After taking money from departments over Winter Break, the University is giving it back. However, University and college deans will have to come up with the amount the tax would have generated, but they will have discretion over which accounts are tapped.
Rumors UNM President Louis Caldera's days at the University are numbered might be more than speculation. Jamie Koch, president of the UNM Board of Regents, confirmed Monday that Caldera's contract is the only item on the agenda for a regents meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Several students are in Santa Fe today talking with state legislators. The event, organized by ASUNM, is part of UNM Day at the Legislature. Several campus departments will showcase their programs to state officials as part of UNM Day.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Facebook.com is back in business at UNM. After four months of blocked access to the site, students can once again visit the Web site on campus. Moira Gerety, director of CIRT, said CIRT worked with Facebook to make the Web site more secure.
A breakfast on Friday in the SUB Ballroom gave administrators and faculty a chance to think about the future of UNM. UNM President Louis Caldera said the breakfast was meant as a more social alternative to a "state of the University address.
by Mark Schaaf Daily Lobo Author Jared Diamond discussed the collapse of past societies and how today's society could avoid the same fate at the SUB on Friday. More than 1,000 people attended the event. Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Society, spoke about his latest book: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.
Rumors have been flying around campus and the city over UNM President Louis Caldera's fate at the University. There has been some speculation his days as head of state might be numbered. A regents meeting is being held Wednesday to discuss personnel matters, but officials remain tight-lipped on what is on the agenda.
Samantha Brandt, Senior, Communication & Journalism "I think it's a good idea - a minimum wage raise.
UNM Press's sales are about 64 percent higher than they were this time last year - the latest in a series of successes for the publisher. Last year the press made about $100,000. This year, the press is far ahead of that number, at about $500,000 said Luther Wilson, director of UNM Press.
UNM's School of Medicine is requesting about $1.5 million from the state Legislature for a program aimed at recruiting students outside city limits.
The College of Nursing estimates it needs $15,000 a year per student to fully educate its undergraduates. Right now, it receives $11,000 per student. And about 26 percent of money funded by the state goes to pay personnel and faculty, said Sandra Ferketich, dean of the College of Nursing at UNM.
Many UNM departments came back from break to find they had less money in their budgets than expected. That's because the University chose Dec. 21 to implement a planned 1.1 percent tax on portions of some department budgets, which generated $3 million for the University.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo About 100 people, most of them members of the Air Force ROTC at UNM, attended a memorial for student Jeanette Garcia on Wednesday. Garcia died Dec.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo A discussion about last month's statewide health care summit left many community members wanting answers.
UNM's top priority during the legislative session that began Tuesday in Santa Fe is to improve funding for the Health Sciences Center. Whether the Health Sciences Center succeeds in getting funding will have an impact on the rest of the University, said Carlos Romero, UNM's director of government affairs.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo UNM Police officer Luke Montoya was arrested on a charge of battery against a household member Monday.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo A conference in the SUB cast an optimistic light on the economic future of the United States and New Mexico. More than 400 people attended the 2006 Annual Economic Outlook Conference on Thursday. Larry Waldman, a UNM professor who spoke about New Mexico's economy, said the state's economic outlook for the next one or two years is promising.
by Aidan Turowski Daily Lobo About 30 members of the First Unitarian Church gathered in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to protest the war in Iraq on Monday. The protesters said the late civil rights leader would be against the war if he were alive today.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo High-rise buildings could be constructed at UNM in the near future, said Roger Lujan, director of Facility Planning.
Dec. 14 UNM regents approved a purchase of 236 acres in Rio Rancho for a future campus near the city's planned city hall. A price has not been determined on the purchase, which was approved on Dec.
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