Photos

Future transportation

Native American and Hispanic teens from New Mexico and Arizona are at UNM attending a four-week residential National Transportation Institute -- one of 41 nationally funded by the Federal Highway Administration Department. Above: Tom Carner, far right, of Karl Malone Toyota takes students for test drives in a 2002 hybrid vehicle that operates on gas and electricity. The project director is Ursula Bowie, a native of San Juan Pueblo and program manager for the UNM School of Engineering. Photo by Laurie Mellas-Ramirez.

Natural healing

Florinda Oliveros Lira instructs students attending a “Reflexologia Manos y Pies” workshop, a half-day component of a new two-week course "Southwest Curanderismo" offered through Women Studies. Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo Torres and a team of instructors from UNM, the Universidad Autonoma de Morelos, Mexico, and the Albuquerque community, explored an integrative approach to medicine. Photo by Brian Lucero.