Media Contacts: Sari Krosinsky, 277-1593, michal@unm.edu
Jazmen Bradford, jazbradford@gmail.com
February 6, 2009
Video and Photo Opportunities at UNM, Feb. 8-14
Sunday, Feb. 8
UNM Press author Melody Groves will sign copies of her book, “Arizona War: A Colton Brothers Saga,” at Borders-West Side, 2-3:30 p.m. This American West novel traces the Colton brothers and their adventures in the Arizona Territory at the start of the Civil War. Contact Katherine MacGilvray at katm@unm.edu or 272-7177.
Monday, Feb. 9
The School of Architecture and Planning presents a lecture by Helen Horowitz, Smith College, on the life and work of J.B. Jackson in the George Pearl Hall auditorium, 5:15-6:30 p.m. Contact Dot Waldrip at dotw@unm.edu or 277-5885.
Wednesday-Tuesday, Feb. 11-17
UNM presents a week-long birthday bash, “Great Minds: A Celebration of Charles Darwin’s and Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday.” On the shared birthday, Thursday, Feb. 12, events include a birthday party kickoff at the Student Union Building atrium, 11 a.m.-noon, a research lab open house by the Departments of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Biology, 1:30-3:30 p.m. in Northrop and Castetter Halls, and a demonstration of skeletal models and artifacts that evidence the evolutionary process at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 2-3 p.m. For a complete list of the week’s events, visit unm.edu/greatminds.
Thursday, Feb. 12
Career Services presents Career Expo 2009, the largest career fair on campus with more than 100 local and national employers from a multitude of industries, at the Student Union Building, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact Mary Montano at montano@unm.edu or 277-2531.
The UNM Alumni Association hosts its annual awards banquet at Hotel Albuquerque, 6-8 p.m. Four individuals will be recognized: Gustavus Simmons, Orcilia Zúñiga-Forbes, George Friberg and Susan Tiano. Contact the Alumni Relations Office at 277-5808.
Saturday, Feb. 14
UNM Press author Anne Weaver reads and signs her children’s book, “The Voyage of the Beetle,” at the UNM Bookstore, noon-1:30 p.m., in honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Contact Katherine MacGilvray at katm@unm.edu or 272-7177.
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