UCAM's News clips for Saturday - Monday, August 9 - 11, 2008
1. Center Focuses on Fetal Alcohol (Albuquerque Journal)
By Olivier Uyttebrouck, Journal Staff WriterA federal agency has tapped the University of New Mexico to house a new center focused on fetal alcohol-related disorders.
The New Mexico Alcohol Research Center will specialize in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, said Dr. Daniel Savage, chairman of UNM's Department of Neurosciences and a regents' professor.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11center.htm2. UNM will have its biggest starting defensive line in Rocky Long's 11 seasons (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff WriterSize matters even with Rocky Long's defensive scheme.
The University of New Mexico enters 2008 with the biggest starting defensive line in Long's 11 years at the program. Projected starters Kevin Balogun, Wesley Beck and Phillip Harrison average 278.7 pounds across the line.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11football.htm3. griculture project honored (Albuquerque Journal)
By Jane Moorman, NMSU News ServiceNew Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service's Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project has received national recognition for the work it has done for the past 10 years with farmers and ranchers in Northern New Mexico.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11agriculture.htmNews clips from Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10
4. UNM Faculty Striving To Be Accessible to Students (Albuquerque Journal Op-Ed)
By Howard Snell, President, UNM Faculty SenateThe Princeton Review's recent assessment of the University of New Mexico sent a mixed message. UNM once again made the review's list of the “368 Best Colleges,” with reviews touting its “strong academic community” and “excellent graduate programs.”
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11oped.htm5. Intel, Hospitals, APS Bustling With Construction Projects (Albuquerque Journal)
By Richard Metcalf, Journal Staff WriterWhen it comes to construction projects around the metro, APS isn't the only player or even the biggest player.
Intel Corp. is in the midst of a $1.5 billion upgrade of its existing Fab 11X in Rio Rancho to the company's most advanced manufacturing technology. The scale of the upgrade is staggering.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11projects.htm6. Busy Hospitals Must Redirect ER Traffic (Albuquerque Journal Editorial)
More people are going to emergency rooms, which can't legally turn people away and can't put people in hospital beds they don't have ready. Those are among the big reasons average ER waits have grown from 38 minutes to close to an hour nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11editorial.htm7. Anderson School to accept GRE, online application (New Mexico Business Weekly)
The University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management has announced that, beginning with the spring 2009 semester, applicants for the MBA, Executive MBA or Master of Accounting programs will be able to apply using their score on the Graduate Record Examinations test, or GRE.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11asm.htm8. No TV Break for Lobos (Albuquerque Journal)
By Ken Sickenger, Journal Staff WriterCall it a coincidence.
Just about the time the U.S. women's volleyball team was finishing off an Olympic victory over Japan, the University of New Mexico was wrapping up its first official practice of 2008.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11lobos.htm9. It's a Good Thing Winning Records Aren't All that Matters (Albuquerque Journal)
By Bob Christ, Journal Staff WriterIf you're a veteran college football head coach with a glistening record, keeping your job shouldn't be difficult. USC's Pete Carroll and Texas' Mack Brown surely don't have their résumés posted on Monster.com, nor do they slink under the desk when the AD knocks.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11records.htm10. Getting A Kick From Lobo Rivals (Albuquerque Journal)
By Greg Archuleta, Journal Staff WriterThe 90-degree temperatures are cause for University of New Mexico football players to stay hydrated during the first week of fall camp, but that's not the reason James Aho and Drew Zamora are drinking the water.
Obviously, something is in the Albuquerque supply that turns UNM walk-on kickers into postseason honorees.
http://www.unm.edu/news/08AugNewsClips/11kick.htm11. News from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://libproxy.unm.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com* Road Trip Builds Ties To Alumni
Three young Wittenberg University graduates drive cross-country to meet alumni and record their stories on videotape.* Controversy Over Novel About Muhammad's Bride Endures
A novel about a wife of Muhammad has been canceled by Random House, sparking a controversy over freedom of speech and the role of a University of Texas history professor.12. News from Diverse Issues in Higher Education:
* Study: Impending Community College Leadership Shortfall Could Be Avoided Through Diversity Efforts
A significant number of community college presidents will be retiring in coming years, creating a leadership void that could be filled through a concerted effort to groom more minorities and women, according to a new report.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11534.shtml* New Survey Helps Community Colleges Focus Up Front
The Survey of Entering Student Engagement is deepening community colleges’ understanding of students’ earliest collegiate experiences
Each fall, colleges across the country ask a perennial question: “How many new students did we enroll this fall?” Recruiting new students is essential to growing full-time equivalency (FTE) and increasing vital revenue streams. For community and technical colleges, however, the more daunting — and arguably more important — challenge is retaining students through completion of their educational goals. And as performance accountability pressures increase, the stakes for getting a grip on improving student persistence grow ever higher.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11519.shtml* NCAA To Provide Former Student-athletes With Benefits
The NCAA will provide former college football and basketball players with aid for future educational expenses, career development costs and other benefits as part of a lawsuit settlement it reached with ex-athletes.
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11535.shtmlOther News:
* On Patrol to Prevent Hazing (Washington Post)
It is the third day of college, and the sprawling University of Delhi campus is teeming with new students looking to make friends, fill out forms and familiarize themselves with their new lives.At 9:30 on the windless, humid morning, two female commerce undergraduates nervously walk into their college with heads down. They pass five khaki-clad constables standing guard against the newly outlawed practice of "ragging," as hazing is called in Indian English.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080803264.html?referrer=emailarticle* Medical Students Train for Battle (Washington Post video)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/07/29/VI2008072901718.html?referrer=emaillink* Colleges peddle bikes to car-loving students (Washington Post)
Emory University is hoping to make bikes the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall.The school is selling discounted bicycles to students and faculty, adding bike lanes to campus roads and stocking bikes that can be borrowed for free. The university is pushing its $250,000 "Bike Emory" initiative, launched a year ago, in hopes of convincing students and faculty that the eco-friendly bikes are a better alternative to their four-wheeled, gas-guzzling counterparts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001049.html?referrer=emailarticle* Court blocks MIT students from showing subway hack (Washington Post)
A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001385.html?referrer=emailarticle* An Education in the Dangers of Online Research (Washington Post)
It hit Mark Gruntz all at once, while he was sitting flat-broke in an airport in Greece: He had lost credit for three summer courses, wasted $11,474 in student loans and gotten kicked off a boat. All because he hadn't cited Wikipedia enough in a paper about a movie
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR2008080901453.html?referrer=emailarticle* Tribune reporter Russell Working tells about his adventures with diploma mills, where $699 and 'life experience' would earn him a degree in just about anything. (Chicago Tribune)
Brain surgery, anyone?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-phony-degreesaug10,0,5358282.story* GCI Donates $30 Million Broadband Gift Toward Education (Denver Post)
University of Alaska President Mark Hamilton and University of Alaska Foundation President Mary Rutherford today announced a gift of broadband capacity from GCI worth an estimated $30 million.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10141908?source=email* Campus housing options scarce (Boston Gobe)
"Returning to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst after a year teaching in China, Vincent Capone, a junior from Winthrop, was counting on a dorm room to save him the hassle, and considerable expense, of living off-campus. Unfortunately, a startling number of his fellow students had the same idea."
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/08/11/campus_housing_options_scarce?s_campaign=8315* Business courses help fill in the gaps (Chicago Tribune)
An entrepreneur who's mystified by accounting or putting a marketing plan together soon can get some help with the arrival of the fall semester.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-smalltalk-learning-aug11,0,1811269.story* Congress in Recess: Higher Education Programs; FY 2009 Spending Deadline Approaches (Denver Post)
Congress continues its August recess and will not return to Washington for several weeks. Last week, Congress passed H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007. The bill amends and extends the Higher Education Act of 1965. The President is expected to sign it.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10164844* Air Force Academy School District Flies 'NonStop' Into Future on Wireless Networking (Denver Post)
Colorado Springs' Academy School District 20, the school district serving the US Air Force Academy, is implementing a district-wide wireless network that will connect students, faculty and staff. Trapeze Networks and DirSec, a Trapeze Networks channel partner, worked together for eight months and won the hotly contested bid.
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_10164211Albuquerque Media Monitoring
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