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Monday on the Street: Freshman Issue
Sayyed Shah | May 16What did you wish you knew when you were a freshman?
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Graduation Issue: Single mom bounces back from addiction to graduate
Sayyed Shah | May 9AnnaLisa Hightower, a senior nutrition and dietetics major, overcame a lot of personal and social hurdles to pursue her education. She dropped out of high school and then got addicted to drugs.
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HSC fights mining-related lung disease
Sayyed Shah | April 28UNM researchers are helping miners in New Mexico get treatment for different diseases as well as get compensation from their employers. Researchers are collaborating with Miners' Colfax Medical Center to screen coal and uranium miners in the state for different diseases and to facilitate their treatment. The researchers are also providing education on how to prevent lung related diseases that are associated with mining.
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Safety summit opens forum on campus security issues
Sayyed Shah | April 21The UNM LoboRESPECT team arranged an open forum on Tuesday evening to discuss with students security issues on campus and possible solutions on how those issues could be resolved. At least 30 students showed up for the Safety Solution Summit, held in the SUB Ballrooms, where they shared their opinions on campus security as well as their concerns with the LoboRESPECT officials. Rob Burford of UNM's Safety Committee was also present.
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College of Pharmacy recognized for educating New Mexicans
Sayyed Shah | April 20The University of New Mexico’s College School of Pharmacy has received the 2015 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for its efforts to educate residents of New Mexico about the misuse and abuse of prescription medications. Frank Fisher, media coordinator for the FBI's Albuquerque Division, said the award was in recognition of UNM’s contributions to the improvement of life standards of the people of New Mexico.
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Green Issue: Researchers use lemongrass to kill diseased mosquitoes
Sayyed Shah | April 18A research team at the University of New Mexico has developed a technique to kill the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquito, which can spread the Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses as well as other tropical diseases.
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HSC partners with U.S. Attorney's Office to fight heroin, opioid abuse
Sayyed Shah | April 14The UNM Health Sciences Center and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are partnering together to fight the epidemic of heroin and opioid prescription drug abuse. The New Mexico HOPE Initiative aims to target the abuse of heroin and opioid drugs through a comprehensive strategy that focuses on “prevention and education, treatment, law enforcement, re-entry and strategic thinking,” UNM and U.S. Attorney’s Office’s officials said.
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UNM Student Family Housing gives residents chance to have their own garden
Sayyed Shah | April 12Aleemud Din, a resident of UNM Student Family Housing, used to work in his gardens in Pakistan for hours to grow flowers and vegetables. When he left Pakistan to join his family in the U.S., he thought he would have to give up having a garden of his own. He said he could not even imagine having a garden in America, since his wife was a student, and knew living in America was expensive. “I missed organic food. I thought I (wouldn't) be able to buy organic food or grow some for myself and my family,” he said.
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UNMH recognized for LGBTQ equality
Sayyed Shah | April 7UNM Hospitals has been declared one of the 496 leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, in its 2016 Healthcare Equality Index. UNMH was recognized as a leader in LGBTQ equality for the fourth consecutive year. The organization recognized UNMH for meeting non-discrimination and training criteria and showing commitment to “equitable, inclusive care for LGBT patients, and their families,” according to a statement.
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New York Times reporter speaks on the state of journalism, media
Sayyed Shah | April 6Scott Shane is a reporter with the New York Times in Washington D.C., where he covers national security issues. Before that, he was with the Baltimore Sun for 21 years, contributing to various types of coverage, including being a Moscow correspondent.
