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Faculty Forum on University GovernanceBy Richard Wood, Faculty Senate PresidentFaculty leaders have spent recent months in extensive dialogue with the regents and key UNM administrators. We have sought a shared commitment to the right decision-making ...

Staff Council SpeaksBy Merle Kennedy, Staff Council PresidentIn my first message to UNM staff since I became Staff Council president, I want to tell you about the council's past, present and future. To celebrate Staff Council's 20th anniversary in July, ...

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni released a report yesterday giving UNM a C grade for general education requirements – along with New Mexico State University and nearly a third of the colleges reviewed. With more than 60 percent of colleges in ...

UNM Utilities Maintenance Group employees are organizing two upcoming fundraisers for one of their own, Master Mechanic Alex Garcia, who is awaiting a kidney transplant.On Tuesday, Aug. 17, the Applebee's restaurant located outside of Cottonwood Mall on ...

UNM's Vice President for Research Julia Fulghum has succeeded in rebalancing the books in the office with the aid of faculty members across the university.When faculty members receive grants from the federal granting agencies, a small portion of the ...

One of the more interesting developments on campus this year is the way the Mind Research Network is growing and changing. Technically, MRN is a non-profit research entity located in Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall on the UNM North Campus. The work at MRN ...

UNM recently hosted former Austrian Ambassador to the United States in Washington D.C., Peter Moser. Moser, who has visited UNM several times through the years, served in this ambassadorship about a decade ago. He served as Consul General of Austria in ...

A big, belated congratulations to the New Mexico Lobos men's hoops team for a regular season championship, a decent showing in the MWC tournament (losing to eventual tourney winner SDSU) and a #3 seed in the men's NCAA Tournament! Let's go Lobos and beat ...

The economic crisis could threaten the security of the tenure system, according to an article on Inside Higher Education today, "Layoffs Without ‘Financial Exigency.'" The article names two universities – Florida State and Clark Atlanta– that have ...

I've known Brad Ellingboe for several years. I've publicized the awards he's received as a composer. I've pushed to garner some recognition for CDs his choirs have produced. I've watched him transform into a fundraiser so his students can travel to ...