When Robert Lafarge was 12 years old, he was told he would be in a wheelchair for a long time, but that didn’t stop him from doing what he wanted.
UNM fraternity and sorority members will sing, dance, attend seminars and compete in sporting events during Greek Week to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. For the next five days, the groups will compete against each other while raising money to help the foundation, which serves the needs of children who are HIV-positive.
Phi Delta Phi, a graduate student organization that promotes professionalism and ethics in the legal field, is sponsoring Ethics Week today through Friday at the UNM Law School.
SANTA FE — More than 400 people gathered at the Eldorado Hotel Friday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UNM School of Medicine and honor former state Sen. Fabian Chavez, who was instrumental in establishing the school.
The UNM School of Medicine will celebrate its 40th anniversary with some distinguished guests in Santa Fe today.
Holocaust survivor Werner Gellert told a large group of UNM students Thursday that it is their responsibility to fight hate and intolerance.
Members of Students Educating Peers About Sex are seeking support to keep the student organization afloat because the Student Health Center cut all ties with the group Feb. 10. UNM student Jeremy Jaramillo, Students Educating Peers About Sex president, accused representatives of the Student Health Center of forcefully taking over the program, firing employees and unfairly removing it from its health center offices. “They were taking over all of our daily activities, changing all our forms, changing our recruitment forms, changing our mission and we were compromising a lot with them,” he said.
Undergraduate students from throughout New Mexico will head to Santa Fe Monday to lobby legislators for support on key student issues, including funding of the state’s Lottery to Success Scholarship.
People Living Through Cancer, the Intercultural Cancer Council and UNM's African American Studies Department are working together to present "Speaking with One Voice," a forum addressing the unequal burden of cancer on minorities and the poor.
Holocaust survivor Werner Gellert will be speaking on campus today at 3:30 p.m. about his experiences fleeing Nazi Germany. first floor of Mesa Vista Hall.
UNM has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity through the fall semester for its role in taping a swastika to the roof of a black student’s car that was illegally parked in the fraternity’s lot.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., said Tuesday that despite the budget surplus, Congress is still not willing to pay for higher education needs because it’s not considered a top priority.
The yearly financial aid cycle is switching gears, distributing aid in the fall semester instead of the summer, and it goes into effect this year.
African American Student Services is sponsoring a debate today about diverse political viewpoints as part of the Black History Month celebration.
Diversity speaker Steve Birdine told a large group of UNM students Tuesday night that the answers to racial problems are as simple as being nice to each other. “The biggest problem we have in higher education is that we have a lot of experts who can’t communicate and have politicized diversity to the point that people aren’t honest with each other anymore,” he said. “If people just followed the golden rule — do unto others as you want them to do unto you — we would have no trouble getting along.” Birdine is the coordinator of Diversity Programs at Indiana University and president of Creative Diversity Communications. With racial tensions flaring up at UNM following an incident with a swastika being taped to a black student’s car while she was illegally parked outside of a fraternity, a variety of campus leaders sponsored Birdine’s visit.
Future hospital in Las Cruces needs doctors LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — At least 50 doctors are needed to adequately serve the Las Cruces area’s health care needs, an official from Triad Hospitals Inc. said.
Dave Thomas said on Monday that the theory of evolution isn't a personal attack on God, but scientific evidence proves it's the most logical theory.
Phillip Johnson said he believes that the complexity of living organisms alone is enough to disprove Darwinian theory.
The recent outcry about racism at UNM prompted the Dean of Students Office to bring nationally known diversity speaker Steve Birdine to speak at the Kiva Lecture Hall tonight at 7 p.m.
Despite a busy schedule, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman plans to return to his home state for what he considers one of his most important annual appointments. The New Mexico Democrat will visit UNM’s Continuing Education Auditorium Monday for the first of three installments of his Student Leadership Institute, which is a public policy conference for local high school students. During the seminars, Bingaman’s policy advisers will engage students in discussions on ways to improve education, health care, economic growth and other key New Mexico issues. The students will offer ideas on how to make New Mexico a better place to grow up.
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