A team of UNM researchers is focusing on identifying a new method that can predict cigarette smoke-induced injuries to blood vessels and potential therapeutic interventions to reduce them. Young, healthy smokers have an increased risk of developing heart and blood vessel disease, which can be prevented or even reversed when it is diagnosed early, the researchers said.
Cell phone footage of an ISIS panel held by the Muslim Student Association, characterized as pro-ISIS by the student who filmed it, is raising eyebrows as it makes the rounds on social media. Michael Noah Guebara, a sophomore criminology major, posted the almost two-minute long video, titled simply “pro isis panel at unm,” on his Facebook page. It was clearly shot from the stairs at a position where it is difficult to hear what the panel is saying.
As part of the John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lectureship in Law, students, professors and attorneys gathered in the law school Thursday to hear best-selling author Jess Bravin discuss his coverage of Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. The lecture was part of the National Security Studies Program’s three-day symposium on the future of security trends.
It looks like there’s a jewel thief on campus. Seven incidents of theft at the student family housing — including about $10,700 worth of jewelry — have been reported to the UNM Police Department within the past month. Four of the police reports were dated on March 24. However, most of the thefts occurred in February.
Almost 10 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a group of students traveled to the city this year for the fifth annual Alternative Spring Break to assist in outreach around the community. Lisa Lindquist, student affairs specialist, said when she started Alternative Spring Break six years ago, she was looking for ways to encourage leadership development and decided that service learning was the best way to do it. “I just want to encourage students. These times in school are opportunities to take advantage of programs like these. It’s great to do the traditional spring break, don’t get me wrong, I think that’s awesome,” Lindquist said. “But I think it’s also great to consider these other opportunities, not just for growth and development, but also just because they’re kind of fun. It’s a neat alternative.”
In 1973, Louise Lamphere went up for tenure at the Department of Anthropology at Brown University. A researcher in the budding field of feminist anthropology, she was one of the few women faculty members in a tenure-track position. At the time, 97 percent of Brown’s tenured faculty counterparts were men. When Lamphere was denied tenure in May of the next year, she filed a class action lawsuit against the university on the basis of sex discrimination. The case, Louise Lamphere v. Brown University, paved the way for increased gender equality in academia nationwide.
It’s almost time to cast ballots for Associated Students of UNM elections, and voters have a choice between two presidential candidates. ASUNM senator Mack Follingstad said he is running on inclusion. His slate, GO ASUNM, focuses on electing people who have not yet served in ASUNM, something he said is essential to the survival of what the undergraduate student governing body stands for.
When she was 8 years old, Julia Purrington’s family received bad news. Her father had been diagnosed with primary-progressive multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the brain and body. Purrington decided to take a stand against MS when she was in seventh grade and has been involved in raising awareness ever since.
A former faculty member, who also served as commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will visit the University Wednesday for the Southwest Clean Energy Transmission Summit. Suedeen Kelly taught at UNM’s School of Law for about 12 years before she was appointed by President George W. Bush to the commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
UNM’s National Security Studies Program will kick off its annual three-day national security symposium tomorrow. This year’s symposium, titled “Security Trends in the next Decade: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities,” will start with lectures at the law and business schools.
LoboTHON’s wholesome fun drew hundreds of supporters, but fell short of its $62,000 fundraising goal for UNM Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Nearly 1,000 people came to Saturday’s dance marathon event, which raised $44,268 for children who are working hard to keep going. After a year of planning, some of the organizers will now move on to different projects, while others plan to dedicate their fundraising talents to next year’s dance marathon.
One local organization aims to help the residents of “Camp Resurrection” find a place to call their own in the city of Albuquerque. Dinah Vargas, a member of ABQJustice, said the group is “a grassroots direct action and advocacy organization mobilizing for social and political justice in Albuquerque and the State of New Mexico regarding accountability, state corruption, police brutality, and poverty.” ABQJustice recently got involved with the homeless community around Albuquerque, she said. The Tent City story is now, along with the campaign against police brutality, the primary focus of the group.
The Associated Students of UNM failed a resolution at Wednesday’s meeting that would have asked University administration to remove the need for a social security number in University applications, thereby allowing undocumented citizens to attend. Resolution 8S sought to ease admission and accessibility to UNM and its resources for the undocumented student population who do not have social security numbers. However, confusion and debate over the structure and preparation for the resolution ultimately led to a general uneasiness about passing it. Sen. Kyle Stepp said the Senate passing the resolution without doing its due diligence is the wrong thing to do.
Innovate ABQ is moving ahead with its plans to develop a seven-acre site to create an “innovation district” that ties UNM to downtown Albuquerque’s business community. Lisa Kuuttila, CEO of UNM’s Science and Technology Corporation, said that rather than acting as a final plan, the development framework approved on March 9 provides ideas to developers whose building proposals will be accepted in April. “This is meant to be a living document,” she said. “We can give it to developers in April, and they are going to work within this framework. They are not held to specific ideas on what a building has to look like.”
Some days are better than others, but for eight unlucky car owners, March 18 was one of the worst. Seven vehicles were reported burglarized and one was reported stolen to the UNM Police Department. Most of the incidents happened at the Lands West Parking Lot, which is located at 1209 University Blvd. NE. According to the daily crime log report, only one other auto burglary has been reported since March 18.
More than 100 residents met downtown on Wednesday to protest against the proposed Santolina Master Plan. Members of nearly a dozen community organizations, along with five tractors belonging to local farmers, marched to the Bernalillo County Commission office to share their concerns about how the proposed city would affect the area’s already limited water supply. Virginia Necochea, executive director of the Center for Social Sustainable Systems, said despite their opposition to the plan, the Contra Santolina coalition is not an anti-growth group.
Class has become a playground for a group of architecture students. A UNM architecture and planning class is participating in Parade of Playhouses, where teams from across the state design and build playhouses to be auctioned for charity.
Scenario: a terrorist has unleashed an attack of weaponized anthrax onto a southbound Rail Runner Express train. Public health officials need to set up a Point of Dispensing location to hand out emergency medications during this crisis — and do it fast. This was the mock scene on March 18, when UNM Hospital’s Health Sciences Center and other emergency agencies teamed up for a training exercise put on by the New Mexico Department of Health.
UNM’s Chicana and Chicano studies program recently continued to gain recognition when the faculty senate voted for departmentalization of the program, allowing for more structure and opportunities for students interested in the field. Irene Vasquez, director of the program, said that growing the program has been an ongoing process since 2011. In 2013 a bachelor’s degree was installed, and in the fall it will get even bigger.
Poor shooting from the field and the free throw line ends the Lobos’ season in a 63-60 loss to Oral Roberts in the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitational. Despite a late push, New Mexico couldn’t overcome a 20 of 70 shooting performance from the field to advance to the WBI semifinals. Head coach Yvonne Sanchez said her squad came out of the gates without a lot of confidence, which cost the Lobos another home win in postseason play.
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