What would you do to create well-paying jobs that will keep New Mexicans employed in the state? Susana Martinez: Recent reports show that in the past year our state suffered the second largest drop in employment out of the 50 states.
The UNM Health Sciences Center lost about 90 percent of its patient medical records created before 2005, after a fire burned through an industrial warehouse in downtown Albuquerque this summer, said Catherine Porto, executive director of health information and incident commander.
The Faculty Senate approved a resolution Tuesday that it hopes could radically change the way university regents are chosen at New Mexico institutions.
For now, Elizabeth Lambert will be allowed to play, but the gag order on her right to exercise free speech has yet to be lifted. Athletics Director Paul Krebs said Tuesday that Lambert will be reinstated to the UNM women’s soccer team.
Albuquerque Fire Department responded to a residential fire in the 200 block of Cornell Drive S.E.
Jessie Hudson is, by her own admission, obsessed with jellyfish. Hudson, a senior majoring in studio art, paints the creatures in a variety of styles, ranging from oil painting to comic-book-style printmaking.
The last suspect in a university book theft ring was arrested, and officials in the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office are ready to prosecute the racketeering ring after more than three years of investigation.
UNM President David Schmidly announced that he would be undergoing medical treatment for a slow-growing abdominal tumor Aug.
Whether they’re aware of it, they both wear them — scarlet letters reminding the duo of the day everything changed. Somewhere buried in the rubble are the now ancient remains of a crumbled friendship forged on the pillars of coaching bonds.
As school gets ready to resume, Lobo readers are changing habitats faster than hermit crabs. And as we all know, with new habitats come new habitat-buddies, or “roommates,” if you will. **Do you have any roommate horror stories? Tell us about your habitation irritation below.* *
UNM Libraries received a more than $350,000 grant to resurrect hundreds of thousands of New Mexico newspapers, some of which are 150 years old. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded UNM Libraries the grant to digitize 100,000 pages from New Mexican newspapers that date between 1860-1922. Michael Kelly, director for the Center of Southwest research, said a board will select which of UNM’s collection of newspapers will be digitized.
Back-to-school traffic and parking around UNM’s main campus can be unpredictable, but this August there will be an added complication. Road construction in the Yale Boulevard and Las Lomas Road area for the new Yale parking structure will restrict traffic through August 31. The construction will affect Northbound Yale Boulevard between Lomas Boulevard and Las Lomas Road, as well as both lanes of Las Lomas Road between Yale Boulevard and Stanford Drive. Parking and Transportation Services recommends that drivers find alternate routes for getting around campus.
New Mexico’s medicinal marijuana program is running dry. The state has only 11 growers to satisfy the demand of the 2,000 patients prescribed cannabis for chronic illness.
Only about 42 percent of UNM students graduate within six years. But there may be several underlying reasons for the less-than-impressive graduation rates, said Wynn Goering, vice provost of Academic Affairs. “One of the things we’ve learned about our students is that they have far more off-campus obligations than students in similar places,” Goering said. UNM students have far different lives compared to students at peer institutions, including the universities of Arizona and Colorado at Boulder, Goering said. According to fall 2009 surveys conducted by UNM, 43 percent of incoming freshmen care for a dependent, compared with only 19 percent of students at other schools.
Abuse victims may be more likely to come forward and ask for help as a result of Tuesday’s deadly shooting at Emcore, an Albuquerque fiber optics company. Summer Little, Women’s Resource Center program manager, said high profile events like the one at Emcore tend to draw a spike in the number of abuse victims who seek help. “Events like this can be a trigger for people who have experienced abuse or are experiencing abuse,” she said.
Some Hispanic immigrants and families may soon call Albuquerque their new home. As a result of Arizona’s “draconian” new immigration law, undocumented immigrants and legal Hispanic citizens are looking to escape the state, said Ralph Arellanes, director of New Mexico’s League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). “They’re leaving Arizona because of fear — fear of being racially profiled and arrested,” he said.
Ticket sales have spiked as students plan ahead for the arrival of “Wicked,” leaving Popejoy unable to meet the demand for half-priced student tickets, which are no longer available. The Student Fee Review Board, a student advisory body that recommends allocation of student fees, cut the funding for discounted tickets $3,000 this spring.
UNM pharmacy student Paul DeSantis faces up to 20 years in jail after being charged with possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and possession of firearms.
Assistant culture editor Andrew Beale shares his experiences and insights while on a self-funded summer-long visit to Mexico. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author.
An arsonist struck at the Sigma Chi House at 1850 Campus Blvd. N.E. early June 10, Albuquerque Fire Department officials said.
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