Planned Outage to Affect Many ITS Services Sunday, Sept. 7

Due to planned system maintenance, most ITS services will be unavailable on Sunday, Sept. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. During this time period, numerous applications will not be available.

UNM Foundation Elects Six New Board Trustees

The University of New Mexico Foundation elected six new members and re-elected nine members to its Board of Trustees recently. New members include: Dennis Burns, Chris Chant, Steven Durkovich, Orcilia Zuniga-Forbes, James M. Maddox and Melissa W. O’Rourke.

New Mexico In Focus Tackles Republican National Convention

As the Republican National Convention winds to a close this week, “New Mexico in Focus,” KNME-TV’s weekly one-hour public affairs series showcases a discussion with two alternate delegates to the convention, a debate over the political scandal that erupted over the selection of an elections director in the Secretary of State’s office, PNM’s new plan to become more sustainable, and more. “New Mexico in Focus” will air on Friday, Sept. 5 at 7 p.m

UNM Bookstore Features Talk on Eight Steps to Happiness

Gen Kelsang Gomlam will be a featured speaker at the University of New Mexico Bookstore, Saturday, Sept. 13, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. The UNM Bookstore is located at 2301 Central Ave. NE at the intersection of Cornell and Central. Gomlam will teach from the book Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

Free Bus Passes Now Available to Faculty and Staff

UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS) announced today that free ABQRide bus passes are now available to current UNM faculty and staff. To become eligible, faculty and staff must present both their Lobo ID and a current printout of their expanded record from the UNM directory.

Danizete Martinez wins CRS Graduate Fellowship

Danizete Martinez, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, received a $15,000 UNM Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship for 2008-09. The CRS fellowships foster studies about New Mexico and the Southwest that bring together historical and contemporary questions/issues/problems concerning the people of New Mexico, as well as projects that connect New Mexico to other cultures and regions of the Americas, Spain and Québec.

Photo: Danizete Martinez

Agora Offers a Cutting Edge Training

Agora’s first ever 'ASIST Training' set for Sept. 6-7

UNM’s Agora Crisis Center will host a two-day training session titled, ‘The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training’ on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7 in the conference room at the PNM building located in Alvarado Square at 414 Silver Ave. S.W. in downtown Albuquerque.

Exhibit Gives First Sight of Graduate Student Artists

The UNM Department of Art and Art History will hold the opening presentation of “At First Sight: New Graduate Students in the Department of Art and Art History” on Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. in the Jonson Gallery.

Exhibit Displays Feminist Art

The Feminist Research Institute will host a Welcome Back Reception and feminist art exhibit, “Through Their Eyes” on Friday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Masley Art Gallery.

Martha Cole McGrew Named Chair of Department of Family and Community Medicine at UNM School of Medicine

Martha Cole McGrew, M.D., has been named the new chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, announced Paul Roth, executive vice president for UNM Health Sciences. McGrew has been acting chair for the Department since Arthur Kaufman was appointed as the first vice president for Community Health in 2007.

Anderson School of Management Seeks Hall of Fame Nominations

ASM's Hall of Fame to celebrate 20th Anniversary

UNM’s Anderson School of Management is accepting nominations for the 20th annual Hall of Fame awards ceremony and dinner. The Anderson Hall of Fame honors alumni whose distinguished careers serve as a model to the next generation of business leaders. Anderson also recognizes outstanding young alumni who have distinguished themselves in the short time since graduating from the Anderson School, are under the age of 40, and are the kind of individuals who may be future Hall of Fame inductees.

Chastain Advances Employee Rights, Resources

New Staff Council President Loyola Chastain says it’s a good time to serve. “I thought when President Schmidly came that it would be a great time to serve as Staff Council president, because it would be an opportunity to work with him on new initiatives,” she said.

UNM Programs Rank Among Top 10 by Hispanic Business Inc.

School of Law again takes No. 1

The September issue of Hispanic Business Inc. features the top graduate schools for Hispanics. For the second year, the UNM School of Law ranks No. 1 among top 10 law schools. The UNM School of Law leads the nation for study of Hispanic culture, history and political science. The UNM School of Law demonstrates a commitment to serve Hispanics from admissions through services for graduates.

Student Research Reveals Majority of Teens Have Ridden with Impaired Driver

Research by two UNM Communication & Journalism graduate students reveals dangerous correlations between young people riding with impaired adults and risky driving behaviors. Graduate students Laura Burton and Tatjana Rosev surveyed more than 1,000 students at Rio Grande and Albuquerque High Schools and Albuquerque Academy.

Photo: Laura Burton and Tatjana Rosev

Campus Mail Offers Opt-Out for Inter-Campus Flyers

UNM Mailing Systems is developing a way to reduce the amount of unnecessary paper materials generated within the university as a response to growing concerns about paper waste. Currently Mailing Systems generates campus mailing lists to target specific employees, based on selected criteria for departments who wish to send out notices, marketing materials and other information to the campus.

Anderson School Professor to Receive Outstanding Accounting Educator Award

Anderson School of Management Accounting Professor Joni Young will receive the 2008 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award from the New Mexico Society of Certified Public Accountants (NMSCPA). Young, chair of the accounting department, was selected by the NMSCPA for her outstanding accomplishments in the classroom that enhance the reputation of the CPA profession.

Photo: Joni Young

UNM Title V Hosts Faculty Reception

Jennifer Gomez-Chavez, director, University of New Mexico Title V, invites all faculty to a Community Faculty Welcome reception Monday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th S.W.

Conference Aims to Build Latin American Network

Participants engaged in social justice

The University of New Mexico Special Office for Latin American Initiatives hosts an inaugural conference, “Latin American Network in Government and Public Policy,” Wednesday, Sept. 10 through Saturday, Sept. 13 at UNM.

UNM VP to Speak at Hispanic Heritage Press Conference

UNM Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres will be among the speakers at the Hispanic Heritage Press Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 11 a.m. to noon in Albuquerque’s Old Town Plaza. Torres, will address the importance of teaching Hispanic heritage to future generations.

Cold Stone Creamery to Help Benefit Comadre a Comadre

A fundraiser benefiting the Comadre a Comadre program in the College of Education at UNM will be held Thursday, Sept. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Cold Stone Creamery located at Jefferson and I-25 near the Century Rio 24 Theatre.

Democratic National Convention, Ralph Nader in New Mexico Highlight This Week’s “New Mexico in Focus”

This week, “New Mexico in Focus” examines the impact that New Mexicans, from Gov. Bill Richardson to Patricia Madrid, Tom Udall and more, have had at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. “New Mexico in Focus” airs on KNME-TV, Channel 5, on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. and repeats on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 6:30 a.m.

Celebrate a Technology Milestone with ITS

The Information Technology Services (ITS) Department invites all faculty, staff and students to celebrate a technology milestone. Meet and greet Dr. Gil Gonzales, chief information officer for UNM, and say farewell to the UNM's old mainframe system on Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in SUB Ballroom C. Gonzales, UNM's new CIO, started Monday, Aug. 18.

Photo: The Information Technology Services Department is set to officially retire UNM's old mainframe system.

UNM Network Restored

During this week’s influx of students and their new internet-capable devices, the UNM wireless network was overwhelmed. In an attempt to provide more wireless IP addresses, wired connectivity also became limited. ITS ha fully restored all network access, including wireless, and have all available resources working on the root cause of the problem.

Medical Ethics Expert to Give Lecture at UNM

Professor Thaddeus Pope, an associate professor of Law at Widener University Law School, will a give a free public lecture that will focus on medical ethics, specifically relating to issues of making medical decisions. The lecture will be held Saturday, Aug. 30 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church located at 425 University N.E. The lecture itself begins at 10 a.m. Light refreshments will be served beforehand.

UNM Wireless Network Intermittently Unavailable

Due to emergency maintenance, the UNM Wireless Network will be intermittently unavailable today, Aug. 27 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. During this time, the following services will be affected: Wireless Network (Lobo-Wifi & Lobo-Sec).

Anthropologist Anne Weaver Kicks Off Voices of the Southwest at National Hispanic Cultural Center

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m., award-winning author and UNM alumna Anne Weaver will be the first speaker in the recently resurrected Voices of the Southwest lecture series at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Weaver's book, 'The Voyage of the Beetle,' explores Charles Darwin's "mystery of mysteries" by taking young readers on a scientific ride that helps answer the questions of why so many different species exist on Earth and why each is uniquely fitted for its environment. An hour-long talk will precede a question-and-answer period and book signing.

UNM Enrolls Higher Number of National Merit and National Hispanic Scholars

UNM has 15 National Merit Scholars and 24 National Hispanic Scholars in the freshman class this fall. That is a major increase from 2007 when the university had four National Merit and 10 National Hispanic Scholars.

UNM Continuing Education Presents Denish in Free Lecture

Lt. Governor Diane Denish along with state Cabinet secretaries present, “The Future of New Mexico” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at Continuing Education, 1634 University Boulevard NE, just north of Indian School Road. The free event is sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of New Mexico.

Photo: Lt. Governor Diane Denish

Latin American Students Attend UNM on Scholarships

The UNM Office of International Admissions recently offered a “Bienvenidos” to a group of students from Latin America to the campus community. Recruited from Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Honduras, the students include undergraduates attending UNM on the International Amigo Scholarship, as well as graduate Fulbright and CONACYT scholars.

Dougher Receives Research Award

For 15 years, UNM’s Associate Vice President for Research Michael Dougher has worked with his students to examine the role of stimulus relations and semantic networks they believe underlie human cognition learning and memory. They have studied the effect on clinical disorders such as depression and anxiety. For that work, Dougher has received an award from the American Psychological Association.

Photo: Associate Vice President for Research Michael Dougher