Budget Summit Set for April 2

The UNM Board of Regents will hold a special meeting to address the UNM budget on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 1 p.m. in Ballroom C of the Student Union Building on the UNM main campus. This is the university's annual budget review, also known as the budget summit.

The special session of the New Mexico legislature ended on March 4, and Governor Bill Richardson has until March 24 to make his decision on the state budget and package of tax increases approved by legislators.

New Mexico Innovators Join Forces on Fulldome Research

“The most common experience many people have with "fulldome immersive environments" is with planetariums such as the LodeStar planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. In today's digital age, however, it's not surprising that the technology used in producing such immersive environments is evolving quickly and that New Mexico is playing an important role. A new, statewide research partnership called "PFI: Consortium for Fulldome and Immersive Technology Development" received $597,220 in funding March 1 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Partnerships for Innovation program.

UNM to Receive $100,000 Walmart Minority Student Success Award

The University of New Mexico has been selected by the Institute for Higher Education Policy to receive a Walmart Minority Student Success Award—a $100,000 grant to help build on UNM’s demonstrated successes in enrolling, retaining and graduating first-generation college students. The $100,000 grant is being made possible by a $4.2 million grant to IHEP from the Walmart Foundation.