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Employee Spotlight: Carter Steers UNM’s Web and Social Media Presence

May 6, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

As April comes to a close, UNM Web Admin­is­tra­tor Matt Carter was return­ing and recov­er­ing from his annual trip to Indio, Calif., where he spent three days watch­ing back-toback con­certs at the Coachella Val­ley Music and Arts Fes­ti­val. A quick perusal of Carter on Face­book dur­ing the Coachella fes­ti­val shows hun­dreds of pic­tures of well-known…

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Tips to Survive Finals

May 3, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

Finals week is just around the cor­ner and recently we asked UNM stu­dents what they did to sur­vive the upcom­ing week. Some of your responses included:   @unm Give your­self time to pre­pare before and time to recharge after. Take some time off work if pos­si­ble. — Rebecca S. Oswin (@Beckleberry13) April 24, 2013 @unm start…

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UNM Parking to Host Transit Study Public Meeting

April 29, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

The Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Park­ing and Trans­porta­tion Depart­ment, together with Cen­tral New Mex­ico Com­mu­nity Col­lege and the Mid-Region Coun­cil of Gov­ern­ments are hold­ing a pub­lic meet­ing this Wednes­day, May 1 from noon-1 p.m. in the UNM Stu­dent Union Build­ings Lobo Rooms A and B to get feed­back from mem­bers of the UNM Com­mu­nity on…

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South Lot to Close for Spring Break

March 7, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

UNM Park­ing and Trans­porta­tion Ser­vices (PATS) recently announced it will not be pro­vid­ing shut­tle ser­vice to and from UNM’s South Park­ing lot dur­ing Spring Break. South Lot will be closed Fri­day, March, 8 at 7 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. on Mon­day, March 18. Those mem­bers of the UNM com­mu­nity with South Lot per­mits will be able…

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LAII To Host Land Use Seminar Friday, Feb. 22

February 21, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

The UNM Latin Amer­i­can and Iber­ian Insti­tute (LAII) will host Uni­ver­sity of California-Davis Pro­fes­sor Julie Wit­cover on Fri­day, Feb. 22 from 2:30–4 p.m. as part of LAII’s “Fri­day Sem­i­nar Series.” The sem­i­nar will be held in the Eco­nom­ics build­ing, room 1052. Wit­cover, an assis­tant project sci­en­tist in the Insti­tute of Trans­porta­tion Stud­ies at UC-Davis, will dis­cuss “Biofuel…

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School of Law Presentation to Focus on FERC, US Energy in the Future

January 31, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

Fed­eral Energy Reg­u­la­tory Com­mis­sion expe­ri­ences and US energy poli­cies will be the focus of a pre­sen­ta­tion at the UNM School of Law on Mon­day, Feb. 4 at 5:15 p.m. in the UNM School of Law room 2402.  The pre­sen­ter is Suedeen Kelly, an internationally-recognized energy indus­try spe­cial­ist, for­mer mem­ber of the UNM School of Law…

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Class Update for Math 120 Students

January 11, 2013 | By Benson Hendrix

For stu­dents in Math 120 a quick reminder that all sec­tions this spring will be held online through the Math Learn­ing Lab in Cen­ten­nial Library. There will be no tra­di­tional lec­tures for Math 120, all work will be done in the com­puter lab. Hours for the Math Learn­ing Lab for Spring 2013: Mon­day and Wednes­day: 9 a.m. to…

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Bergman Appointed as Interim Law School Dean

October 10, 2012 | By Benson Hendrix

Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Provost Chaouki Abdal­lah recently announced that pro­fes­sor Bar­bara Bergman, asso­ciate dean for aca­d­e­mic affairs at the UNM School of Law, has been appointed the interim dean fol­low­ing the appoint­ment of for­mer dean Kevin Wash­burn to the United States Depart­ment of the Inte­rior. Bergman joined the UNM law fac­ulty in 1987. She…

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UNM Parking Update for “The Lion King”

October 1, 2012 | By Benson Hendrix

One of Broadway’s block­buster musi­cals, “The Lion King,” roars into the Uni­ver­sity of New Mexico’s Pope­joy Hall start­ing Tues­day, Oct. 2 through Oct. 28. Due to the musical’s huge pop­u­lar­ity, it’s expected to bring a lot of vis­i­tors to one of UNM’s most pop­u­lar venues. With that influx of vis­i­tors comes a cer­tain level of…

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Economic Forum Live Blog

September 21, 2012 | By Benson Hendrix

Wel­come to the live blog of today’s UNM Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Sum­mit! If you’re fol­low­ing today’s event on Twit­ter, you can find us at #unmecon. (Note: UNM does not select or endorse any adver­tis­ing fea­tured on the UStream player.) UNM Eco­nomic Sum­mit, Morn­ing Ses­sion UNM Eco­nomic Sum­mit, Hwang Keynote UNM Eco­nomic Sum­mit, VC Panel and Education…

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