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Specialists lecture on health
February 4Specialists in emergency, internal, natural and sports medicine from the UNM Medical School will be offering free "mini med-school" sessions beginning Tuesday.
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UNM professor discusses Argentinian roots of Jesuits
Marissa Padilla | February 4UNM honors assistant professor Celia L¢pez-Ch†vez provided a detailed timeline of the Jesuit economy in San Juan, Argentina, from 1540-1767 for listeners at the Latin American and Iberian Institute Friday.
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Parmer awaits court decision
James Barron | February 4When Marlon Parmer left the UNM men's basketball team last week, head coach Fran Fraschilla said he and his staff had helped Parmer through academic, legal and team issues.
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GPSA finds extra $65,000 for graduate research fund
Iliana Limn | February 4In a year when the state Legislature is eyeing across-cross-the-board budget cuts, UNM's graduate student government found that sometimes it just pays to be lucky.
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Colleges add emergency management as a degree
February 4The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, bolstered by the West Coast's Nisqually earthquake and the World Trade Organization protests, have led colleges to take a serious look at emergency management as an academic discipline.
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LaDuke to speak on campus
Kenn Rodrguez | February 4Winona LaDuke, author and former Green Party vice presidential candidate, will be making two appearances on the UNM campus Tuesday to discuss indigenous people and environmental issues.
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U.C. system evaluates SATs
February 1In what would rank as the first major testing change in 30 years, an influential faculty committee proposed Wednesday that the University of California scrap the frequently criticized SAT I aptitude exam and seek new custom-designed admissions tests to measure what a student has learned in high school.
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'Plagues' seminar descends on UNM
Carla Medina | February 1The UNM Institute for Medieval Studies is sponsoring a series of free seminars titled "The Plagues of the Middle Ages" that begin tonight and run through Saturday afternoon.
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Group calls sprawl a health risk
Angela Williams | February 1Lack of good urban planning contributes to problems such as dependence on automobiles, pedestrian deaths and degrading communities, panelists said Thursday during an off-campus public forum.
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Presentation on sustainable city planning today
February 1The Economics Department at UNM is sponsoring a presentation today titled, "Toward a Sustainable Los Angeles: A Nature's Services Approach." The presentation, by Stephanie Pincetl, research associate professor in geography and coordinator of the Sustainable Cities Program at the University of Southern California, is at 2:30 p.m. in the Social Sciences building, Room 1002.
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Physical abuse linked to poor female health
Jason Gil Bear | February 1A study complied by a UNM professor says women who are physically abused are in poorer health than women who are not involved in intimate partner violence.
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Local stores feeling sting of recession
Iliana Limn | January 31While the economic downturn has hit small businesses hard nationwide, local entrepreneur Melinda Rand-Kenefic said she sees it as a chance to improve customer service.
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Discussion to focus on impact of sprawl
Dagmar Gromann | January 311,000 Friends of New Mexico is sponsoring an off-campus forum tonight about the effects of urbanization on health and how the community can help.
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U.S. attorney defines role
Andrew Webb | January 31David Iglesias, the recently appointed U.S. Attorney General for the district of New Mexico, spoke Wednesday about his new position and its role in the wake of the terrorist attacks.
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News in Brief
January 31The attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to let courts in New Mexico use a particular field test to check whether a driver is drunk.
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Penn State student still missing
January 30It's been almost three months since anyone has seen or heard from Pennsylvania State University senior Cindy Song, and nobody has a clue where she is.
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Students back University priorities
Andrew Webb | January 30A group of UNM students visited with legislators Tuesday to discuss University priorities during Student Day at the state Legislature.
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UNM staff, faculty brace for insurance plan changes
Angela Williams | January 30The inevitable impact of changes in UNM employee health insurance on faculty and staff members was the focus of discussion during a town hall meeting on campus Tuesday.
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University says funding forecast looks encouraging
Andrew Webb | January 30The Faculty Senate received a legislative session update and approved resolutions regarding the library system, CIRT and restructuring in the College of Education Tuesday.
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HSC lab space seekers spare gym
Andrew Webb | January 29Faculty and staff at the UNM Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine expressed relief Monday after hospital administration dropped - for now - plans to close a small gymnasium to make way for office space.
