UNM Provost Brian Foster announced three candidates for dean of the School of Engineering have been selected to participate in interviews and meetings during two-day visits to UNM.
UNM will recognize three individuals for outstanding contributions to international education and programs at a reception today at 2 p.m. in the History Commons in Mesa Vista Hall.
A group of University students are sponsoring a rally in front of Zimmerman Library today at 11 a.m. against investments by institutions, including UNM, in the World Bank. UNM student Lulu Strongheart said a variety of local student groups formed the World Bank Bonds Boycott Committee and put together the event in conjunction with an international protest of the World Bank. The groups involved in the People Before Profit parade include the Progressive Student Alliance, UNM Anti Sweatshop Coalition, Rebel Alliance and Sweatshop Free Albuquerque.
Mohamed S. El-Genk, a Regents' chemical and nuclear engineering professor, today will deliver the University's 46th Annual Research Lecture, the highest honor UNM bestows on its faculty.
Representatives of the UNM community gathered at University House Monday afternoon to bid farewell to outgoing GPSA President Brian Col¢n and welcome the graduate student government's next leader - Rachel Jenks. "It has been an honor working for the last two years to help graduate students succeed," Col¢n said. "After working with Rachel, I can tell you that she will be successful at leading GPSA in the coming year. I can tell from the people here that she has the support of the administration and a variety of departments on campus."
African-American Studies is sponsoring a forum Wednesday to address the controversial topic of reparations for descendants of slaves in the United States.
State Republican Sen. Sue Wilson told a small audience that wind could bring money to New Mexico during an Energy Update Forum in Rodey Theater Sunday. Bill Richardson, former U.S. Energy Secretary, was the invited keynote speaker for the event but did not show up. Members of the Earth Day Coalition of New Mexico, which sponsored the event, said he never confirmed that he was coming.
Ted A. Garc°a will be the next general manager and chief executive officer of KNME-TV, Channel 5, effective July 1, 2001.
About 300 experts representing the 36 countries discussed the threat and control of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons this weekend in Albuquerque at the 11th Annual International Arms Control Conference.
The UNM community will have a chance to learn more about the election process and campaign finance reform at a conference today at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The UNM community will have a chance to learn more about the election process and campaign finance reform at a conference today at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The Latin American and Iberian Institute is losing a reluctant director and professor because he feels UNM simply isn't paying him enough. At the end of this semester, Gilbert Merkx will clean out his desk and bid farewell to the office he has occupied for 20 years. He said it has everything to do with money.
DETROIT — At raves, the prom and just for the hell of it, Logan Corcoran took Ecstasy. Now she’s worried. But not for herself.
What do former U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, 1,000 pieces of fruit and The Lewi Longmire Band have in common? They are all part of this week’s campus Earth Day celebrations at UNM.
Last spring, alarm bells went off at the University of Minnesota when technology administrators discovered students had overwhelmed school computer networks with digital-music downloading off the popular Napster Web site.
Newly elected senators watched their predecessors and future co-workers unanimously pass funding for student organizations in a meeting Wednesday.
Five UNM seniors will be awarded top honors tonight at the University’s annual recognition ceremony at the Sheraton in Old Town.
The UNM School of Law is sponsoring a groundbreaking ceremony today at 3 p.m. to celebrate a 32,000 square foot addition to Bratton Hall. During the ceremony Law School Dean Robert Desiderio is scheduled to announce details of a major grant that will help fund the construction project.
The election of a president, vice president and 10 senators from The Connection slate has raised questions of fair campaigning and the future of ASUNM. Sen. Tim Serna, former presidential candidate on The People slate, said he and his running mates were in the Student Services Center watching the Election Commission tally votes when they heard they had lost.
State Rep. Al Park, D-Albuquerque, and Rep. William Fuller, R-Albuquerque, will discuss a variety of issues tonight at 7 p.m. in the Kiva Lecture Hall.
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