Climate change became the focus of a discussion by a UNM department Monday. In keeping with its community outreach and education programs, UNM’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences held a discussion with the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico (LWVCNM).
Former Lobo great and NFL linebacker Brian Urlacher will accept an honor that no other New Mexico football player has received. He will officially have his number, 44, retired by UNM. The announcement came Tuesday after the University had initially decided to retire Urlacher’s jersey and not his number.
A University department is trying to learn more about synthetic marijuana. Tiffany Martinez, health educator for UNM’s Campus Office of Substance Abuse and Prevention (COSAP), said her department is conducting more research on ‘spice.
Going into college, UNM alumna Amira Rasheed wished to pursue a double major in the sciences. As a student with cerebral palsy, she said she didn’t let her condition keep her away from her goals. “It was a big change, to take what (my family) taught me and kind of build my advocacy skills, where I can advocate for services for things I needed and wanted,” she said. “I wanted to be treated with dignity and respect like everyone else.”
UNM’s Parking and Transportation Services has found a new home on campus. PATS’s office, which was previously located on the intersection of Central Avenue and University Boulevard, has moved to the space beside the Cornell Parking Structure across from the UNM Bookstore.
After getting a new building this semester, UNM’s College of Education is expecting a new leader, as the University has begun a national search for the college’s dean.
A blaze damaged a recycling facility south of Albuquerque International Sunport on Sunday. Larry Gallegos, public information officer for Bernalillo County, said piles of recycled material stacked in front of the Town Recycling warehouse caught fire at about noon.
The Graduate and Professional Student Association will begin gathering feedback from students regarding the construction of a new wellness center at UNM. James Foty, executive assistant for the president at GPSA, updated the council on its plans to build the center at a meeting Saturday.
All it took was the zip of a jacket for the New Mexico basketball team to lose out on Zylan Cheatham. Cheatham, the No. 1 prospect in the state of Arizona, unzipped his jacket to unveil a San Diego State T-shirt. That signaled he had chosen San Diego State over Washington University and conference rival UNM.
A biographer of Jim Henson pulled the heartstrings of fans of “The Muppets” Thursday night as he spoke on campus about his recent bestseller. Brian Jay Jones, a UNM alumnus, presented his new book titled “Jim Henson: The Biography”
UNM students have taken a stance against cybercrime. Graduate students from the Anderson School of Management launched the Network Exploitation Security Team this semester as part of that school’s Information Assurance program.
The benefits New Mexico reaps from playing more competitive men’s soccer conference comes at an increased cost in travel expenses. Many schools in Conference USA, which UNM joined this season, are located at the eastern end of the United States. Aside from Tulsa, Okla., every school is at least 1,000 miles from Albuquerque.
The first round of official arguments regarding the statewide legalization of same-sex marriage centered on the ability of married couples to produce a child. Wednesday morning, New Mexico’s Supreme Court chambers were the battleground for lawyers from various parties debating whether same-sex marriage should be legalized around the state.
While arguments about the statewide legalization of same-sex marriage raged inside the New Mexico Supreme Court chambers Tuesday, religious groups proceeded to field their various views outside. Father Duncan Lanum, director of the St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church in Santa Fe, said the court should dismiss same-sex marriages because it is against the Bible’s teachings.
Albuquerque’s Holocaust and Intolerance Museum has added a new feature in its basement: a holocaust library. The library, which boasts a collection of more than 5,000 books, was the three-year project of museum volunteer Jerry Smith.
Albuquerque’s City Council struck down an amendment that would have installed a permanent voting location at UNM at a meeting Monday night. City Councilor Rey Garduño proposed the amendment after speaking to residents in the city’s District 6, which houses the University, who voiced support for an on-campus location.
UNM is investigating the Student Bar Association chapter for creating an unauthorized, off-campus bank account and misuse of the money therein, which came from University funds and from law student fees. According to a statement issued by UNM Tuesday afternoon, the University has notified various campus departments, including police, about the incident.
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks in, UNM scientist Eric Prossnitz and NMSU scientist Jeffrey Arterburn continue their ongoing fight against the disease. Prossnitz and Arterburn have been working together for about 10 years studying a new type of estrogen receptor, which would show potential ways to treat and diagnose breast cancer.
New Mexico’s two biggest universities are teaming up to develop a unique program for bilingual students. Barbara Rodriguez, a UNM chairperson for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Deborah Rhein, an associate professor for Communication Disorders Program at New Mexico State University, will share a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a bilingual speech-language pathology program.
The Associated Students of the University New Mexico moves one step closer to establishing a fund to fuel sustainability initiatives on campus. In a meeting held Friday, representatives from ASUNM, UNM’s Office of Sustainability, Lobo Energy, Residence Life and Student Housing, and the Sustainability Studies Program discussed the proposed establishment of a Green Fund at UNM.
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