While other students take notes and solve math problems, medical student Matt Garcia dissects cadavers. It's the best way to learn how to be a doctor, he said.
William McGrew lives with chimpanzees to study their behavioral differences when he is not teaching in England at Cambridge University. He has been studying chimpanzees for 35 years throughout Africa.
Students and cadets searched for a high-flying job Tuesday in the SUB at a career fair and conference sponsored by the Air Force ROTC. Steve Perry, the commandant of the UNM ROTC program, talked to students about their career options. Perry is a UNM faculty member and an active-duty officer in the Air Force.
Kung fu instructor Jamal Morris kicks academia out the door and uses life experiences to teach his students the ancient martial art. Hardship is necessary to learn kung fu and have a happy life, he said.
Elizabeth Henderson Sophomore Undecided What do you want to major in? I was thinking about dance but decided against that - just too hard of a life to lead. And so now I am just thinking about hotel or restaurant management. Why not dance? It is really hard on your body. It is frustrating. You can't ...
Student Ben Mills was at boot camp when the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, happened. "We were all in there and kind of cut off from the world for 20-some days. The instructors came in and asked if anyone had family in D.C. or New York. We didn't have any clue what it was," he said. "One of the chaplains came in and told us what happened, and they showed us footage for about 10 minutes." Mills said it was hard to deal with because they were so isolated at camp. "Everyone was pretty shook up by it," he said. "We didn't really get the full understanding of what had happened."
UNM law professor Jennifer Moore said she is doing what she can to help people affected by genocide, and that includes running for Darfur in the Duke City Marathon. Students and faculty members from UNM's law school participated in the marathon Sunday to raise money and awareness about the genocide in Darfur, a region of Sudan.
by Joshua Curtis Daily Lobo Dead fish and media arts share a home at the Center for Environmental Research Informatics and Art in a renovated building that used to be the bookstore. The building houses art facilities and biological research labs. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was Sunday. During ...
Many students don't know about campus skateboarding rules, said Lt. Pat Davis, UNM Police spokesman. Because of that, officers usually don't penalize people who disobey the University's skateboarding policies, he said. According to the UNM Business Policies and Procedures Manual, skateboarding is allowed but with several conditions.
Student Chris Torres had three $150 speeding tickets mailed to him in about a week. Torres can't appeal the tickets, he said. "I called APD, and they said all I could do is pay them," he said. Torres was ticketed all three times by an automated camera system, which takes pictures of speeding vehicles and their license plates.
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