Nicole Thomas traveled the world, learned four languages and held an array of professions before deciding to study science at UNM. The future volcanologist was born in Mexico City and followed her father, an international banker, and mother, a TV/radio journalist, to places like Panama, Jamaica and Hong Kong.
A recent cost-containment recommendation could force the Latin American and Iberian Institute to close up shop. The Provost’s review committee drafted a report recommending the LAII begin to transition from a University-funded to an externally funded budget, but LAII Director Susan Tiano said it is impossible. “Depending on how they cut us, we might have to close our doors,” she said.
His term is up, but Jack Fortner said he is confident he will retain his seat on the UNM Board of Regents. Fortner, the vice president who has served two terms spanning 12 years, said he thinks Gov.
Two seats on the UNM Board of Regents are up for grabs, but it’s not clear how the governor will decide to fill them.
The UNM women’s basketball team continues to knock on that Mountain West Conference door for that first league win. The problem is no one is answering.
SANTA FE— During her inaugural State of the State speech at the Roundhouse, Gov. Susana Martinez laid out her plan for bold change. She called for administrative cuts in education, pro-business legislation and to reinstate the death penalty.
SANTA FE — The 60-day legislative session kicked off Tuesday, and UNM officials will monitor 77 bills that could impact the University’s financial and administrative future.
English students walked into a mess of fallen tile and water their first day of class Tuesday in Ortega Hall Room 121, after a leak damaged parts of the ceiling, a UNM official said.
The Board of Regents approved a housing plan in December that calls for the demolition of a dorm building, two Student Residence Center apartment buildings, a parking lot, two tennis courts and part of lower Johnson Field.
New Mexico teachers flocked to the Roundhouse on Monday with a clear message: Cutting education funding won’t hurt teachers as much is it will hurt students.
Each year, UNM spends more than $1 per student per year on the LoboAlerts system, even though recipients have only received the alerts twice this school year. Jeff Gilmore, a University purchasing department representative, said UNM dedicates $35,000 in its annual operating budget to maintain the emergency alert system, which was last used Jan.
UNM President David Schmidly denied any wrongdoing in deciding to award an Oklahoma-based contractor a $60 million contract to renovate The Pit.
Despite a longer-than- expected recovery, UNM President David Schmidly is healthy and ready to tackle looming budget cuts. In a Jan.
Cesar Dominguez-Garcia, the man suspected of firing a bullet into a sixth-floor ceiling of UNM Hospital pediatric unit during a family altercation, turned himself in Jan.
UNM President David Schmidly is back at his post after almost six months of absence spent recovering from operations on an abdominal tumor. On Monday, doctors cleared President Schmidly to return to his duties at the University, and Schmidly said it’s good to be back. “My doctors cleared me to return to work…which has been my wish for the New Year,” he said in a University-wide e-mail.
So much for that riveting regional affair between BYU and UTEP. Turns out, this year’s New Mexico Bowl installment was a dud compared to last year’s overtime shootout between Wyoming and Fresno State.
Not much has changed at University Stadium on Saturday: A visiting team jumped out to an early lead and never took its foot off the gas pedal. BYU and its swarming defense jumped all over UTEP early in the fifth annual New Mexico Bowl en route to a 52-24 victory. “I was really impressed with the fast start of our team,” BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said.
Concerned staff and faculty members spoke for more than an hour at the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board’s meeting Friday.
The recent death of UNM law professor Tim Vollman lends itself to the ongoing discussion about bicyclists’ safety conditions. Vollmann was killed Dec.
The Regents’ Finance and Facilities Committee met Dec. 9 to prepare for the next fiscal year and discuss UNM’s plans to sustain state budget cuts without raising tuition.
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