Weeks after the series finale of “Breaking Bad,” local fans laid to rest the memory of Walter White. The Saturday-evening funeral, held at Sunset Memorial Park, charged attendees $20 to remember and mourn the lead character of AMC’s TV show and to raise money for Albuquerque Health Care for Homeless (AHCH).
This semester, UNM decided to raise the GPA requirements for the Bridge to Success Scholarship, which now amounts to $1,500, from 2.5 to 3.0 with an ACT requirement of 23 for incoming freshmen in fall 2014.
UNM Hospital responds to a lawsuit filed against it for alleged mistreatment of children with cancer. “The UNM Health Sciences Center remains committed to providing the best possible care to its patients throughout the state and it will address the newly filed litigation in the appropriate legal forum,”
UNM is facing an armchair evolution. Rick Henrard, interim director of UNM’s Office of Capital Outlay, said the University is buying bigger chairs that are more ergonomic, which means that they are “the best and most comfortable for the human body.”
The classic red blazer for the Lobo Howl? Nah. Craig Neal opted for a different jacket. Neal sported a leather jacket and rode his motorcycle onto the court moments before introducing his team for the Lobo Howl, a preseason exhibition event held Friday at The Pit.
After repeated delays, the launch date of UNM’s first satellite, Trailblazer, is still lost in space. Craig Kief, program manager of Trailblazer, said the satellite launch has been delayed for more than a year. And the government shutdown has pushed the date further back, he said.
While UNM officials and local organizations agree that international students are beneficial to the state, the best way to attract them to come here remains unclear. President Robert Frank said the University strives to attract international students to help boost Albuquerque’s economy and to create opportunities for the campus community.
The New Mexico men’s basketball team came in at No. 20 in USA Today’s preseason coaches poll released Thursday. The Lobos are coming off an impressive season that ended with Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles.
UNM’s decision to alter requirements for the Bridge Scholarship earlier this semester sparked a heated faceoff between University administrators and enraged community members. In a Bridge Scholarship forum Wednesday afternoon, more than 100 people voiced negative reactions to the raised GPA requirement for the now $1,500 scholarship.
The coming winter prompted a homeless Albuquerque resident to request an early opening date for a local seasonal shelter. Clarissa Skeets, a homeless woman living in Albuquerque, started a petition requesting re-elected Mayor Richard Berry to open the West Side homeless shelter on Nov. 1 instead of its regular opening date on Nov. 15.
The room is painted black. The only light comes from three narrow spotlights, one near the door and two others on the opposite side of the room. Under the first spotlight spins a potato on a fishing line.
A nationally known activist discussed a controversial Albuquerque abortion measure on campus Tuesday afternoon. Dolores Huerta deemed the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance unacceptable in a speech at the Student Union Building.
Five weeks ago, Anny Chung laid two species of grass in the soil of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. She was setting up an experiment concerning germination rates of grass in arid ecosystems as part of UNM’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network.
David Clements’ dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs on Capitol Hill, even from his own Republican Party, sparked his interest to run for a U.S. Senate seat in 2014. At 10 a.m. today from his Las Cruces home, Clements will formally announce his decision to challenge Democratic Sen. Tom Udall for his seat next year.
UNM is trying to shorten the gap that oceans place between the United States and Asia. University administrators met last week with five delegates from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles to discuss possible joint programs with universities in Taiwan.
It is hard to imagine what anyone would do to survive in the midst of war. Would you chat up the guards for better rations? Would you lie to other prisoners if it meant not admitting to yourself that they were going to die? Would you sleep with enemy soldiers for warmth and protection?
An on-campus car crash led to the arrest of two men accused of driving under the influence of mind-altering substances Wednesday afternoon. UNM’s Police Department caught and arrested driver Tony Nelson, 24, who operated the vehicle while smoking a synthetic type of marijuana called spice, and passenger Jonathan Zamora, 18, who was also intoxicated.
The number of students enrolled in UNM’s Honors College has been increasing since its founding last academic year. Kate Krause, dean of the Honors and University Colleges, presented an update to the Board of Regents on the growth of the new college at a meeting Tuesday.
For faculty and staff members of UNM’s School of Law, past administrator Peggy Lovato’s family is also their family. So when the hot-air balloon in which Peggy’s husband Danny was riding hit, burned and crashed after entangling itself in an electric power line Wednesday morning, the school rushed to find a way to help the Lovato family.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos continues to push legislation that would broaden the country’s military jurisdiction despite determinations by the United Nations that Colombian soldiers killed hundreds of civilians only to boost rebel body counts.
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