The world’s oil supply of cheap, conventionally produced oil may run out sooner than most people think and possibly within this decade says Caltech Vice Provost David Goodstein. Goodstein will give a free lecture at Woodward Hall at the University of New Mexico, Monday, Nov. 8 at 3 p.m. Goodstein’s lecture, “Out of Gas: the end of the age of oil,” will discuss the reasoning that leads to that conclusion and the likely consequences if it is correct.
“It may be possible, with considerable difficulty to substitute other fossil fuels for the missing oil, but if we do that we may do irreparable damage to Earth’s climate,” Goodstein said. “Even then we would start to run out of all fossil fuels, including coal, probably within this century.”
Can civilization survive if that happens? Goodstein’s lecture will consider the possibilities.
Goodstein, a professor of physics and applied physics, and the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor, has been on the faculty at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena for more than 35 years.
His research, in experimental condensed matter physics, has dealt with phases and phase transitions in adsorbed, two-dimensional matter, ballistic phonons in solids, superfluidity in liquid helium, and critical point phenomena. He is currently working on experiments that examine the dynamics of the superfluid phase transition in collaboration with Professor Robert Duncan of UNM and Caltech.
Professor Goodstein was awarded the 1999 Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the 2000 John P. McGovern Medal of Sigma XI, the Research Society.
Goodstein’s book, States of Matter, (Prentice Hall, 1975) was hailed by Physics Today as the book that launched a new discipline, Condensed Matter Physics. His other books include Feynman’s Lost Lecture, written with his wife, Judith Goodstein, and most recently, Out of Gas: The end of the age of oil (W. W. Norton, 2004).
Goodstein’s latest book is currently available at the UNM bookstore. Following the lecture, he will be available to sign copies of his book, which will also be on sale at the lecture hall.
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Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
When Neal Ulevich shot photos of the Vietnam War he was working for the Associated Press, shooting photos that would be seen in newspapers across the United States the next day, but he also had history in mind as he shot those images. On Friday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. in Anthropology rm. 163 on the UNM campus, Ulevich will present a slide show of Vietnam photos and discuss the images, and the stories behind those images. His presentation is called, “A Photojournalist in Vietnam; Imaging for the Moment, Imaging for History.”
Ulevich won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for news photography for his images of a violent political confrontation in Bangkok, Thailand. He worked nearly two decades in Asia with the Associated Press before he returned to the United States to work in the phototechnology program. He retired in 2002 and now lives in Centennial, Colorado.
The Ulevich talk is part of a series of events at UNM titled “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered." This public history of the Vietnam War, from all sides, through combat art, photography, personal correspondence, a speaker’s series, public panel discussions, film courses and more was put together by Brian McKinsey, a veteran of the Vietnam War now living in New Mexico.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989
This is the first year universities have participated in the national student/parent mock election. UNM is one of six universities participating, and balloting here was conducted online from Oct. 26 through Oct. 28.
More than 400 students, faculty and staff members voted at UNM.
Presidential race - UNM results
John Kerry - 297
George W. Bush - 98
Ralph Nader - 13
Michael Badnarik - 6
David Cobb - 3
Michael Peroutka - 2
State results as of 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 from 58 schools, not including UNM
George W. Bush - 5,171
John Kerry - 4,377
Ralph Nader - 195
David Cobb - 38
Michael Badnarik - 33
Michael Peroutka - 22
House of Representatives
District 1
Richard Romero - 257
Heather Wilson - 117
District 2
Gary King - 5
Steve Pierce - 2
District 3
Tom Udall - 30
Greg Tucker - 5
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
— Five-fold Internet increase puts New Mexico on national
bandwidth connectivity map
— Future installation plans support advanced network solutions
Time Warner Telecom, a leading provider of managed voice and data networking solutions for businesses in Albuquerque and 43 other U.S. metropolitan areas, today announced the successful installation of Gigabit-speed Ethernet Internet and data transport services for the University of New Mexico.
Under terms of the three-year, $1.1 million service contract, Time Warner Telecom is delivering a custom solution, with diverse SONET dual entry and scalability to the University.
“This service delivers significant competitive advantages to UNM in accessing new technology, research and development, and advanced networking solutions,” said Art St. George, manager of Advanced Technologies at the University of New Mexico. “These advantages will benefit the University and, ultimately, New Mexico businesses.”
The Time Warner Telecom Ethernet service establishes redundant transmission capability and scalability for UNM while delivering access to the New Mexico GigaPop. A Gigapop site is a network access point that supports data transfer rates of at least 1 Gigabits per second to access high speed networks that are often used to develop advanced Internet technologies like telemedicine, digital libraries and virtual laboratories.
Time Warner Telecom is delivering two 100 Mbps Ethernet Internet connections from the University’s Computer Information Resources and Technology (CIRT) location to a Time Warner Telecom co-location facility and to the Internet.
One of the main goals of this service is to deliver UNM connections to the National LambdaRail (NLR), a major initiative of U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies to provide a national infrastructure for research and experimentation in networking technologies and applications.
“The Time Warner Telecom service has increased our Internet bandwidth five-fold, while proving highly reliable and cost effective for us,” St. George said. “The high-speed capabilities we now have, helps put UNM on the national map for broadband connectivity. And the planned installations will support our ability to deliver advanced networking solutions.”
“We offer improved value and service that is unique to Albuquerque businesses,” said Rick Corbett, general manager for Time Warner Telecom in New Mexico. “Whether it be a small business, large enterprise, healthcare facility, financial entity, higher education institution, government office, or military installation, the need to connect to additional offices and businesses across town or across country is extremely important. Time Warner Telecom delivers high-speed connections to meet these needs better than any other with our metro Ethernet and integrated data and voice solutions.”
Time Warner Telecom's metro Ethernet Native LAN service uses Cisco equipment and has been designated a Cisco Powered Network service, signifying that this service is built around Cisco's industry leading technology.
About Time Warner Telecom
Time Warner Telecom Inc., headquartered in Littleton, Colo., is a leading provider of managed network solutions to a wide array of businesses and organizations in 44 U.S. metropolitan areas that require telecommunications intensive services. One of the country’s premier competitive telecom carriers, Time Warner Telecom integrates data, dedicated Internet access, and local and long distance voice services for long distance carriers, wireless communications companies, incumbent local exchange carriers, and such enterprise organizations as healthcare, finance, higher education, manufacturing, hospitality, state and local government, and military. Please visit www.twtelecom.com for more information.
About the University of New Mexico
Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico now occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of Albuquerque, a city of half a million people. UNM is the largest institution of higher education in New Mexico with an enrollment of nearly 31,000 students on its main campus and four branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos and Valencia County. It is a major research university, bringing in $279 million in annual contracts and grants, and one of only three universities in the country to be designated as both a Carnegie Research/Doctoral Extensive institution and a Hispanic-serving institution. For more information, visit www.unm.edu.
Contacts: Bob Meldrum, Time Warner Telecom, (303) 566-1354; Steve Carr, UNM, (505) 277-1821
Vice President for Student Affairs, Eliseo “Cheo” Torres accepts a $5,000 check from Jack Srouji, recruiting manager at Enterprise Car Rentals. The check is directed to diversity scholarship. The $5,000 from Enterprise will be matched with $5,000 from UNM.
Torres says this diversity scholarship “provides us with another vital tool that we can use to recruit and retain the neediest minority students. Enterprise’s gift to UNM represents the best kind of corporate investment in the future of our young people.
For information on the Diversity Scholarship contact Tim Sawyer, 277-5299.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Ted A. Garcia, general manager and chief executive officer of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5 (PBS – Albuquerque / Santa Fe), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). PBS announced the balloting results for the election of four lay directors and six professional directors to serve terms on the PBS Board of Directors beginning at the Organizational Meeting of the Board on Oct. 19, 2004.
Elected by the General Managers of the 170 PBS licensees across the country, the PBS Board of Directors is responsible for governing and setting policy for the Public Broadcasting Service. The Board is comprised of 35 members: 17 PBS station managers, 11 lay members, 6 general directors and the PBS president are currently seated.
“PBS and PBS member stations welcome these exceptionally talented people to the Board of Directors,” said PBS President and CEO Pat Mitchell. “The entire board gives generously of their time and expertise to guide this institution. We are truly grateful for all their hard work, excellent counsel and commitment”
“I am honored to have been selected by my peers to serve on this board,” said Garcia.
“Leadership in public service media is critical to meeting the needs of the people of New Mexico through the creation and distribution of the highest quality programming and educational services. I am honored to serve on the PBS Board of Directors and to have the opportunity to work with such extraordinary leaders on behalf of all the PBS stations and their communities across the country."
Ted A. Garcia is also serving as Chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Board of Directors. NETA is a professional association serving public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. NETA-delivered programming reaches 98 percent of television households in the United States.
Contact: Evy Todd,
Michael Kelly, the new Director of the Center for Southwest Research was formally welcomed at a reception hosted by dean of University of New Mexico Library Services Camilla Alire.
Kelly will be responsible for overseeing and building the collections at the center. Those collections include manuscripts and personal papers from more than 600 prominent individuals who have contributed to the history and culture of New Mexico, the Southwest and the Southwest Borderlands.
The center also includes a collection of more than 40,000 books and periodicals the Meem architectural archives, a pictorial collection with more than 80-thousand images, the John Donald Robb Music Archive with more than 33-thousand entries on tape, and the official University of New Mexico archives.
Kelly is the former curator of Special Collections at Wichita State University, where he was also an associate professor. While in Kansas, he successfully oversaw the planning and development of a state-of-the-art archival facility and was a leader for advancement of digital archival development.
He served as chair of the South Central Kansas Library System, and has been involved in numerous other regional and state professional activities. He also served as a consultant for two history and civics textbooks on Kansas history.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
El Centro de la Raza and Recruitment Services at the University of New Mexico provide a day full of university activities to more than 1,000 Hispanic high school juniors and seniors on Oct. 28. The day provides an excellent opportunity for juniors to learn what it takes to get into college and seniors can experience UNM on-site admissions.
The Hispano Student Day theme is ¡Tu futuro está en tus manos! – Your future is in your hands!
Representatives from across the Campus serve on the Hispano Student Day committee and help organize the event. The goal of the event is to inspire and enable students to leave the campus with a plan of action.
“This is the time that students can recognize that UNM and higher educations is waiting for them. We want students to have the information to help them make the right choice for themselves as well as get excited about pursuing their education. We want Hispano students to know that they have right to a college education,” said Rosa Isela Cervantes, event co-chair.
Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. The welcome by students begins at 9:10 followed by a welcome by President Louis Caldera at UNM Johnson Center. Junior and senior workshops will be held at the SUB from 9:40 – 11 a.m. A special session designed for counselors and sponsors to give them updated information will be held from 9:40-11 a.m. at the SUB Theater.
The keynote address, which will take place at the UNM SUB Ballroom, will feature national speaker Lieutenant Colonel Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch who is retired from the U.S. Army. A lunch and Campus tour will finish the day with Mariachi Lobo entertaining the crowd. For more information call Rosa Isela Cervantes at 277-5020 or Sonia Archuleta at 277-2260.
Contacts: Rosa Isela Cervantes, (505) 277-5020; Sonia Archuleta, (505) 277-2260; Eleanor Sanchez, (505) 277-1813
On Thursday, Nov. 4, The Anderson Schools of Management at The University of New Mexico will welcome Sr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, First Vice President of the European Parliament, for a speaking engagement on campus. The talk gets underway will last from 4 to 5 p.m. and will be held in room 1064 at The Anderson Schools.
A member of the European Parliament since 1999, Sr. Vidal-Quadras Roca will talk about European economic development. Students, faculty, staff and members of the business community are invited to partake in this historic opportunity, which will include a question-and-answer period.
A physicist and professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Sr. Vidal Quadras-Roca is widely published and has done extensive research in the fields of radiation detection, environmental radioactivity and radiation protection.
On a leave of absence from academe since 1988, he has served Spain in various elected leadership positions, including President of the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Parliament of Cataluna and Municipal Counsellor for the city of Barcelona.
Contact: Lisa McHale, (505) 277-0880
Professor Richard Santos, acting associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and former Economics Department chair, received the first UNM Work+Life Manager/Supervisor Award Tuesday at a ceremony in the SUB ballroom attended by more than 200 employees.
The Department of Human Resources and Staff Council sponsor the award. HR Director Susan Carkeek presented Santos with a plaque and $1,000 cash award.
Faculty, staff and students nominated Santos for the honor, designed to recognize UNM managers who assist faculty and staff in their personal and work responsibilities. He was selected from 71 staff and faculty nominated.
“Richard consistently acknowledged the contributions I made to the department and never made me feel as though I had to choose between the people who needed me at home, the students who needed me in the classroom, and my research. It is possible to do all of those things if you have some flexibility and Richard granted me that,” a nominee wrote.
“[Richard’s] kind ways and candid openness made a huge difference in the way our department functioned,” wrote another.
“We recognize his consistent efforts to provide flextime,” a nominee wrote. “He allowed me not only to travel [to help with a sick child] but also taught my class,” a teaching assistant wrote. “I don’t exaggerate if I tell you that Prof. Santos was the difference between getting my Ph.D. or not.”
For more information on the Staff Council Work-Life Committee, visit Staff Council Work-Life Committee.
One week following America’s competitive Presidential race, ASUNM Student Special Events (SSE) presents Bill Maher, Live at UNM’s Center for the Arts, Popejoy Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Oct. 28 and can be purchased through the UNM Ticket Office by calling 277-4569 or online at www.tickets.com. Ticket prices vary depending on seat location and classification by student, staff or public.
Maher is the star of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO which airs live on Friday nights at 11 p.m. eastern. His direct and unique stances on politics have granted Maher a solid fan base as well as increasing attention from opponents of his commentary.
In 1993, Maher launched Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, a show that celebrated political opinions and ideas and aired first on Comedy Central and eventually on ABC Late night from 1997-2002.
The acclaimed yet controversial humorist has released books including Does
Anybody Have a Problem With That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits and When You Ride ALONE You Ride with Bin Laden, both of which have become essential items for his ever-growing fan base.
Some of his other credits include five HBO specials, comedy tours and a one-man Broadway show entitled “Victory Begins at Home”.
Bill Maher is guaranteed to put on a show that is hilarious, topical, controversial, and memorable. One week after the election, Maher is sure to have a lot to speak about and opinions to share.
For more information contact ASUNM Student Special Events (SSE) at 227.5602.
Contact: Keith Lopez, (505) 277-5602
A public panel discussion on the effect of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and combat trauma on Americans and Vietnamese who survived the Vietnam War takes place tonight at 7 p.m. in Anthropology 163. The panel is the first in a series sponsored by the “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered” project which has exhibits currently on display at Zimmerman Library, University Art Museum, Jonson Gallery and Maxwell Museum.
There will be free parking for the event at the “T” lot on University and Lomas with shuttle service to the Anthropology building.
Panel participants include Dr. Michael Hollifield, formerly with the UNM Dept. of Psychiatry and now at the University of Louisville, who has done extensive research into trauma and anxiety. Dennis Kraber, MA, recently retired from the Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center where he counseled veterans on PTSD issues for more than 13 years. Peggy Moore, MSW, recently retired from the UNM Dept. of Pediatrics and Children’s Psychiatric Hospital and now in private practice, has treated trauma in adults and children for 12 years.
Also participating will be American and Vietnamese veterans of the war, along with Vietnamese civilians.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989
Enrique Lamadrid, University of New Mexico professor of Spanish and director of Chicano Studies, said the time has come to change the name of Chicano Studies, although content and commitments will remain the same.
“The faculty of the program, its advisory committees, and Hispanic and Chicano faculty at large in the institution are overwhelmingly in support of a name change for the program, to update, and more truly reflect its goals, objectives, and student population,” Lamadrid said.
Students, the most important part of the equation, have been consulted through surveys, placement testing, and ongoing conversation. The catalyst and reason for acting now is that the UNM 2005-2007 Catalog is in process.
In addition to campus support, Lamadrid said they have also advised community groups concerned with UNM’s future, such as the Hispanic Round Table.
Lamadrid said that individuals and groups use terms to identify themselves. Other terms are used by non-group members to identify specific cultural or ethnic groups. The terms are called “ethnonyms.” He said that U.S. Hispanics/Latinos/Chicanos are a diverse group with multi-faceted national, racial and cultural elements constituting identities.
“The range of ethnonyms is broad, and depends on the preferences of each group. Although they refer to cultural, national, and political groups, ethnonyms are very personal,” he said.
The largest group of U.S. Hispanics is connected in some way to Mexico, historically, culturally and through immigration. The second group is of Caribbean origin, namely from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. The third group includes a broad collection of others.
“A characteristic linking these groups is a present or past relationship to the Spanish language,” Lamadrid said.
Spanish Heritage Language programs identify and teach students connected in some way to the language. At UNM, the majority of the Spanish Heritage Language students are either native New Mexicans or foreign and U.S. born Mexicans, he said.
Lamadrid said hundreds of students have taken Spanish placement tests as heritage students and only eight to nine percent chose “Chicano” as the preferred ethnonym.
“The vast majority identifies with terms like ‘Mexicano,’ ‘Hispanic or Hispano,’ and ‘Mexican American,’” he said.
With UNM's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Lamadrid said, “Our goal is to find a way to serve a 90+ percentile in such a way that does not immediately threaten or disrespect their identity. Identity formation is a personal process that cannot be imposed from without. It is formed by family, education and community,” he said.
“The content of existing courses and program design will not change, only titles
of intro courses. If a consensus is achieved, the new name for the program will be Southwest Hispanic Studies (SWHS), as of the next Fall 2005 catalog. The only additional catalog change for the minor is an upgrade of the Spanish requirement by one course, and the inclusion of a service learning component in the senior, or capstone, seminar,” Lamadrid said.
A Southwest designation will create instant identification with other units at UNM, including the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI), Center for Southwest Research (CSWR), Center for Regional Studies (CRS) and Center for the Southwest.
The name change will also connect and identify with several UNM departmental undergraduate and graduate concentrations in Southwest and Chicano Studies, including Spanish, American Studies, English, Linguistics and others, he said.
Lamadrid said that Chicanismo and the Chicano Movement continue to be a part of UNM’s history and future. Therefore, he said, the term ‘Chicano’ is honored as an integral part of the history of Mexican American activism in the United States, which neither began nor ended with term itself. The term “Chicano” is used historically, to refer to the Chicano movement, in its social, political and cultural aspects. Chicano as a literary term is viable and will continue to be used in titles and literary histories.
“Unfortunately, the term ‘Chicano,’ with the newly ascribed meanings of the 1970s and 1980s, never made it very far past the walls of the university. The revisionist meaning of the term was never very widely accepted in most Mexican American communities,” he said, noting that today “Chicano” is a largely a “college” term, with those using it connected in some way to academe.
In university settings across the Southwest, many Chicano Studies Programs have changed name. Only a few retained the term, such as the Universities of California at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, the latter being where the Chicano Studies academic movement began.
Because of ambivalence toward the Chicano ethnonym in many communities, prominent programs such as the one at the University of Texas, Austin, became “Mexican American Studies,” he said. “I wish it were that easy at UNM,” he added.
At UNM, many units and programs have changed titles to broaden their focus. El Centro Chicano changed to El Centro de la Raza with a mission to serve a broad range of students. Another example is the Chicano Politics course taught in Political Science. Its name was changed long ago to Latino Politics, Lamadrid said.
Many alternative program names have been discussed at UNM, including Latino Mexicano Studies, U.S. Latino Studies and others. Lamadrid’s favorite is “Nuevo MeXicano Studies.”
“It is an all-inclusive term of Xicanos, the archaic spelling of Chicanos; Mexicanos. It places New Mexico and Mexico more prominently on the map of curriculum and research. The critique is that the name should be more recognizable and less contrived,” he said.
Although many national groups are not fully comfortable with the term Hispanic, it has broad acceptance and historic usage in New Mexico. Hispano is preferable to many, but the translation would needs explaining as well, he said.
“Southwest” reflects a northeastern point of view, making it a term of compromise.
“At least it extends the region far beyond New Mexico,” he said. “By broadening our scope and including more students in the program, the way will be paved for an undergraduate interdisciplinary major, our ultimate goal,” Lamadrid said.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
Rudolfo Anaya donated a major part of his personal manuscript collection to the Center for Southwest Research in University Libraries last year. That collection has now been catalogued and sorted. Scholars who wish to learn more about the collection can now determine what is available by conducting an online search.
“His manuscript collection is a special treasure for scholars,” says Center for Southwest Research director Michael Kelly, “We are gratified that this collection is located at the University of New Mexico.”
The collection contains Anaya’s original and working manuscripts from both his published and unpublished works, including novels, plays, short stories, essays, poetry, translated and edited works. Highlights of the collection include the original typescripts for “Eva Adams,” Anaya’s unpublished first novel, and “Bless Me Ultima,” his first published novel (1972), which won the Premio Quinto Sol, the national Chicano literary award.
The complete finding aid to this collection will be found at: http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm
The Anaya manuscript collection can be found under the Center for Southwest Research heading.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The UNM Alumni Association honored six alumni with its Zia Award. A part of the University’s homecoming traditions, the All-University Breakfast was held Saturday at the Albuquerque Petroleum Club.
This year’s recipients include: UNM ski coach George Brooks; New Mexico Education Secretary Veronica Garcia; Los Alamos Laboratory computer scientist Thomas Kelley; community volunteer Karen Pharris; educator Jacki Pieracci Riggs; and retired USWEST executive and UNM philanthropist Duffy Swan.
The Zia Award is presented to UNM alumni living in New Mexico who have distinguished themselves in philanthropic endeavors, public office, service to the University, community and volunteer activities, business or professional fields or who have made a significant contribution to education.
George Brooks (‘71 BUS, ‘80 MSPE)
Brooks has coached the New Mexico ski team for 34 years and has been the only head coach in the program’s history. The team won the NCAA overall championship last March, garnering the first championship title in any sport at UNM.
Brooks began his involvement with Lobo ski program as a student-athlete when he spent time not only on the slopes, but also on campus, petitioning signatures for the ski club to take on varsity status. More than 5,000 signatures later, it did; then UNM Athletics Director Pete McDavid appointed Brooks the first coach.
Veronica Garcia (‘73 BA, ‘78 MA, ‘03 Ed.D.)
Garcia was appointed last year by Gov. Bill Richardson as New Mexico’s first Secretary of Education. Garcia comes to the post after 30 years of public education experience. She has worked in the Albuquerque Public Schools as substitute teacher, classroom teacher, school psychologist, principal and regional superintendent. Subsequently, she was appointed superintendent of the Santa Fe Public Schools.
The year before her appointment as secretary, Garcia served as executive director of the New Mexico Coalition of School Administrators. In 2003, Garcia was named Educator of the Year by the New Mexico Research and Study Council. She was nominated for National Superintendent of the Year in 2002 by the American Association of School Administrators; named the 2002 Superintendent of the Year by the New Mexico School Superintendents Association; and honored as a Top Ten Hispanic Woman in New Mexico by the New Mexico Legislature in 2000.
Tom Kelley (‘66 BS, ‘68 MA, ‘73 Ph.D., ‘84 MA)
A Los Alamos native, Kelley began his career as a mathematics professor at Case Western Reserve and the University of Florida. He returned to Los Alamos in 1978 to work in the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s radiochemistry group. In 1984, he transferred to the computer applications group, where he worked with other scientists to author a software program, ARIES, that both the United States and Russia would use to dismantle nuclear weapons.
Kelley retired this year, but continues to teach at UNM-Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Graduate Center. He has enrolled at St. John’s University in Santa Fe, working toward a master’s degree in liberal arts and has begun writing poetry.
Karen Pharris (‘68 BA)
Pharris began working as a volunteer for Albuquerque’s Ronald McDonald House in 1981, and she hasn’t quit. She chaired the operations committee that takes care not only of the roof, furnace and boilers, but also policies for the House’s use. Eventually, Pharris chaired the Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico Board.
Pharris has also chaired the Junior League of Albuquerque as it supported the Ronald McDonald House expansion, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History opening and Explora’s evolution. Pharris is still a sustaining member of the Junior League. When her children were in high school, Pharris initiated the Albuquerque High All-Night Prom that recurred for years afterwards. Pharris operates her own desktop publishing business, designing newsletters for non-profit organizations.
Jacki Pieracci Riggs (‘84 MA, ‘92 Ph.D.)
Riggs is the former president and CEO of the New Mexico Business Roundtable for Educational Excellence. Along with key community representatives, the Roundtable led the statewide collaborative on school reform. In 2003, Gov. Bill Richardson signed the School Reform Act creating greater school accountability and higher teacher pay. Riggs formerly served as Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Youth Authority.
She was the first woman in New Mexico to lead a correctional cabinet department and one of only a handful of women in the nation at that time with those responsibilities. Riggs served as a Commissioner to the Education Commission of the States for six years. Currently, she is a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Higher Education and serves on the Lieutenant Governor’s Steering Committee on Early Childhood Education.
Duffy Swan (‘68 BA)
Swan is a retired vice president for USWEST international and chief operating officer for USWEST’s joint venture in Malaysia. Swan began working at USWEST, formerly Mountain Bell, installing phone lines while attending UNM in the 1960’s. By 1991, he was in charge of building a wireless telecommunication system in the Kremlin. After his retirement in 1997, UNM recruited Swan to serve as development director and president of the UNM Foundation in which capacities he remained until 2000; the university recruited him for the same positions in an interim capacity again in 2003.
An active community player, Swan chaired the Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico for five years; served as a member of the Albuquerque Economic Forum since 1998, chairing its education forum three times; chaired the Hosanna Ministries Foundation Board since last year; co-founded Leadership Albuquerque and Leadership Farmington; chaired the Greater Albuquerque United Way Campaign; chaired the Albuquerque Business/Education Compact (ABEC); chaired the Governor’s Drug Awareness Program; served on the board of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce; and was a member of the UNM Anderson Schools Foundation board.
The UNM Mortar Board Honorary also presented its Lobo Award to Fannye Irving-Gibbs, who earned her BA in 1988, at the age of 74, and her master’s two years later. Irving-Gibbs has been a tireless community volunteer.
The Lobo Award is presented to a UNM alumnus who has given outstanding personal service to UNM or for special achievement in a career that reflects credit on the university.
Contacts: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; Mary Conrad, (505) 277-4915
If you are tired of listening to the candidates and are ready to register your opinion, at least unofficially, you have the opportunity to vote in the UNM national mock election. To vote, you must have a current UNM ID. Students, staff and faculty are all eligible. Voting will continue through Oct. 28. Results will be reported on Oct. 29. Mock Election
UNM is one of six universities participating in the pilot project for a national mock election, along with Concordia University, Cornell University, Depaul University, John Brown University and Northeastern University. The results of all the university national mock elections will be tabulated together and announced at the end of the week.
The UNM mock election allows votes for President and U.S. House of Representative. The mock election is sponsored by the election 2004 Forum Series & the National Student/Parent Mock Election.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Professor of Communication Everett M. Rogers, 73, scholar, teacher, writer and mentor, died Oct. 21 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Rogers’ career influenced countless numbers of lives. Born in Carrol, Iowa, he began his education in a one-room schoolhouse and went on to earn his doctorate in 1957 from Iowa State University.
Rogers’ 30 books – translated into 15 languages – and more than 500 articles shaped and influenced the field of communication, sociology, marketing and political science. He is perhaps best known for his book “Diffusion of Innovations,” the second most cited book in the social sciences, published in its fifth edition in 2003. One year earlier, with Arvind Singhal of Ohio University, he co authored “Controlling AIDS in a Developing World.”
Rogers nearly 47 years of teaching and research included faculty positions at Ohio State University, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Stanford University, Universite de Paris, University of Southern California, and finally the University of New Mexico, where as department chair he was instrumental in initiating a doctoral program in 1995.
Rogers had an international impact. He taught or conducted research in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, India, Nigeria, Korea, Thailand, France, Germany, and Tanzania.
In 2002, Rogers was selected the university's 47th Annual Research Lecturer— the highest honor UNM bestows on its faculty. He continued to teach at UNM until fall of 2004 when he was forced to retire due to illness.
Rogers is survived by his wife Corinne Shefner-Rogers and two sons, David Rogers of Salt Lake City and Everett King of Albuquerque.
Information about a memorial service is pending. Contributions may be made to the University Hospice in Roger's name. Donations may be mailed to: 1650 University NE, Suite 200, 87102.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, Ph.D. receives an appointment to the governing council of the Insitute of Advanced Studies of the Americas, an agency of the Organization of American States from Carlos Paldao, Ph.D. Paldao represented the OAS in the presentation ceremony.
The Institute of Advanced Studies for the Americas is an institution established by the OAS in conjunction with a network of 400 universities from the Americas which compose the Inter-American Organization of Higher Education. IOHE is headquartered in Canada.
Torres is the only United States representative invited to hold this position. The mission of INEAM is the formation of distance learning in 35 countries at the postgraduate level. INEAM relies on the Educational Portal of the Americas (www.educoea.org) as a technological platform with nearly 4.9 million users in 200 countries worldwide. It brings monthly services to more than 42,000 users in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Ken Perlin, a professor from the Computer Science Department at New York University, will be the featured speaker at a colloquium hosted by the UNM Computer Science Department. The colloquium will be held Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Woodward Hall, rm. 147. Perlin’s talk, “How will Hamlet find the Holodeck,” will get underway at 11 a.m.
Character driven narrative, which drives such media as theatre, novels and cinema, is one of the primary ways that a society collectively explores that great human obsession: the human condition says Perlin.
Computer-mediated interactive media can bring powerful new voices to this tradition, but only when two specific kinds of tools are sufficiently developed: a generation of contingent narratives that can shift interactively based on character, personality, psychological state, and kinship groups, and effective virtual actors that can convey subtle, dynamic and conflicting emotional states.
“I will lay out a roadmap for achieving those goals, and I will show work that we've already done toward achieving powerful and believable virtual actors,” said Perlin. “I will conclude with some thoughts about what a psychologically mature interactive narrative medium might be like, and why it will utterly change our culture.”
Among Perlin's many achievements, in addition to being the first and maybe only computer scientists with an Academy Award, is that he started the Center for Advanced Technology at NYU which was a state-funded initiative much like UNM’s new ARTS Lab.
Perlin is also the director of the Media Research Laboratory and the co-director of the NYU Center for Advanced Technology. His research interests include graphics, animation and multimedia. In Jan. 2004, he was the featured artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2002, he received the NYC Mayor's award for excellence in Science and Technology and the Sokol award for outstanding Science faculty at NYU.
In 1997 he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques, which are widely used in feature films and television. In 1991 he received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.
Perlin received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University in 1986, and a B.A. in theoretical mathematics from Harvard University in 1979.
Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico has been named one of the 25 most entrepreneurial campuses in the United States by the Princeton Review.
“Entrepreneurship and innovation are prominent parts of our campus culture,” said UNM President Louis Caldera. “In everything from our curriculum to the commercialization of our intellectual discoveries, we’re pleased that others across the country are beginning to recognize the great work done here by our faculty and students, in conjunction with our partners in business and industry.”
UNM ranks 13th on the list of the top 25 most entrepreneurial undergraduate campuses in the country. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is listed as the most entrepreneurial university, followed by the University of Notre Dame and Louisiana State University.
In order to determine its rankings, the Review looked at a number of criteria including whether universities offer a degree or concentration in entrepreneurship or entrepreneurial studies, and whether the school has alumni who are prominent entrepreneurs.
The Princeton Review’s Editorial Director Robert Franek says, “There are so many terrific colleges and university that fall short when it comes to preparing their undergraduates for success in the real world that we were motivated to look at the characteristics of schools that celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit.”
A complete listing and profile of schools can be found at Top 25 Entrepreneurial Campuses.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Governor Bill Richardson told an audience of UNM faculty, staff and students on Thursday that higher education needs a representative at the table when decisions are made at the state’s highest levels. “Higher Education is not discussed when the funding opportunities come up,” he said.
UNM President Louis Caldera shared with the governor UNM’s dire need for a fairer share of capital outlay funds, Richardson said. “UNM is not doing well,” he agreed, adding funding should be equitable and not based on who has the best lobbyist.
Creating a Secretary of Higher Education would ensure accountability at the top but retain local control with boards of regents as governing bodies.
Richardson would also form a Department of Higher Education to coordinate resources across the state’s 26 colleges and universities.
He commended UNM School of Law Dean Suellyn Scarnecchia for efforts to boost the number of Native American attorneys in the state.
In October, the UNM law school, with the New Mexico Tribal Higher Education Commission, hosted the Tribal Summit on Educating American Indian Attorneys. Leaders from New Mexico tribes and state government discussed how to increase the number of tribal lawyers serving Indian communities.
“Our goal is to create a strategy to improve our ability to identify prospective lawyers and to work better with other institutions to prepare these students for law school,” Scarnecchia said. “The governor is very supportive of our effort to increase the number of Native American attorneys practicing in New Mexico. We know that the practicing bar needs to fully reflect and serve the needs of all communities in New Mexico, including tribal communities.”
A law school student in attendance said a bill introduced by Sen. Leonard Tsosie related to the Lottery Scholarships would ensure better benefits for tribal students and colleges. Richardson pledged his support.
A member of UNM’s adjunct faculty called on the governor to improve salaries and benefits for adjunct instructors who make up nearly 50 percent of UNM faculty.
“Is it that high now?” the governor asked. “That’s why we need someone at the cabinet level [to advocate for higher education],” he said.
The governor’s plan “Prepare for Success” starts with expanded access to the Lottery Scholarship Program, which has a large surplus.
Richardson’s initiatives related to the scholarship include:
• Add a two-year wait out period. Many students – as many as 50 percent – take a break after high school.
• Give a second chance to students who fail to earn the scholarship their first semester. If they stay in school and raise their cumulative GPA to a 2.5, students get another chance the following semester.
• New Mexicans ineligible for the lottery, primarily those who returned to school several years after graduating from high school, will become eligible for the lottery scholarship - if they enroll in a four-year college immediately after earning an Associates degree with a 2.5 GPA from a two-year college.
• Make New Mexico Native American students eligible for the lottery scholarship if they attend an accredited New Mexico tribal college, such as the Institute for American Indian Arts, Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute or Dine College.
• Give students a flat dollar amount through the Lottery Success Scholarship, rather than paying tuition directly. By depositing the money into an account at the university - under the student’s name - this plan will allow families to be eligible to take the federal tuition tax credit. You can’t do that when you pay a student’s tuition directly. This will keep up to $6 million in New Mexico that families will not have to pay in federal taxes.
The proposals do not include funds for graduate students. A UNM graduate student requested that the surplus benefit that student population, too. The governor’s staff responded that there is a need for graduate fellowships.
Governor Richardson also announced plans to create a new scholarship fund. He would set aside money – with a goal of $250 million over several years – to create a New Mexico Student Aid Trust Fund that is available for future New Mexicans.
Other initiatives resulting from his Task Force on Higher Education include:
• Better prepare students for college by beefing up outreach to middle and high school students - with more mentoring and tutoring. The governor recommends using interest earnings from the Lottery Scholarship fund surplus to expand these outreach programs statewide.
• Increase graduation rates by linking state funding for higher education to graduation rates and not simply enrollment. The plan is to target low-income students by giving colleges incentives to do more to make sure they graduate.
• Provide more opportunities for students to stay in school by creating a system that allows them to more easily transfer credits between New Mexico universities. Use a statewide system to identify courses for freshman and sophomore courses using the same course numbers and titles.
Governor Richardson also wants to build on current efforts to improve K-12 education in the public schools. “While I am making a substantial commitment to higher education, we must continue to shore up our public schools so our students are prepared for success before they reach college,” Richardson said in a news release.
He announced five specific initiatives that Secretary of Education Veronica Garcia will pursue:
• Create a New Mexico Teaching Corps to train teachers to work in failing schools. The rigorous program, modeled after a similar effort in Chicago, will train and move teachers - within one year - into classrooms at corrective-action schools, where they’ll commit to stay for at least five years. He committed $900,000 dollars to start the program.
• Tackle student health and obesity. Richardson has outlined plans to expand school-based health centers, and reintroduce physical education programs in every school. At UNM he announced plans to introduce “Kids Health First,” designed to phase out junk food items served in schools. He also wants to expand the School Breakfast program.
• Support charter schools by giving organizers the opportunity to apply for charters directly with the Public Education Department, not just local school boards. The Governor is also proposing $1 million for stimulus funds, $450,000 in technical assistance for charter schools, as well as other ideas to strengthen the Charter Schools Act.
• Allow Home School Students to participate in athletics. Secretary Garcia is working with the New Mexico Activities Association to provide opportunities for home-schooled students to participate in athletics in public schools. If the details can’t work out eligibility issues with the NMAA, the Governor vowed to pursue a legislative fix.
• Improve teacher quality, especially in rural New Mexico, by providing recruitment grants - freeing up money for some school districts to offer signing bonuses to teachers. The governor also wants to offer work-study stipends for high school graduates to encourage them to major in education in college.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915
"Facility Planning Director Roger Lujan recently announced that the University of New Mexico plans to seek “green” building certification for the new School of Architecture and Planning.
The United States Green Building Council (USGBS) established criteria on a point system to determine the level of sustainable design incorporated into structures and projects.
Certification as a “LEED” building, or “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design,” is established in several categories, including water efficiency, use of renewable energy sources, use of recyclables in construction and indoor air quality.
Only one building in New Mexico is LEED certified. The Baca/Dlo’ Ay Azhi Consolidated Replacement School in Prewitt, New Mexico, received certification with the minimum 26 points.
Lujan said that UNM has incorporated many criteria for a long time. “We’ve never checked our buildings against the standard before,” he said. Lujan said low-flow toilets, harvesting rainwater and energy efficient lighting are just a few ways UNM has gone “green.”
LEED has four certification levels: certification, silver, gold and platinum. “We counted credits we think we could get and came up with 37. Thirty-eight is the top of the silver level,” Lujan said.
Lujan and his employees in Facility Planning are submitting the application. “The architect, Antoine Predock, sat down with us and helped us create the strategies. He had already designed the building to provide shade on the south side, use low-transmission glass and other elements that are required,” he said.
Lujan said there are no cash incentives for getting the building LEED certified. “Other campuses are tabulating how they’re doing in this arena. We see the overall benefit to the campus and the state to save energy. We’ll be assessed to see how we’re doing,” he said.
Lujan said that students are weighing in. “A group, Students for Clean Energy, came in and asked questions about UNM’s policies because they’re applying for a grant to look at clean energy use at UNM,” he said.
Lujan said that groundbreaking for the building is scheduled for mid-December. “Processing the LEED application process takes about 45 days following occupancy of the project provided all documentation has been sent in prior to that date. At this time, occupancy is scheduled for August 2006,” he said.
Lujan noted that the School of Architecture and Planning has experts in sustainable design on faculty including Stephen Dent and Kuppaswamy Iyengar. “Alf Simon, the director of the school’s landscape architecture program, will be working with Bob Johns, UNM to seek ‘green’ certification for new architecture building who has been commissioned as the building’s landscape architect,” Lujan said.
Lujan said that certification is a process. “It will be a challenge to see if USGBS supports our goals and if we meet theirs.”
“LEED” criteria:
· Sustainable sites – including site selection, access to alternative transportation, storm water management, landscape and exterior design to reduce heat islands and light pollution reduction. Total possible points: 14
· Water efficiency – providing water efficient landscaping, capturing rainwater for landscaping and the use of water reduction plumbing, such as low-flow toilets. Total possible points: 5
· Energy and atmosphere – optimizing energy performance, reduction of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, use of renewable energy sources. Total possible points: 17
· Materials and resources – provide locations for collecting, separating and storing recyclables, building constructed of reusable materials, construction waste management, resource reuse and local/regional materials that are manufactured and/or harvested, extracted or recovered locally and that documentation declaring wood-based materials conform to Forest Stewardship Council Guidelines. Total possible points: 13
· Environmental quality – indoor air quality performance, carbon dioxide monitoring, increase ventilation effectiveness, low-emitting materials (adhesives, sealants, paints, carpet, wood), indoor chemical and pollutant source control, operable windows, thermal comfort, daylight and views. Total possible points: 15
· Design excellence – innovative design, LEED accredited. Total possible points: 5
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
A free, informational forum on the presidential candidate’s platforms and Indian Country will be held at the University of New Mexico main campus on Monday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Woodward Hall, 147. The forum is sponsored by UNM Native American Studies.
Party representatives scheduled to speak include:
• John Gonzales, San Ildefonso Pueblo, the former governor of San Ildefonso and delegate to the Republican National Convention
• Laura Harris, Comanche, serving on the Native Americans for Kerry/ Edwards National Steering Committee
Heather Whiteman Runs Him, J.D. , (Crow Tribe of Montana), UNM Native American Studies adjunct lecturer will moderate.
Contact: Native American Studies, 277-3917, nasinfo@unm.edu.
Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915
The University of New Mexico Department of Political Science will host the third annual New Mexico Law Day on Monday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Building, ballrooms A-B.
Representatives from more than 60 law schools across the United States will meet with UNM students and community members to discuss the legal profession, legal training, the job market and how UNM students and others—including Albuquerque residents considering law as a second career—can best apply to law school during a period of record-breaking admissions demands.
This is the largest pre-law/law school fair event in New Mexico.
Contact: Ellen Grigsby, 277-5233, egrigsby@unm.edu
Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, 277-5915
University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo “Cheo” Torres has been named to the 2004-2006 Governing Council of the Institute of Advanced Studies for the Americas, an agency under the auspices of the Organization of American States. The honor results from his noteworthy contributions to the socio-educational and cultural exchange in the Americas through his research and studies in the socio-educational integral development from an interdisciplinary and multisectoral approach according to the INEAM.
Torres will be presented with a certificate marking the honor at a brief ceremony at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, in the Jemez Room in the Student Union Building. Dr. Carlos E. Paldao, an OAS representative, will present Torres with the certificate.
According to OAS promotional literature, INEAM is an initiative of the development branch of the OAS, instituted to “strengthen the formation and training of human resources through the use of new information and communication technology. Its creation is a direct response to the mandates of the Summit of the Americas in Quebec, Canada that called for the OAS to ‘promote access…to new information and communications technologies applied to education, in order to reduce the knowledge gap and the digital divide within and between societies in the Hemisphere.’”
“I am honored and pleased to be selected for this distinction,” Torres said. “Much work needs to be done to further human development and develop human capital in the Americas, and exchanging information and promoting education through new communication and information technologies will help us to promote this worthwhile end of the INEAM.”
Torres has been vice president for student affairs since 1996. He was also honored recently by the Mexican Consul’s Office in Albuquerque for his contributions to improving understanding and relations between the United States and Mexico, especially through educational initiatives.
Contact: Tim Sawyer, 277-5299
Karen Wentworth, 277-5627
"Curanderismo" is an experiential, hands-on convention of folk medicine that is passed down with care from a healer's hands and heart, in order to help those in need and to grow and sustain the next generation of traditional healers. It is the living practice of this tradition that preserves this ancient wisdom on every level.
A free one-day workshop, Traditional Mexican Medicine for the Family, will be held at UNM Continuing Education on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Local lore relates accounts of the Curanderos and the healing powers they possess. From curing common ailments without chemical medications, to curing "mal de ojo" (the evil eye) or "susto" (loss of spirit), Curanderos heal and strengthen the spirit of a traditional Hispanic society. Curanderismo is preserving the best of the past for the future. The course, taught by Arturo Ornelas, Eliseo “Cheo” Torres, and several healers from Mexico, preserves and celebrates the cultural legacy of the southwestern U.S. and our neighbors to the south.
Practitioners of Curanderismo can be men or women, and many choose to specialize in an area of the practice, not unlike a professional in the medical field. Most commonly, a Curandero may specialize as a "Yerbero" (herbalist), a "Sobador" (masseur), or a "Partera" (midwife).
The complementary workshop will provide an experiential introduction of Curanderismo concepts and practices. The one-day workshop is presented to introduce a new Continuing Education program for certification in Curanderismo, beginning in Spring 2005. No registration is necessary and there is no fee and no obligation. For more information call 277-6036.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
On Friday, Oct. 22, UNM President Louis Caldera will announce the formal opening of UNM’s Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory project or “ARTS Lab.”
The ARTS Lab is UNM’s response to Gov. Richardson and the New Mexico legislature’s NM Media Industries Strategic Plan to make the most of New Mexico’s wealth of talent in the arts and sciences and our many businesses and organizations associated with digital and advanced media.
The event will be held at UNM's LodeStar Astronomy Center from 4 to 6 p.m. The LodeStar Astronomy Center is located in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History at 1801 Mountain Road, N.W.
The event is expected to include comments from Gov. Richardson, an introduction from President Caldera and an overview of the process to date and future plans of the organization from ARTS Lab Director Ed Angel and other UNM Faculty who are participating in shaping the organization.
Following remarks, guests are invited for food and refreshments at 5 p.m. with displays of work by many of the UNM programs involved.
For more information call 841-5975 or email artslab@unm.edu.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
The Teachers’ Institute in the University of New Mexico’s College of Arts & Sciences’ Education Outreach Office offers Saturday teacher workshops for K-12 teachers in the Albuquerque area. All courses are held at UNM main campus.
“The workshops are part of an on-going outreach effort to provide new and experienced teachers with updated content knowledge related to various topics they teach,” said Doug Earick, program manager, Education Outreach Office.
All workshops are led by UNM faculty and are geared at examining topics that will be engaging to students, he said.
Teacher participants receive lunch and refreshments and teaching materials for classroom use. Although no academic credit is offered for the courses, 6-8 hours of professional development credit is available.
Fall workshops:
Oct. 30 – A Dangerous Time: Perspectives on the Cold War, Noel Pugach, History Department.
Nov. 6 – The First Americans – A Cultural and Biological Examination of the Ancient Peoples of North America, Joe Powell, Anthropology Department
Nov. 13 – Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Romeo and Juliet, Barry Gaines and David Jones, English Department
Dec. 4 – Finding the Form: Writing Fiction and Poetry, Sharon Oard Warner and Diane Thiel, English
Spring workshops:
Feb. 12 – Mexican Gray Wolf Awareness Workshop, Kim King-Wrenn, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
Feb. 26 – From Ecosystems to Oil Spills, Matt Nyman and Chuck Buxbaum, Natural Sciences Program
March 12 – Get It, Crunch It, Show It: Graphing Data in Science and Social Studies, Kathy Dimiduk, Physics Department, and Kate Krause, Economics Department
April 2 – Preventing Plagiarism, Wanda Martin, English Department
To register or get more information about the Teachers’ Institute or the workshops, call 266-2070.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
The deadline for Honorary Degree nominations has been extended to Friday, Oct. 29.
The Honorary Degree Committee, a subcommittee of the Senate Graduate Committee, is charged with the solicitation of nominations for honorary degree recipients. On behalf of the Committee, the Office of the Secretary is requesting nominations for honorary degrees to be presented at the May 2005 Commencement ceremony.
Nominators are requested to submit a letter stating in sufficient detail their reasons for the nominations. Biographical material should accompany the letters.
In order that the Committee may have time for its screening of nominations, the nominations should be sent to the Office of the Secretary, Scholes Hall, Room 101, no later than Friday, Oct. 29, 2004.
If a nominee is proposed by a person, department, or college representing a discipline other than that of the nominee (e.g., Music nominates a poet), the Committee will consult with the appropriate faculty before making a recommendation.
The Honorary Degree policy is available at: Honorary Degree policy.
Past recipients are listed at: Past Recipients.
Contact: Vivian Valencia, (505) 277-4664
The University of New Mexico’s Center on Alcohol, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) was awarded a $2.05 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health to develop and evaluate an interactive website targeted at reducing binge drinking on college campuses.
The four-year, two-phase project will be conducted with entering freshmen at colleges in New Mexico and Colorado. Colorado universities have recently had several high-profile student alcohol-related tragedies.
"People are aware of college binge drinking and are trying a lot of different things to get kids to stop binge drinking," said Dr. Gill Woodall, senior research scientist at CASAA and principal investigator on the project. "Binge drinking among college students has been better described than influenced by prevention researchers. Unfortunately, many programs that focus on helping students do not evaluate their own effectiveness."
"The goals of this program are to not only provide a positive influence, but to provide a comprehensive test of the impact that the website program has on the reduction of binge drinking behaviors. It’s an application we’ve been working on for some time."
The Internet intervention will employ motivational interviewing and normative feedback principles in its design and will contain six modules that are oriented toward the prevention of binge drinking by college students.
The core module in the Motivational Interviewing-Normative Feedback website (MI-NF) will assess participant alcohol use and normative perception. Based on the participant's response, the website will provide corrective normative feedback and a menu of advice and options for reduction of risky alcohol consumption patterns. There will be at least six modules says Woodall.
Taking advantage of the average college student’s unlimited Internet access, the program aims to minimize many of the obstacles that traditional intervention programs have had to address, such as physical location, costs per participant and comprehensiveness.
In addition, the anonymity of the medium promotes honest involvement from participants, making for a more accurate and beneficial program. Students will also be paid incentives for completing web modules and for their participation.
"We’ll use theoretical principles and solicit comments from students to develop concepts we know are useful,” said Woodall. “We will start from the ground up with user needs. We feel this will set this project apart from others. It’s a unique and innovative way to approach the problem."
The experts involved with this new program are optimistic about its effectiveness. “All the pieces have come together for this project, and we are truly looking forward to the evaluation stage. I can see it making a great impact on future students,” said Aimee Giese, creative director for Klein Buendel, the design firm providing the multimedia components of the program.
Klein Buendel is a health education, multimedia development and graphic
design firm based in Golden, Colo. To learn more about Klein Buendel visit their Web site at: Klein Buendel or call Bryan Giese at (720) 216-6679.
The Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions at the University of New Mexico is a university-wide strategic research center focused on multi-disciplinary research on addictions. More information about CASAA and its programs can be found at: CASAA.
Contacts: Gill Woodall, (505) 925-2300; Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
The University of New Mexico will celebrate a "Lobo Luau" during its 79th annual homecoming Oct. 18 - 23. Homecoming week will feature more than 50 separate events all leading up to the football game Saturday, Oct. 23, at University Stadium when UNM takes on San Diego State.
The festivities get underway Monday, Oct. 18 with a variety of student activities. A complete list can be found at: Student Homecoming Activities.
On Tuesday, Oct. 19, departments across campus will decorate lobbies and offices as part of the Campus Decorating Contest. Judging will begin at 2 p.m.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, students will be able to vote on the UNM Homecoming royalty in the Student Union Building from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"The Lobo Howl," a longtime Homecoming tradition, along with other games that are all a part of the Cherry/Silver Spirit Cup competition, is set for Thursday, Oct. 21. The induction of the Class of 1954 into the Heritage Club will be the highlight of the Heritage Club dinner at the Albuquerque Country Club also on Thursday at 6 p.m.
On Friday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a Campus Luau is scheduled. In addition, the unveiling of the 2004 Homecoming Court will occur at a pep rally beginning at noon.
Twelve alumni “Luau” reunions will take place from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a "Tiki Dance" on Friday from 8 to 11 p.m. at the large Tiki Pavilion in the northeast corner of University Stadium.
Events for Saturday, Oct. 23 include the All-University Breakfast, UNM Alumni Lettermen's Tailgate Party, a Lobo Luau (tailgate party) and the 11th annual UNM Alumni Association Silent Auction.
Other homecoming highlights include the annual UNM faculty/staff alumni luncheon, affinity group reunions, lecture series, various student activities, College Enrichment Program’s 35th anniversary celebration and more.
Advanced tickets for the Lobo Luau and other events can be purchased by calling 277-5808 or online at 79th Annual Homecoming.
Contacts: Susan MacEachen, (505) 277-5808; Ryan Lindquist, (505) 277-4706; or Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
Attorney General for Great Britain to give talk on 'Terrorism and the Rule of Law' Oct. 28
Dr. Barry and Roberta Cooper Ramo of Albuquerque have established the Ramo Lecture on International Justice at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Dr. Ramo is a member of the New Mexico Heart Institute and clinical professor at the UNM School of Medicine and at Duke University. He serves on the Albuquerque Community Foundation board. Cooper Ramo is a lawyer at Modrall Sperling law firm and former president of the UNM Board of Regents. She was the first woman president of the American Bar Association.
The attorney general for Great Britain, the Honorable Lord Peter Goldsmith QC, will give the inaugural Ramo Lecture on International Justice "Terrorism and the Rule of Law" on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 5 p.m. at the UNM Law School, 1117 Stanford NE. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with guests Judge James A. Parker, Judge Harris L. Hartz, and Justice Pamela B. Minzner. Admission and parking are free.
The Ramo lectures will be held biannually. World-renowned speakers will give talks regarding the international impact of the Rule of Law “to inspire law students to recognize their special responsibilities in a complex world,” Cooper Ramo said.
“It's an ambitious project. This gift from the Ramos will have a profound effect on the intellectual life of the School of Law,” says Dean Suellyn Scarnecchia.
The Ramos noted, “It is our hope that this lecture series will be an occasion for discussion of the impact of the law on world issues with our most distinguished lawyers, judges and New Mexico citizens.”
The attorney general, appointed by Her Majesty and assisted by the solicitor general, is the chief legal advisor to the government. Goldsmith supervises the Treasury Solicitors' Department, public prosecution, Serious Fraud Office, Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office and public prosecutions in Northern Ireland. He also has many public interest functions.
Lord Goldsmith's advice to Prime Minister Tony Blair regarding the legality of the war in Iraq has garnered attention in the press.
Goldsmith earned a double first class honors degree from Cambridge. After earning a master degree at University College London he was called to the Bar, Gray's Inn in 1972. He was appointed Her Majesty's counsel in 1987. He was named a life peer in 1999 and a privy counselor in 2002.
Lord Goldsmith was chairman of the Bar of England and Wales, and also held a number of posts in international legal organizations.
In 1996, he founded the Bar Pro Bono Unit, which he chaired until 2000. Lord Goldsmith was the prime minister's personal representative to the Convention for the European Charter for Fundamental Rights.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
The 2004 winner of the Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Critica Nueva Award for scholars in Chicana/o literary criticism Tey Diana Rebolledo, will give a lecture on Tuesday, October 19 at 4 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. Rebolledo is the chair of the Spanish and Portuguese Department at the University of New Mexico.
The Critica Nueva Award was established by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya in 1997 to bring the foremost scholars in Chicana/o literary criticism to UNM. Following the Anaya’s generous donation of Rudolfo Anaya’s manuscript collection last spring, the University Libraries revived the award and dedicated it in their honor.
The lecture is titled, “Dark Gifts, Silences, Public Secrets and other Tales of Horror in Chicana Literature”. She will be introduced by Chicano literary scholar, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Academic Policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
As part of the award celebration, Rebolledo will also hold a workshop for students, and will be available for questions from aspiring writers and to those interested in Chicana/o literature. The workshop will be held 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on October 20th in the Willard Reading room.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
The new campus Welcome Center located in the Cornell Parking Structure is one of several department moves around campus this fall. If you have been thinking that programs and departments are relocating all over campus, it’s true. There is as much activity in progress this year as there has been over the past fourteen in terms of construction.
As of July, the projects in some stage of design, planning and construction total $413,952,300. This includes the new UNM Children’s Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion Expansion Project. All the projects constructed since 1990 total $404,107,919.
There are a variety of reasons for the growth. There is a much greater demand for services, as student enrollment for all campuses has grown by more than 12 percent. The UNM budget has grown from $577 million in 1991-92 to almost $1.4 billion today. UNM has also undertaken a program of restructuring bond indebtedness to take advantage of lower interest rates.
Construction and department moves on the north campus are near a peak right now as the buildings are cleared to accommodate future construction, but another peak wave of moves will come in three years when the hospital buildings are complete and departments move into the new space.
The summary below details the departmental moves on the main campus and at the Health Sciences Center.
On the Main Campus
Marketing & Communications
1700 Las Lomas N.E.; moved to New Parking Structure
Parking Enforcement
1621 Central N.E.; moved to New Parking Structure
Arts of the Americas
1923 Las Lomas N.E.; moved to 1700 Las Lomas N.E.
Arts & Technology
1923 Las Lomas moved to Old Bookstore/Building 83
Co-located now with the Center for Environmental Research and Informatics
Faculty Club will soon be in 1923 Las Lomas N.E.
Project Link Management
1712 Las Lomas N.E.; moved to 1801 Roma N.E.
Real Estate
2nd floor of Scholes Hall; will move to 1712 Las Lomas N.E.
On the North Campus
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Surge Building, Frontier N.E.; moved to the Research Incubator Building
Physician Assistant Program
Med 5 Building; moved to Surge Building Frontier N.E.
Milagro Clinic
1007 Stanford N.E.; moved to 2450 Alamo S.E.
SOM Information Technology
Med 5 Building moved to Basement of Basic Research Facility
Psych Clinical Trials
Med 6 Building will move to 901 Vassar N.E.
Neuro-Psych Testing
Med 6 Building will move to 915 Vassar N.E.
Information Solutions
Basement of Cancer Research and Treatment; will move to 915 Vassar NE
Clinical Contract Services & Government Contracts TRICARE Network
1st Floor, Health Sciences and Services Building; will move to 915 Vassar NE
Clinical Trials
1007 Stanford NE will move to Surge Building, Frontier NE
HSC Public Affairs
1007 Stanford NE will move to 1000 Stanford NE
Physics & Astronomy
1919 Lomas NE (same address, new building)
Telecommunications
Building 256 (north campus) moved to 802 Yale Blvd. NE Building 255
Construction and department moves on the north campus are near a peak right now as the buildings are cleared to accommodate future construction, but another peak wave of moves will come in three years when the hospital buildings are complete and departments move into the new space.
Contacts: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; Sabra Basler, (505) 277-7590
In what University of New Mexico officials are calling a “big win” for the Children's Hospital Expansion Project, $197 million in revenue bonds were successfully marketed on Oct. 13, 2004.
Executive Vice President for Administration David Harris reports that, all costs included, the true interest cost achieved for the bond sale is 5.4 percent, which compares quite favorably to the 5.75 percent estimate approved by UNM Regents during their Oct. 12 meeting.
President Louis Caldera is gratified with the outcome. “We are pleased to be able to market the bonds and achieve an interest rate well below estimates. This will be reflected in real savings on the hospital project,” said Caldera.
An underwriting syndicate, including representatives from J.P. Morgan, RBC Dain Rauscher and George K. Baum & Sons, worked on the bond sale initiative that was overseen by Caldera, UNM Regents President Jamie Koch and Executive Vice President for Health Sciences R. Philip Eaton. The sale culminates more than two years of hard work by UNM staff.
Harris also reports $30 million in retail sales in just one week of selling the hospital bonds on a retail basis which means that 16 percent of the total debt was sold through retail sales. He adds that of this $30 million, $8.5 million was purchased by UNM staff and alumni.
Caldera says this local support reflects the very strong commitment the UNM community holds for the hospital project.
“The Children's Hospital Expansion Project will greatly advance the cutting-edge teaching and research programs of UNM's Health Sciences Center,” notes Caldera, “while increasing our capacity to provide the community with more quality health care.”
Also on Oct. 13, a formal notice to proceed was issued to the project's general contractors, Jaynes Companies of Albuquerque and J.E. Dunn Construction Company of Kansas City, Mo. A formal groundbreaking is scheduled for mid-November.
The state's largest capital improvement project today, the UNM Children's Hospital Expansion Project will offer six new floors of clinical space. The facility will house New Mexico's only children's hospital, a new maternity center, an improved emergency department, New Mexico's only Level 1 trauma center, and an adult critical care center.
Contacts: Susan McKinsey, 277-1989; Jennifer Riordan, 272-0261
The book, “Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption,” UNM Press, 2003, by Enrique Lamadrid, professor of Spanish and director of Chicano Studies at the University of New Mexico, has been chosen a co-winner of the 2004 Chicago Folklore Prize. UNM Communication and Journalism Professor Miguel Gandert was Lamadrid's collaborating photographer.
The Chicago Folklore Prize is the oldest award of its kind, honoring the best book in folklore throughout the world since 1928. Lamadrid and Gandert share the 2004 Chicago Folklore Prize with Barre Toelken for his book, “The Anguish of Snails.”
These books underscore the tremendous importance of Native American and ethnic studies, and the counterpoint between indigenous and hybrid cultures, for the field of folklore and beyond, according to Philip V. Bohlman, Mary Werkman Professor of the Humanities and of Music, and administrator, Chicago Folklore Prize.
Anonymous judges select the Chicago Folklore Prize. The following is one judge's remarks:
Enrique Lamadrid's “Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption” is a wonderfully limned exploration of both Pueblo and Hispanic identities as expressed through the festivals of Los Comanches in the Southwest. Lamadrid and collaborating photographer Miguel Gandert offer a rich balance of elegant prose, great visual images, and both notated and recorded sound as they investigate this topic in historical breadth and ethnographic depth.
Bohlman, Chicago Folklore Prize administrator, said, “Hermanitos Comanchitos is indeed a very special book, both because of the wisdom and personal experience that enhance its scholarly lesson and because of the clarity of its pedagogical lessons. [Hermanitos Comanchitos has] a rich store of songs, texts and photographs, not to mention the superbly conceived CD, that makes the fiestas in your book come alive.”
University of New Mexico architecture students are among the finalists in the international student competition, “Designing for the 21st Century: International Conference on Universal Design.”
Two of the five entries submitted by student teams in the Spring 2004 Beginning Graduate Design Studio (ARCH 506) were among 14 entries selected as finalists.
The competition focused on the design of a community center for one of three sites -- in Brazil, India and Haiti -- and challenged students to address universal design/“design-for-all,” sustainable design, low-cost, and design excellence as primary criteria.
UNM Master of Architecture students David Edwards, Michael Bernett, Brooke Peters and Carolina Mead produced one of the selected entries and Jamie Stitch, Eliza Linde, Timothy Stephens and Jennie Utrata the other. Both entries were for a site located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The competition served as the final project in the students’ first year of design for the Beginning Graduate Design Studio (3+ M. Arch. program), co-taught by professors Geoffrey C. Adams and Karen J. King. The class had additional instructional assistance from architect Rebecca Ingram of Albuquerque, who contributed her expertise on design and accessibility.
Teams from the United States, Australia, Chile, France, Japan, Portugal and South Africa were among the finalists. The international, interdisciplinary jury included architects, landscape architects, as well as industrial, interior and graphic designers.
The top three award winners will be selected from the finalists shortly and invited as guests of Designing for the 21st Century Conference in Rio de Janeiro in December. The competition results and winning submittals will also be featured soon in an article in Metropolis magazine.
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920
The Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium is a chance for UNM to honor students who are working on research and creative projects across the institution. Organizers are seeking any undergraduate who is working on a research project in any subject area. Faculty/student teams are welcome.
The Creativity Symposium will be an all day event at the Student Union Building on Monday, Nov. 22. It will feature poster contests, presentations, performances and panel discussions. Dean Peter White, University College, is organizing the event and says he hopes to have participants from all areas of arts and sciences take part in the Symposium.
Sponsors are University College, the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Research, Lockheed Martin/Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, K-Tech, Next Generation Economy, Technology Ventures Corporation and Temper-Pedic.
For more information and entry forms visit the Web site at: Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
“The Poetics of Politics: Theirs and Ours” is the title of the XIX Journal of Anthropological Research distinguished lecture by Michael Silverstein, Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anthropology lecture hall, Room 163. The subject of Silverstein’s lecture, less than two weeks before Election Day, is “political talk.” Silverstein asks, 'When politicians speak, who listens and more importantly, how do people listen and to what effect?'
Silverstein is the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics & Psychology and director of the Center for the Study of Communication & Society at the University of Chicago. His interests lie in language and culture and the linguistic analysis of political discourse in cultural context.
Silverstein will lead a specialized seminar Friday, Oct. 22, at 12 p.m., in Anthropology Room 178. The seminar will explore how the Christian service of the Eucharist with its cross-like figuration is used to summon a public of individuals to join in a great, collective ‘we’ of the American civil religion.
Both presentations are free & open to the public. The wheelchair-accessible Anthropology Building is just east of University Blvd., near Redondo and Roma.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
Professor and Director of Manufacturing Engineering John Wood took government officials on a tour of semiconductor cleanrooms Monday, following the award of a $1.3 million federal grant to boost business development. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development David Sampson and Wood discussed expansion of UNM’s Manufacturing Training and Technology Center (MTTC).
Congresswoman Heather Wilson, UNM President Louis Caldera, Vice Provost for Research Terry Yates and Rick Homans, state secretary of economic development, participated in a ceremony at UNM’s Science and Technology Park. Expansion of cleanroom capabilities will allow for increased collaboration between UNM and small technology firms.
“This important project directly supports the research-driven businesses that keep New Mexico ahead of the curve in technology product development,” said Wilson in a press release. She said it is difficult for small technology companies to afford the high cost of installing cleanrooms.
Harry Weaver, a research professor in Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, is director of cleanroom operations. He said the $1.3 million will be used to create more cleanroom space and will add processes that will keep UNM competitive with other regional research universities.
Currently 200,000 square feet of the center’s 600,000 square foot space is used for clean-room workstations. The cleanroom is used for training engineers and technicians and it supports small companies as they take research and development ideas into production.
Bond B for Education in the 2004 general election, if passed, will provide $200,000 for MTTC new cleanroom equipment.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
For the fifth-straight year, student-athletes at the University of New Mexico are joining the fight against cancer. The UNM Alumni Lettermen's Association will sponsor the "Run for Relief." The run, which will be held Sunday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m., on UNM's Johnson Field, is the Student Lettermen’s Association signature event each fall. T-shirts will be provided to each runner.
The story behind the “Run for Relief” began in 1980 when teenager Terry Fox lost a leg to cancer. But that didn't deter Fox. With an artificial leg, Fox ran 3,339 miles and became a worldwide inspiration to victims of cancer.
Although his cancer recurred, Fox’s great courage touched students at the Santa Fe Preparatory School class of Fred Maas. They telephoned Fox and asked, “What can we do?” Fox answered, “continue my run, because it is not just my run, it is everyone’s.” Fox died of cancer on June 28, 1981.
Over the last 22 years, students have run more than 10,000 miles and raised pledges of over $185,000 in Canada and the United States.
Funds collected will be added to an endowment administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation. Proceeds of the endowment are used to make grants to needy families who have a child, which suffers from cancer. The UNM Alumni Letterman's Association hopes to expand the endowment. Last year, funds raised from this event went to help Pediatric Oncology at the UNM Health Sciences Center.
Contacts: Kim Feldman, (505) 277-9082; Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821
One of the largest and most comprehensive symposiums on the Vietnam War will open in several venues on the University of New Mexico campus Friday, Oct. 15.
“Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered” presents a public history of the Vietnam war, from all sides, through combat art, photography, personal correspondence, a speakers’ series, public panel discussions, films, courses and more. Several elements of this symposium will run through mid-January 2005.
Vietnam veteran and Albuquerque resident Brian McKinsey has devoted the last three years to pulling this project together as a way to give people additional insight and knowledge about the nature of the war and its effects on everyone involved during those troubled times more than 30 years past. “People didn’t want to talk about the war back then. I didn’t acknowledge my own service until just a few years ago,” says McKinsey. “Now I realize that many of us in the Vietnam generation are ready to come to grips with that time. And new generations are hungry for information that goes beyond the rhetoric found in history books.”
McKinsey secured partial funding for his project with grants from the New Mexico Humanities Council as well as corporate and private contributions.
This project features several components on the UNM campus. “Vietnam Visions,” at both the University Art Museum and Jonson Gallery, features art from the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago – the only museum in the world with a permanent collection that focuses on the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of its combatants. “Vietnam Visions” opens Oct. 15, 2004 and runs through mid-January 2005.
“Vietnam Voices,” at the Center for Southwest Research gallery in Zimmerman Library, features letters written home from soldiers serving in Vietnam. The letters were submitted by veterans or their families in a call for letters sent throughout New Mexico. McKinsey says that reading through the letters he sent home from Vietnam nearly 35 years ago reawakened his feelings and fears about the war that had long been dormant.
“Letters home truly chronicle the day-to-day history of the war that soldiers wanted to share with their families and friends back home,” he says.
“Another Vietnam: Pictures of the War from the Other Side,” exhibited at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, comes from the National Geographic Society’s Explorer Hall Museum and features photographs taken by North Vietnamese combat photographers who documented their country at war with the French and Americans. Until recently, these photographs had never been published outside Vietnam. “Another Vietnam” opens Oct. 15 and runs through mid-January 2005.
“The Wall That Heals” is an outdoor exhibit featuring a half-scale replica of the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. This exhibit travels between cities throughout the country, and as part of “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered,” it will be on display Nov. 19-22, 2004 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial in Albuquerque.
The “Vietnam: Voices and Visions Unfiltered” project will also bring to campus speakers like George C. Herring, author of America’s Longest War, and journalist Joe Galloway, co-author with Hal Moore of We Were Soldiers Once …And Young, the story of the 1965 battle of the Ia Drang Valley on which the recent Mel Gibson movie, “We Were Soldiers” is based.
In addition, the University Bookstore will host a series of author tours and book signings, along with an exhibit throughout much of the symposium. The exhibit will feature selected books, artifacts and maps, photographs and a guide to “suggested reading” on the Vietnam War. Local Vietnam veterans will also be scheduled to speak to the public about their experiences in Vietnam and upon returning home.
For more information visit: Vietnam Voices and Visions
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Director of the HSC Infectious Disease and Inflammation Center C. Rick Lyons M.D. and UNM President Louis Caldera have announced that UNM will partner with deCODE Genetics, Inc., to study the genetics of infectious diseases and vaccine response. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded deCODE a five-year, $23.9 million grant to conduct the study. The National Center for Genome Research (NCGR) will also be a partner in the study.
Identifying the genes that protect – or fail to protect – the body from infectious diseases promises to provide a foundation for better treatment and prevention. HSC researchers will receive $5 million of the contract amount to work with deCODE, a genetics firm based in Iceland, and the Santa Fe-based NCGR.
Under the leadership of President Caldera and R. Philip Eaton, M.D., UNM executive vice president for Health Sciences, the HSC has been active in fostering economic development by offering opportunities to attract new biomedical and biotechnology companies to New Mexico. Currently, more than 20 public and private partners are working together in a biomedical research corridor in the Albuquerque area to establish a biomedical / biotechnology industry in New Mexico.
C. Rick Lyons, M.D., Ph.D., an expert in the study of common pathogens and microbial virulence, will lead the research at UNM. “This is the first large-scale attempt anywhere to use genomics and proteinomics to determine why individuals respond to infectious diseases the way they do,” Lyons said. Lyons is director of the Infectious Disease and Inflammation Center and associate professor of Medicine and Oncology in the School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
Under the contract, deCODE will conduct population- and genome-wide screenings in Iceland to search for key genes involved in resistance to tuberculosis; adverse reaction to smallpox vaccination; and elevated susceptibility to influenza and certain bacterial infections, such as those that cause pneumonia and meningitis. UNM Researchers will perform the functional work on targets identified by deCODE.
The NCGR, headed by Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, will design and maintain an Immune Response Database, an internet-based resource that will enable investigators to query and visualize the results of this project in the context of existing data on the genetics of immune response.
“In New Mexico, as in other states, the interface between research universities and industry is one of the most important ways to advance economic development,” said UNM President Caldera. “UNM has already gained a reputation in this field as a result of previous research by Dr. Lyons and his colleagues. However, the groundbreaking work that will result from this partnership with deCODE and NCGR will also push the Health Sciences Center more fully into the international arena. We believe, in the years to come, our participation on this new frontier of health research will benefit all New Mexicans.”
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center provides added value to health care through leadership in providing innovative, collaborative education; advancing frontiers of science through research critical to the future of health care; delivering health care services that are at the forefront of science; and facilitating partnerships with public and private biomedical and health enterprises. For more information on the UNM Health Sciences Center, visit http://.hsc.unm.edu.
Contact: Sam Giammo, 272-3682
The LodeStar Astronomy Center and The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) will present "Haunted Hunter's Moon", a special event celebrating the total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at the LodeStar Astronomy Center in the Museum of Natural History at 1801 Mountain Road NW in Old Town Albuquerque. The event runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
In a total lunar eclipse, the Moon passes through the Earth's umbra,
the darkest portion of the shadow cast by the Earth. At totality, all of the
Sun is blocked. While in the umbra, the Moon gets much dimmer and typically
turns a ghostly red.
On October 27, the partial eclipse begins at 7:14 p.m. Totality begins at 8:23 p.m. and ends at 9:44 p.m. A variety of TAAS telescopes will be set up outside the Museum entrance for viewing details on the surface of the eclipsed moon. Unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse is safe to watch from beginning to end, and does not cause eye damage.
LodeStar will offer special planetarium shows on moon science and
moon lore, observatory and open-air observing deck viewing, and hands-on
moon-related activities for kids. Planetarium shows begin at 6:30, 7, 7:30,
8, and 8:30 p.m.
Governor Richardson has proclaimed Oct. 27 to be Dark Sky Appreciation Night in New Mexico. During the total eclipse, observers may enjoy the darkened sky by viewing deep-sky objects such as star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae-normally an impossible feat on a full moon night. The telescope viewing provided by TAAS is free.
Admission for the LodeStar planetarium shows, observatory viewing, and kids activities is $6 adults, $5 seniors, and $3 for kids ages 3 to 12.
For more information call 841-5972 or e-mail pr@taas.org.
Joe McKinney, the first campus planner for UNM is preparing to retire after a 36-year career at the university. Before McKinney came to UNM in 1969, all planning was outsourced to consultants or done on a project-by-project basis by faculty within the school of architecture.
“My initial instruction from Sherman Smith, Senior Vice President, was to plan and create the most pleasant learning and working environment possible,” says McKinney. “It has been a most interesting challenge.”
McKinney has worked with 10 university presidents, administering the master plan for UNM, including the branches in Gallup, Los Alamos and Valencia. He is a long time advocate for keeping the university’s Spanish Pueblo Revival style architecture as the predominant theme for the main campus.
During his long career, McKinney has won the Gerald May Staff Recognition Award, the 2002 State Heritage Preservation Award for lifetime achievements as a professional and volunteer in historic preservation and heritage education, and The Albuquerque Conservation Association Award in 2002 for authoring the University of New Mexico Historic Preservation Policy, and for p