will soon open a physical LoboRESPECT Advocacy Center where students can find support in situations of harassment on campus. Dean of Students Tomás Aguirre, chair of LoboRESPECT, said that the center is expected to open sometime in mid-September.
Mason Knight, a junior business major, travels the South West attending several Comic Cons and even being a vendor at a handful of them.
Well, as freshmen, most students are coming from high school backgrounds of sports or involvement that aren’t plausible in a college setting. Students who were never involved now want college to be more than just going to class, but UNM is HUGE, so how can anyone know where to start? There are more than 300 chartered student organizations, Residence Life and Student Housing , 25 sororities and fraternities combined, Athletics and, of course, student government. Where do you begin?
It was 95 years ago that American women secured their right to vote. Today, another battle has begun: a campaign for topless equality. About 50 people gathered near the UNM Duck Pond on Sunday to celebrate Go Topless Day, an event that advocates a revision to Albuquerque’s nudity ordinance, which allows men to walk about the city without wearing a shirt, but outlaws the same act for women. Event organizer Andrea Runyan said the demonstrators had one simple goal, which was to promote equality in public toplessness.
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