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UNM Accomplishments
Chronological (July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003)
- Kimberly Leslie,
professor and chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the
Reproductive Molecular Biology Laboratory in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the School of Medicine, has been named to the National
Institutes of Health Reproductive Endocrinology Study Section. (6.25.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1782
- Psychology Professor
Harold Delaney is one of 24 recipients of the first research grants
awarded for scientific studies on the phenomena of spiritual transformation
through the Metanexus Institute's ground-breaking Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program. Delaney received the grant for his studies
on "Antecedents of Transformation: Spiritual Formation." (6.25.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-06-20delaney.htm
- Cheryl L. Willman,
director of the Cancer Research and Treatment Center (CRTC), and Robert
Hromas, deputy director for clinical services and clinical investigations
at the CRTC, have been named to the National Institutes of Health Hematopoiesis
Study Section. (6.25.03) http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1777
- The Design Planning
Assistance Center in the School of Architecture and Planning will receive
an award from the Congress for New Urbanism for work on the Dona Ana
Plaza Plan. The plaza project is one of 15 award winners selected from
169 international submissions. (6.18.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-06-18dona.htm
- Mechanical Engineering
Professor Ken Christensen was one of 24 recipients nationwide of the
2003 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU). The awards provide seed money for research by junior
faculty at ORAU member institutions and are intended to enrich the research
and professional growth of young faculty resulting in new funding opportunities.
(6.11.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-06-10christensen.htm
- The Health Sciences
Center (HSC) was selected as a research partner by Chemical Diversity
Labs, Inc. (CDL) in an innovative collaboration to discover drugs that
could be effective against a variety of diseases. CDL chose the HSC
to help the University validate its technology called HyperCytTM. (6.11.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1746
- The City of Albuquerque
selected Edl Schamiloglu as recipient of a 2003 Good Will "Ambassador
Award." Schamiloglu is the director of the Pulsed Power, Beams and Microwaves
Laboratory and a Gardner-Zemke Professor in the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. Schamiloglu's contributions were recognized
as having a substantial economic impact for the City of Albuquerque.
(6.4.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-30schamiloglu.htm
- Rita Martinez-Purson
was appointed dean of the Division of Continuing Education and Community
Services. (6.4.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-30cedean.htm
- The New Mexico
Nurse Practitioner Council named Ken Miller, associate dean for research
and clinical scholarship and College of Nursing professor, as president
of the council. Miller served the past two years as president-elect
of the organization and will serve as president for two years. (6.4.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1743
- Tim Canova, professor,
School of Law, is one of 20 U.S. professors named a 2003-04 academic
Fellow by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a non-profit,
non-partisan group based in Washington, D.C. seeking to educate Americans
about the terrorist threat to democracy. (5.21.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-15canova.htm
- Marilyn O'Leary,
director of the Utton Transboundary Resources Center in the School of
Law, was appointed to the New Mexico/Chihuahua Border Commission by
Governor Bill Richardson. (5.21.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-15oleary.htm
- The American Nuclear
Society (ANS) elected Anil K. Prinja, professor in the Chemical and
Nuclear Engineering Department, an ANS Fellow. Additionally, Prinja
also received the 2002-03 School of Engineering Senior Faculty Teaching
Excellence Award. (5.14.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-13prinja.htm
- The Hispanic Outlook
in Higher Education rates UNM 16th or higher for awarding degrees to
Hispanic students from bachelor to doctoral levels in the magazine's
May 5 issue, "Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics." (5.14.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-09rankings.htm
- A Memo of Understanding
between the UNM Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium
and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has been signed
formalizing their joint initiative to promote science and technology
in developing countries. (5.14.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-13istec.htm
- The Health Sciences
Center announced the recipients of its 2003 Community Partnership Awards.
Recipients include: Cornerstone Award - Maralyn Budke; Philanthropy
Award - Milton Rosenbaum, M.D., and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation; Pathways Award - Rep. Henry "Kiki" Saavedra; Corporate Support
Award - Pfizer; Building Bridges Awards - Jonathan Abrams, M.D., and
Duke City Civitans. (5.14.03) http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1657
- Sports Illustrated
honored Athletics
Director Rudy Davalos among 101 most influential minorities in sports.
Ranked 94th on the list, Davalos was one of six athletics directors
on the list. The article cited Davalos' oversight of 21 sports programs
and fundraising capabilities that bring in more than $6 million annually.
(5.7.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-02davalos.htm
- More than 275 employees
with 15 years of service or more were honored at the Human Resources
22nd Annual Service Recognition Program held recently at the Continuing
Education Center Auditorium. (5.7.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/03-04-28/recognition.htm
- The National Science
Foundation has awarded $10,000 dissertation fellowships to Political
Science Department Ph.D. candidates Nancy Carrillo and Douglas Hecock.
The awards are the most prestigious available to graduate students in
the political science discipline. Fellowships are awarded based on the
research proposal's technical creativity and the project's educational
impact and potential benefit to society. (5.7.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-05-07nsf.htm
- Twelve educators
will be honored by the Center for Scholarship, Teaching and Learning
(CASTL) with Teacher of the Year awards in three categories including
Outstanding Teachers of the Year, Adjunct Teachers or Lecturers of the
Year and Outstanding Teaching Assistants of the Year. (4.30.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-29castl.htm
- UNM Retiree Association
members at their first meeting yesterday named a board of directors.
They are: Scott Alley, Fred Chreist, Jean Civikly-Powell, Bill Fishburn,
Karen Glaser, Joe Gonzales, Judy Griego, Clarice Jenkins, Velma Morgan,
Sam Roll, Beulah Woodfin and Lee Zink. The UNM Regents recently formalized
the association. For more information, call 277-1532. (4.30.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/03-03-17/retirees.htm
- Sam Giammo. Director
of Public Affairs at the Health Sciences Center, was recently appointed
to an At-Large position on the Group on Institutional Advancement for
the Association of American Medical Colleges. (4.30.03)
- The American College
of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has named J. Russell Dilts, chief administrative
officer of the Cancer Research and Treatment Center, as a Fellow. Fellowship
status represents a continued demonstration of high standards of professional
development, excellence and leadership as a healthcare executive. (4.23.03)
- The North American
Benthological Society (NABS), the largest organization of stream and
river ecologists in the world, has elected Biology Professor Clifford
Dahm as its president. NABS is an international scientific organization
whose purpose is to promote better understanding of the ecology and
biotic communities of streams, rivers and lakes. (4.23.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-23dahm.htm
- Jeffrey Norenberg,
assistant professor of radiopharmacy and chair of the radiopharmacy
graduate concentration in the College of Pharmacy, has been named a
fellow of the American Pharmacists Association. The appointment recognizes
Norenberg's exemplary service and achievements in the area of radiopharmacy.
(4.16.03)
- Chemistry Professor
Chris Enke has received the 2003 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence
in Education presented by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical
Society. The top honor emphasizes higher education for analytical chemists
and recognizes Enke as one of the best analytical chemistry educators
of all time in the United States. (4.16.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-15enke.htm
- Michael Zeilik,
professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected as the 2003 recipient
of the Excellence in Introductory College Physics Teaching Award by
the American Association of Physics Teachers. The award recognizes significant
contributions to undergraduate physics teaching. (4.16.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-15zeilik.htm
- The U.S. News &
World Report rankings placed the UNM School of Medicine in the top 15
primary care-oriented medical schools. It's the 13th consecutive year
the SOM has been ranked. Four additional programs in the School of Medicine
also cracked the top 10. The School of Law remains in the top 100 (76th),
and was identified as having one of the most racially diverse student
bodies in the country. The UNM Master of Fine Arts program ranks 51st,
while the photography program tied for second place. Also, the School
of Engineering was ranked 67th. (4.9.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-04rankings.htm
- Gary Scharnhorst,
professor of English, is the recipient of his fifth Fulbright to study
and teach in Germany next spring. Scharnhorst will teach at the University
of Heidelberg, marking the third time he will teach at that institution.
(4.9.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-08Fulbright.htm
- The UNM Health
Sciences Center and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute received
a $4 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health
Sciences to study asthma, cancer and other environmental health issues
that impact the Southwest. (4.9.03)
- The New Mexico
Association for Bilingual Education honored Rebecca Blum Martinez, associate
professor in the College of Education's Department of Language, Literacy
and Sociocultural Studies, with the Matias L. Chacon Hall of Fame Award.
The award recognizes a New Mexican who made significant contributions
to bilingual education at the state level. (4.9.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-09blummartinez.htm
- The New Mexico
Public Health Association will honor Nina Wallerstein and Howard Waitzkin
of the UNM School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine,
Masters in Public Health Program. Wallerstein will receive the Larrazolo
Achievement Award and Waitzkin will receive the Jonathan Mann award.
(4.9.03)
- Louis Metzger,
a UNM Regent's Scholar and junior majoring in biochemistry, is a recipient
of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Metzger was one of
300 students selected nationwide on the basis of academic merit from
a field of nearly 1,100 mathematics, science and engineering students
nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities. (4.2.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-27goldwater.htm
- Assistant Professor
Scott Tyo has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career
Development Award. (4.2.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-24tyo.htm
- Jesse Summers,
professor of molecular genetics & microbiology in the UNM School of
Medicine and UNM Cancer Research & Treatment Center, has received the
Prince Hitachi Prize for Comparative Oncology. (4.2.03)
- Deborah Ulinski
Potter, a research assistant professor in the Biology and Earth and
Planetary Sciences Departments, is one of 20 selected to receive the
2003 Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women as announced
by the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women. (4.2.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-04-01potter.htm
- Elizabeth Peck,
a student of music and Russian, has been named a 2003 Truman Scholar.
She is one of 76 U.S. students to be selected based on leadership potential,
intellectual ability and the likelihood of "making a difference." (3.26.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-25peck.htm
- The Anderson Schools
of Management (ASM) was part of the Terradigm, Inc. Mentor-Protege team.
Albuquerque-based Terradigm received the Department of Defense's prestigious
Nunn-Perry Award for 2003, which represents a big window of opportunity
for UNM, said John Young, ASM professor and principal investigator of
the project. (3.26.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-24terradigm.htm
- The March issue
of New Mexico Woman magazine features UNM's five women deans: Teresita
Aguilar, Graduate Studies; Camila Alire, General Library; Sandra Ferketich,
College of Nursing; Viola Florez, College of Education; Suellyn Scarnecchia,
School of Law. (3.19.03)
- UNM Law Professor
Denise Fort has been appointed a member of the State of New Mexico Water
Trust Board by Governor Bill Richardson. The board authorizes funding
of water related projects such as storage and delivery of water to end
users, implementation of the Endangered Species Act, restoration of
watersheds and flood protection. (3.19.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-19fort.htm
- Elaine Borrelli,
director of the School of Engineering's Student Programs, has been elected
to the board of directors for the National Academic Advising Association.
Borrelli will be responsible for providing leadership to the association
to establish the vision, strategic plan and special association initiatives.
(3.19.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-17-03borrelli.htm
- Two UNM faculty
were among 10 selected recently by the YWCA as "Women on the Move."
Teresa Cordova, associate professor in the School of Architecture and
Planning, and Loretto Cordova de Ortega, associate professor of Pediatrics,
were both honored. Cordova is a leader in traditional community planning,
while Cordova de Ortega advances medicine and science as career options
for Hispanics and other minorities. (3.19.03)
- The Office of Indian
Education Programs/Center for School Improvements of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) has awarded a four-year, $2.88 million grant to the UNM
Center for Development and Disability, Department of Pediatrics, Health
Sciences Center, to develop a comprehensive system of personnel development
with 83 BIA funded schools in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. (3.12.03)
- Raquel Montoya-Lewis,
lecturer at the UNM School of Law, has been appointed a member of the
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education. (3.12.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-12montoyalewis.htm
- The Robert O. Anderson
Schools of Management Foundation Board has selected Craig White as the
2003 honoree for the Community Leadership Award. White, an assistant
professor in the Accounting Department at the UNM's Anderson Schools
of Management, was named based on his service to the community, teaching
and research excellence. (3.12.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-11asm.htm
- The Frontier Restaurant
has been named Restaurant Neighbor of the Year by the New Mexico Restaurant
Association. Several letters of support were sent from individuals and
groups at UNM including the School of Architecture, College of Fine
Arts, the UNM Foundation, Friends of the UNM Presidential Scholarship
Program and the New Mexico Lobo Club. Larry and Dorothy Rainosek, owners
of the Frontier Restaurant, received the award recently at the Hospitality
Industry Awards. (3.12.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-12frontier.htm
- UNM President F.
Chris Garcia is among 10 New Mexicans appointed by Gov. Bill Richardson
and confirmed by the New Mexico Senate to the National Hispanic Cultural
Center's Board of Directors. (3.05.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-28garcia.htm
- The UNM School
of Engineering of Engineering, along with the Engineering Chapter of
the UNM Alumni Association, has selected four engineers to honor at
the 5th Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards banquet. Alumni to be honored
are Jack E. Bresenham, Victor J. Chavez, Lorenzo A. (Larry) Larranaga,
and Raymond J. Leopold. (3.05.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-04engineering.htm
- Spring semester
enrollment at UNM is up 3.78 percent compared to last year, according
to the Official 2003 Spring Enrollment Report. As of the Feb. 7 census
date, 23,813 students were attending UNM's main campus, compared with
22,946 last spring, making it the largest spring enrollment total since
1999. Another notable increase came in the area of evening and weekend
enrollment with a spring credit hour increase of 11.7 percent or 5,548
additional credit hours, mostly upper-division and graduate, reported
over last spring, according to the Office of Academic Affairs. (3.05.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-03-05enrollment.htm
- Scott Collins,
former program director in ecological studies at the National Science
Foundation, was named director of UNM's Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological
Research Program. (3.5.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-27collins.htm
- UNM'S Center for
Family and Community Partnerships in the College of Education has been
awarded a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to
strengthen literacy efforts in early childhood education. The project
is one of 30 funded across the nation. (2.26.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-20coegrant.htm
- The UNM Alumni
Association Board of Directors honored four individuals with awards
including Diane L. Marshall, biology professor; John Palms, Jim Hulsman
and John Morrison. (2.26.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-25alumni.htm
- David A. Bader,
assistant professor in the UNM Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,
has been selected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Computer Society Distinguished Speaker. Bader is named to a group of
about three dozen speakers from throughout the country and will serve
a three-year term. (2.26.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-24bader.htm
- UNM President
F. Chris Garcia and officials from Sandia National Laboratories will
sign a charter agreement to collaborate in the establishment of an Office
for Policy, Security and Technology at UNM. With funding from the Lockheed
Martin Corp. of $250,000 per year for a five-year period, the office
will identify and explore opportunities for UNM and Sandia National
Laboratories to collaborate on national issues that may require multidisciplinary
approaches. (2.19.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-18opst.htm
- Joel Nossoff,
director of UNM's New Student Programs, is among 10 individuals in the
nation who will be honored as "Outstanding First-Year Student Advocates"
during the 22nd Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience in Atlanta,
Ga. The award honors college faculty, administrators and staff for positive
contributions to students and the culture of their institutions. (2.19.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-19nossof.htm
- Intel Corp. presented
$17.5 million to the Next Generation Economy Inc. at UNM's Manufacturing
Training and Technology Center. Intel's donation includes 74 pieces
of equipment, including 6-inch-semiconductor manufacturing tools that
are no longer used at its Rio Rancho facility. The process tool donation
is designed to accelerate microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) development
in New Mexico. (2.19.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-14intel.htm
- The UNM Health
Sciences Center's Clinical & Magnetic Resonance Research Center
has partnered resources with the MIND Institute to develop a centralized
imaging research center to better understand the human brain and mind
in health and disease. (2.19.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1276
- UNM Health Sciences
Center Behavior Health Administrator Pamela Galbraith recently accepted
a position with the American Hospital Association Section for Psychiatric
and Substance Abuse Services. (2.12.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1220
- Research Professor
Arthur H. Guenther of the UNM Center for High Technology Materials has
been asked by the president of the International Commission for Optics
to focus his activities on growing an optics enterprise in Africa. (2.12.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-03guenther.htm
- Michael E. Campana,
director of the UNM Water Resources Program, has been selected to serve
an additional one-year term as vice president of the National Ground
Water Association (NGWA) Board of Directors. Campana will be responsible
for the duties of chair for NGWA's Association of Ground Water Scientists
& Engineers Division. (2.12.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-07campana.htm
- Professor Manuel
Hermenegildo of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid has been selected
to fill the Prince of Asturias Endowed Chair in Information Science
and Technology at UNM. (2.5.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-05prince.htm
- Biology Professor
Maggie Werner-Washburne has been selected by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science as one of nine scientists to participate
in a project to showcase achievements of distinguished U.S. Hispanic
women scientists to wide audiences of scientists, educators, students
and policymakers in Latin America. (2.5.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-04biology.htm
- UNM was presented
with an award recognizing its pollution prevention activities. The Industrial
Pre-treatment Program and the Pollution Prevention Program of the Albuquerque
Public Works Department's Wastewater Utility Division presented UNM
with the Pollution Prevention Award of Excellence at a recent City Council
meeting. (2.5.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-12pollution.htm
- Paul Nathanson,
director of the UNM School of Law's Institute of Public Law, has been
elected chair of the board of directors for the National Committee to
Preserve Social Security and Medicare. (1.29.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-1-24nathanson.htm
- Assistant Architecture
Professor Geoffrey Adams is the recipient of the 2003 Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architecture
Students New Faculty Teaching Award. (1.29.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-01-29Adams.htm
- Anderson Schools
of Management Professor John Young has been appointed special advisor
to the president on economic development, announced UNM President F.
Chris Garcia. Young, professor of entrepreneurship and strategy, will
represent the President's Office in economic development matters involving
government and business organizations and help guide the University's
participation in statewide economic development. (1.29.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-01-27young.htm
- Professor Enrique
Lamadrid has been chosen for the UNM Libraries Faculty Acknowledgment
award program for 2003. The award recognizes UNM faculty who excel in
academic productivity through research and publication. (1.22.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-01-22lamadrid.htm
- Luis A. Vargas,
clinical psychologist and associate professor of Psychiatry, has been
elected by his peers as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association
(APA) for 2003. APA Fellows are selected for their exceptional and outstanding
contributions to the research, teaching or practice of psychology. (1.15.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1047
- UNM College of
Education Professor Ginger Blalock and Associate Professor Deborah Rifenbary-Murphy
are recipients of the Educator in the Workplace Award for 2002 given
by the Middle Rio Grande Business and Education Collaborative (MRGBEC),
a non-profit regional school-to-careers partnership for Central New
Mexico. The award is given annually to a business, organization or individuals
who best contribute toward systemic reform in education. (1.15.03) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-01-14coe.htm
- Pamela Galbraith,
behavioral health administrator with the UNM Health Sciences Center,
has recently been named by Attorney General John Ashcroft and Deputy
Secretary Claude Allen to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women. (1.15.03)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=1046
- Professor Norman
R. Roderick, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, has been
named American Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Grade of Fellow.
He is among 260 IEEE Senior Members to be named Fellow Grade. (1.8.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-01-02roderick.htm
- UNM Law Professor
James W. Ellis has been named "Lawyer of the Year" by the
National Law Journal (NLJ). The NLJ selects recipients for the award
based on an attorney's "impact on the law and society." (1.8.03)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/03-02-07ellis.htm
- Professor Jim
Brown of the UNM Biology Department was awarded the Marsh Award for
Ecology at the British Ecological Society's winter meeting at the University
of York. The Marsh Award is presented annually and recognizes outstanding
achievements and contributions to the science of ecology. (12.18.02)
- Frank L. Glifeather,
who has served as executive director of the UNM High Performance Computing
Education and Research Center (HPCERC) for the past 10 years, has been
named interim associate vice provost for research at UNM. Marc Ingber,
professor and chair of the UNM Mechanical Engineering Department, has
been named to succeed Gilfeather as executive director of the HPCERC
effective Jan.1, 2003. (12.18.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-12-18gilfeather.htm
- UNM and Mt. San
Antonio College in California have signed an agreement that will allow
students at the school to transfer credits to UNM. The arrangement was
reached because some of those students have taken part in special summer
programs at UNM. (12.18.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-12-18agreement.htm
- Leah L. Albers,
a professor in the UNM College of Nursing, has been named a fellow in
the American Academy of Nursing, joining an elite group of nursing leaders
nationwide. (12.11.02)
- Robert Meyers,
associate director of the UNM Clinical Research Branch of the Center
on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addiction, has earned the 2002 Dan
Anderson Research Award from the Hazelden Foundation in Center City,
Minn. Meyers achieved the honor for documenting the effectiveness of
his Community Reinforcement and Family Training method for engaging
unmotivated substance abusers into treatment. (12.11.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-12-06meyers.htm
- Five UNM employees,
including Lucille Cordova, Carolyn Gonzales, Ray Mora, Susan Quintana
and Carol Vollbrecht, are the 2002 recipients of the Gerald W. May Staff
Recognition Awards. The awards, which are named after the former UNM
President, are the highest honor bestowed upon staff. (12.4.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-12-04geraldmay.htm
- UNM English Professor
Helen Damico is this year's recipient of the Medieval Academy of America's
annual award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies. The award
is the most prestigious given by the Medieval Academy, the premier professional
organization for medievalists in the United States and Canada. (12.4.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-12-04damico.htm
- The UNM School
of Engineering is ranked seventh on Hispanic Engineer & Information
Technology magazine's top 21 schools for Hispanics in the November/December
issue. (11.20.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-19hispanic.htm
- UNM Professor
of Management Avi Shama as Special Advisor to the President on Economic
Development. Shama will represent the President's Office in economic
development matters before city, state, federal, economic, business
and social agencies and will evaluate the University's role in the economic
development of the state, among other responsibilities. (11.13.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-13shama.htm
- UNM recognized
five individuals for outstanding contributions to its international
programs as part of International Education Week, Nov. 18-22. The recipients
of the 2002 International Excellence Awards include Deborah Boehm, Guillermina
Engelbrecht, Arthur Kaufman, Carolyn Gonzales and Ruth Hashimoto. (11.13.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-13intlawards.htm
- Doralia Martinez
Freudiger has been named director of UNM's Office of Equal Opportunity.
Martinez Freudiger has served as the deputy director of the Equal Employment
Opportunity staff for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington,
D.C., since 1994. (11.13.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-08freudiger.htm
- The U.S. Department
of Education Office of English Language Acquisition has awarded the
UNM Multicultural Bilingual Education Center and Division of Language
Literacy and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education a five-year,
$1.2 million grant to boost the number of educators skilled in teaching
English as a Second Language. (11.6.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-06ortiz.htm
- Government Information
Director Dan Barkley of the UNM General Library has been appointed chair
of the Depository Library Council. The appointment marks the first time
an individual from New Mexico has held the post in the council's 30-year
history. (11.6.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-11-05barkley.htm
- The National Institute
on Drug Abuse named UNM as one of 17 nationwide sites in a Clinical
Trials Network to improve community-based treatment of drug abuse and
dependence. With start-up funding of $1.7 million, and an estimated
$10 million over a five-year period, this is one of the largest addiction
research grants in the state's history. (10.30.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-10-30Nida.htm
- The Rozier E.
Sanchez Judicial Education Center of New Mexico at the Institute of
Public Law, UNM School of Law, has been recognized for its innovative
Web-based educational programming with a national award presented at
the Great Hall of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
(10.30.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-10-25jec.htm
- The UNM Alumni
Association has named the recipients of the 2002 Zia Awards as part
of UNM's 2002 Homecoming festivities. Recipients include Alex Beach,
Fred Begay, Breda Bova, Tom Chavez, Ramon Huerta and William Federici.
The Zia Awards are given to alumni living in New Mexico who have distinguished
themselves through public service. (10.23.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-20-22zia.htm
- Professor Arthur
H. Guenther of UNM's Center for High Technology Materials was one of
four speakers at a White House Conference on Optics and Photonics convened
by the President's Science Advisor, Dr. Jack Marburger. Guenther also
received the Optical Society of America's David Richardson Medal for
his pioneering contributions and continued leadership in the study of
laser-induced damage of optical materials at the conference. (10.23.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-10-21guenther.htm
- Greg Cajete was
named director of Native American Studies (NAS) at UNM. He is an associate
professor with NAS and the College of Education. A native of Santa Clara
Pueblo, Cajete will sculpt curriculum in an effort to create a bachelor's
degree at UNM in Native American Studies. (10.9.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-10-08cajete.htm
- A UNM grounds
and landscaping crew in the Physical Plant Department received a Pollution
Prevention Award from the City of Albuquerque's Wastewater Utility Division
for following "Best Management Practices" according to city, state and
federal guidelines. (10.9.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-10-04ppd.htm
- C. Jeff Brinker,
professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Chemistry at UNM,
was one of seven recipients of the E.O. Lawrence Award announced U.S.
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham. The award is given for outstanding
contributions in the field of atomic energy, which has influenced many
fields of science including environmental research, materials science
and nuclear medicine. (10.2.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-26brinker.htm
- Assistant Professor
Tim Castillo, UNM School of Architecture and Planning, received an honorable
mention by the Paris based organization groupe e2 in the "e2-contest,"
an international competition open to young architects and students in
architecture, landscape and urban design. Castillo's submission, PARK(ING),
was also selected for an international exhibition. (10.2.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-30castillo.htm
- For the seventh
consecutive year, UNM has been named in the annual report on America's
100 Best College Buys designating the University as one of America's
best college educations for the cost. The report, compiled by the Institutional
Research and Evaluation, Inc., included 1,026 accredited U.S. colleges
and universities offering four-year undergraduate degree programs that
responded to the survey. (10.2.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/Oct%202%20best.htm
- Jennifer Riordan,
senior public affairs representative in the Public Affairs Department
at the UNM Health Sciences Center, has been named "Member of the
Year" by the New Mexico chapter of the American Marketing Association.
(10.2.02)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=749
- U.S. News and
World Report ranks UNM's engineering program among the best programs
at schools where the highest degree offered is a doctorate. The U.S.
News ranking relies on quantitative measures education experts propose
as reliable indicators of academic quality. (9.25.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-19usnews.htm
- Renee-Claude Mercier,
assistant professor of Infectious Diseases in the UNM College of Pharmacy
and the UNM School of Medicine, has been elected secretary/treasurer
for the Infectious Diseases Practice and Research Network of the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy. Mercier conducts clinical pharmacy research
pertaining to infectious diseases. (9.25.02)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=724
- Lawrence Roybal,
associate director for communications in the Office of Recruitment Services
at UNM, will receive the 2002 De Colores Hispanic Heritage Humanitarian
Leadership Award. The award, a component of the annual De Colores, Inc.,
Hispanic Culture Festival, will honor eight Hispanic leaders from New
Mexico. (9.25.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-20roybal.htm
- UNM Fall Semester
enrollment is up 3.55 percent compared to a year ago, according to the
Official 2002 Fall Enrollment Report. As of the Sept. 6 census date,
24,705 students were attending UNM's main campus, compared with 23,859
last year, making it the largest fall enrollment total since fall 1999.
According to Office of Academic Affairs, another notable increase came
in the area of evening and weekend enrollment with a credit hour increase
of 14.4 percent or 52,947 credit hours reported. (9.18.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-17enrollment.htm
- Assistant Professor
Mark Childs, UNM School of Architecture and Planning, will receive the
Faculty Acknowledgement Award from the UNM General Library. Childs,
director of the Design Planning Assistance Center, will present, "Square
Design," a look at public space design for urbanists during the
presentation. (9.18.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-12childs.htm
- Virginia Scharff,
director of the Center for the Southwest at UNM, will be the Frederick
W. Beinecke Senior Research Fellow at the Howard R. Lamar Center at
Yale University in 2003-04. Her research will focus on the study of
frontiers and borders. (9.18.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-09-18scharff.htm
- Dr. Joy Griffin,
associate professor of Physical Performance and Development in the College
of Education, has been elected to the Association for the Advancement
of Applied Sports Psychology College of Fellows. She is one of only
58 individuals to receive the honor worldwide. Advancing to fellow status
is the highest honor the association bestows. (9.18.02)
- Dr. Paul Roth,
UNM School of Medicine dean and associate vice president for Clinical
Affairs for the UNM Health Sciences Center, was named to the Council
on Public Health Preparedness. The 21-member panel, assembled by U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, will
advise the department on appropriate actions to prepare for and respond
to public health emergencies, including acts of bioterrorism. (9.11.02)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=606
- Tina C. McNulty,
a lecturer in the UNM Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, received
the Cordelia Meyers Writers Award from the American Occupational Therapy
Association. The award recognizes the best article by a first time author
in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. The association confers
only one award nationally each year. (9.4.02)
http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=536
- The American Bar
Association, the nation's largest attorney's group, recently honored
the UNM School of Law with two awards at its annual meeting in Washington,
D.C. UNM received the Henry J. Ramsey, Jr., Diversity Award and Best
Law School Web Site Award. (8.28.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-23law.htm
- Julia E. Fulghum
has been named chair of the UNM Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department.
Fulghum is the School of Engineering's first female department chair.
(8.28.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-28fulghum.htm
- Dr. Patricia A.
Burtner, assistant professor in the UNM
Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, has been recognized as a Fellow
in the American Occupational Therapy Association. (8.28.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-28fulghum.htm
- Researchers from
UNM and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography gained a novel glimpse
into fundamental Earth processes after studying a chain of Central America's
most active volcanoes. Their research, published in the Aug. 16 issue
of the journal Science, gives new insight into the past and possibly
the future of elements cycling between Earth's underlying mantle and
surface reservoirs such as the crust, oceans and atmosphere. (8.21.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-15volcanos.htm
- Ric Richardson,
associate professor in the UNM School of Architecture and Planning,
has been awarded a visiting fellowship at Curtin University of Technology
in Perth, Australia. While in Perth, Richardson will also work with
the City and Regional Planning Department at Curtin University. He will
look at the parallels between Perth's and Albuquerque's citizen involvement
and neighborhood redevelopment. (8.21.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-20richardson.htm
- The UNM School
of Medicine and Cancer Center received a three-year, $1.12 million planning
grant to become one of five major National Centers of Excellence in
Complex Biomedical Systems Research. Janet M. Oliver, Regents' Professor
of Pathology and associate director for research in the UNM Cancer Research
and Treatment Center, leads the new center. The goal of the centers
is to encourage computational approaches that will deepen understanding
of biological processes. (8.21.02)
- Judy Cartmell,
associate controller of the UNM Health Sciences Center, will chair a
newly-formed Project Management Team that will implement the financials
component of the Electronic Management Information Systems (EMIS) project.
EMIS is a University-wide effort to reengineer and automate various
University business and administrative processes to make them more efficient
and customer focused. (8.21.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-21emis.htm
- The UNM Foundation
received more than $40 million in private funds during the 2001-02 fiscal
year to establish a new standard for private giving to the University.
The amount was 6.7 percent more than its goal of $37.3 million and constitutes
a 13.5 percent increase over the previous fiscal year, which brought
in a then-record $35.3 million. (8.14.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-13foundation.htm
- Three new officers
have been elected to the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) Clinical Operations
Board for three-year terms. The officers are: Paul Donisthorpe, chairman;
Alberto Gutierrez, vice-chairman and Christina Campos, secretary. The
nine-member board oversees the non-research and non-educational clinical
operations of clinical facilities at the HSC. (8.14.02)
- UNM Physics and
Astronomy Professor Michael Zeilik received an astronomical prize -
the American Astronomical Society 2002 Education award recently. (8.14.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/02-08-05zeilik.htm
- The Water Resources
Program at UNM will soon begin a two-year collaborative program with
the Escuela Agricola Panamericana (Zamorano) in Honduras to establish
a Central American Water Resources Development Center. The center will
create a regional, national and local entity for the integrated management
of water resources. (8.7.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July31water.htm
- Dr. Paul Roth,
dean of the School of Medicine, was recently presented with the 2002
Governor's Award for the New Mexico Emergency Medicine System. Roth
was one of the nation's first full professors of emergency medicine.
(8.7.02)
- New Mexico native
Andres C. Salazar was selected to fill the PNM Chair in Microsystems,
Commercialization and Technology at UNM. The PNM Chair is a joint appointment
between the School of Engineering and the Anderson Schools of Management
funded by the PNM Foundation to help provide world-class instruction
in the commercialization of and advanced training in microsystems technology.
(7.24.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July19pnm.htm
- Sanjay Krishna,
an assistant professor in the UNM Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department, received a Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge
Associated Universities (ORAU) for the 2002-2003 academic year. ORAU
is a private, non-profit corporation and a consortium of 86 doctoral-granting
colleges and universities. UNM is one of two universities in the state
to participate in the consortium. (7.24.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July22krishna.htm
- Jill Morford has
been awarded a grant by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board. Morford, an associate professor in the Department of Linguistics,
will lecture and carry out cross-linguistic research on American Sign
Language and German Sign Language. (7.24.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July22morford.htm
- Political Science
Ph.D. candidates Jeff Drope and Christina Schatzman have been awarded
highly-competitive dissertation fellowships from the National Science
Foundation (NSF). Both are advised by Professor Wendy Hansen. Eric Jepsen,
also a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, has been awarded Fulbright
and Social Science Research Council dissertation fellowships, in addition
to an NSF fellowship awarded last year. (7.24.02)
- Robert A. Ibarra,
former vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
has been named special assistant to the president for diversity initiatives.
He will direct and coordinate the University's strategic diversity initiatives,
to include recruitment and retention efforts for women and minorities
in underutilized faculty and staff job categories. (7.10.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July8Iberra.htm
- UNM is involved
in a joint transboundary water quality and quantity monitoring project
in the Kura-Araks river basin of the South Caucasus with the former
Soviet Republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. UNM and the three
countries are seeking funding under the NATO Science for Peace Program,
which supports scientific research that will foster cooperation among
nations. (7.10.02) http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July3water.htm
- Gil Berry, associate
director of Facility Planning and campus landscape architect, has been
honored with the designation, "Fellow of the American Society of
Landscape Architects," an honor accorded very few people for distinguished
service to the landscape architecture profession. (7.10.02)
- Fourteen incoming
students, 12 from local high schools and one each from Farmington and
Las Cruces, are recipients of the UNM Regents' Scholars, a full-ride
academic scholarship. The most prestigious of all UNM scholarships,
it is designed to attract the brightest and most talented. (7.10.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July10Scholars.htm
- John A. Pieper
has been named dean for the College of Pharmacy. He is chair of the
Division of Pharmacotherapy in the School of Pharmacy at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Pieper, who will assume deanship on
Oct. 1, replaces Dean William Hadley, who retired from the College of
Pharmacy after 30 years of service. (7.10.02)
- The UNM College
of Education (COE) raised more than $1 million in private donations
for fiscal year 2001 - nearly doubling its goal. The largest donations
came from corporate and foundation sources, including the Hewlett-Packard
Company, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Intel Corporation, Kellogg
Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, Spencer Foundation and McCune Foundation.
(7.10.02)
http://www.unm.edu/news/Releases/July1coe.htm
- Health Sciences
Center Director of Public Affairs Sam Giammo has been awarded the Vista
Award from the New Mexico Chapter of the Public Relations Society of
America. The award honors visionaries in the public relations field
in the state. (7.10.02)
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