The UNM Raza Graduate Student Association is sponsoring its annual Dolores Gonzales Colloquy Series, which begins today and runs through the rest of the month.
Today Melinda Zepeda, an American Studies doctoral candidate, will deliver a talk titled "Revisioning Chicana Identity: The Writings of Michele Serros" at the Kiva Lecture Hall from 1:30-3 p.m.
April 18, Melina Vizcaino, an American Studies master's degree student, will give her presentation, "I Was Not Touched From the Waist Down: Our Lady, La Conquistadora and Fray Angelico Chavez's Literary Imagination," in the Kiva Lecture Hall from 1:30-3 p.m.
April 24, James Barrera, a history doctoral candidate, will give his talk, "Uncle Sam Stole Our Land: The 1960s Chicano Land Grant Movement in New Mexico Under Reies L¢pez Tijerina," in the History Department Commons Room from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
April 25, Azul La Luz, a sociology doctoral candidate, will deliver her presentation on "Successful Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence of the Epidemiological Paradox in Latinas," in the Kiva Lecture Hall from 1:30-3 p.m. For more information, contact Carmen Maayan at 277-0471
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Seven UNM graduate programs, including law, engineering and medicine, were chosen as some of the best in the country by the U.S. News and World Report's annual graduate school ranking.
Three UNM School of Medicine programs made it to the top 10. For the eighth year in a row, the school's rural medicine program held the number two spot in the nation. UNM's primary care curriculum ranked fourth, down from last year's third place. Its family medicine program moved from sixth to fifth place.
The UNM clinical law training program remains in the top 10. U.S. News identified the law schools in the country with the most racially diverse student bodies. The diversity index is based on the total proportion of minority students - not including international students - and the mix of racial groups on campus. UNM's Law School made it because of its 23 percent Hispanic population. To be included, the law school must be accredited by the American Bar Association.
UNM's law school remains among the top 100 law schools in the nation, although the magazine did not release an exact numeric rating.
The Engineering School again ranks among the top 50 engineering schools in the country. UNM is in a four-way tie for 46th, with Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Vanderbilt University.
The rankings were based on various criteria, including faculty and dean recommendations, academic reputation, research activities, faculty salaries, student selectivity and employment success. The magazine also surveys people outside academia who are likely to hire new graduates or come into contact with them in the workplace.
The 2002-2003 Best Graduate Schools edition is available.
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The Provost's Committee for Staff Assessment and Development recently presented the 13th Annual Provost's Outstanding Staff Awards.
Staff recipients included Nicu-Viorel Atudorei from Earth and Planetary Sciences; Kevin Kargacin from the Bureau of Business and Economic Research; Lourdes McKenna from Economics; and Eleanor Maes from Physics and Astronomy.
In addition, the outstanding workgroup award went to the electronic manuscripts team at UNM Press. The group includes Amy Elder, Dawn Hall, Robyn Mundy, Justin Parks, Sarah Ritthaler, Melissa Tandysh and Mina Yamashita.
The awards have been presented through the provost's office since 1989.
