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Catherine “Kate” Krause named Interim Dean of University College

May 16, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Provost Chaouki Abdal­lah has announced the appoint­ment of Pro­fes­sor Kate Krouse as Interim Dean of Uni­ver­sity Col­lege. “I am pleased to announce Dr. Kate Krause as Interim Dean of Uni­ver­sity College. She is a highly accom­plished scholar in Eco­nom­ics with a strong com­mit­ment to under­grad­u­ate edu­ca­tion.  Dr. Krause has a proven record…

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Wrenching Poetry from the Nancy C. Wood Manuscript Collection

May 15, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Car­olyn McSh­erry holds the Juan and Vir­ginia Cha­con Fel­low­ship and has spent part of the year pro­cess­ing the papers of writer-photographer Nancy Wood. She is a Ph.D. stu­dent in the Amer­i­can Stud­ies pro­gram.  Her research is about the chal­lenges posed to 1930s-era agri­cul­tural improve­ment projects in Puerto Rico and on Navajo lands by peo­ple who lived in…

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Redondo Drive Closed for Summer

May 15, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Redondo Drive on the east side of the UNM cam­pus is closed to vehi­cle traf­fic through­out the sum­mer as con­struc­tion con­tin­ues on the new Casas del Rio Res­i­dence Halls. Redondo Drive is expected to re-open to traf­fic in mid-August. Media con­tact: Karen Went­worth (505) 277‑5627; email: kwent2@unm.edu

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Mike Anderson Awarded Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize

May 14, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

The 2012 Pope­joy Dis­ser­ta­tion Prize has been awarded to Mike Ander­son. The award, which was estab­lished as a per­ma­nent memo­r­ial to late UNM Pres­i­dent Tom L. Pope­joy, rec­og­nizes and encour­ages the high­est level of aca­d­e­mic excel­lence among doc­toral stu­dents. Ander­son per­formed ground­break­ing research bridg­ing exper­i­men­tal and com­pu­ta­tional fluid dynam­ics in a devel­op­ing area of high-speed…

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CWSR Fellow Speaks on Controversy and Conflict in Apollo’s Quest for Lunar Knowledge

May 10, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Hanna Thomp­son, a Fel­low in the Cen­ter for South­west Research and Spe­cial Col­lec­tions at Uni­ver­sity Libraries speaks on “A Sci­en­tific Endeavor: Con­tro­versy and Con­flict in Apollo’s Quest for Lunar Knowl­edge.” Thomp­son will com­plete her Master’s degree in the Land­scape Archi­tec­ture pro­gram in spring 2013. As a fel­low­ship and a Har­ri­son Schmitt scholar, she inves­ti­gated Schmitt’s role and…

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A Riparian “Empire” in the Chihuahuan Desert: Spanish, Puebloans and Apaches in 17th Century New Mexico

May 9, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Mor­gan LeBin, a Ph.D. stu­dent at the Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan, will speak Fri­day, May 25 at noon in the Waters Room (105) of Zim­mer­man Library on “A Ripar­ian ‘Empire’ in the Chi­huahuan Desert: Span­ish, Puebloans, and Apaches in Sev­en­teenth Cen­tury New Mex­ico as part of the 2012 His­tory Schol­ars Lec­ture Series co-hosted by the Office…

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Five Seniors Presented with Clauve Awards

May 8, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Five stu­dents at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico have received Clauve Out­stand­ing Senior Awards. Megan Chat­ter­ton, Adrian Corti­nas, Sunny Liu, Flo­ren­cio Olguin Jr. and Kelly Williamson were pre­sented with the award that rec­og­nizes seniors who have per­formed well aca­d­e­m­i­cally and made sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the cam­pus com­mu­nity through lead­er­ship and involve­ment. “There is an undy­ing energy…

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Water Leak at Centennial Library Closes Lower Level

May 7, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

The lower level of Cen­ten­nial Sci­ence & Engi­neer­ing Library (LL2) is tem­porar­ily closed due to water dam­age that occurred on Sat­ur­day, May 5. The upper level of the library remains open and library employ­ees are retriev­ing mate­ri­als from the lower level as requested. A fan in the mechan­i­cal room behind the Cir­cu­la­tion desk on LL1 failed…

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Mechanical Engineering Department Celebrates Students and Alumni

May 3, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

The UNM Depart­ment of Mechan­i­cal Engi­neer­ing has cel­e­brated a year of aca­d­e­mic achieve­ment by award­ing schol­ar­ships to stu­dents and acco­lades to fac­ulty mem­bers and dis­tin­guished alumni.  Depart­ment Chair Chris Hall has inau­gu­rated an Acad­emy of Dis­tin­guished Alumni. The depart­ment has more than 3,000 liv­ing alumni, many of whom have dis­tin­guished them­selves through tech­ni­cal excel­lence and…

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Student Regent Jacob Wellman Receives Prestigious National Fraternity Award

May 2, 2012 | By Karen Wentworth

Jacob Well­man is no stranger to respon­si­bil­ity and team­work. At 22, and still a year away from grad­u­at­ing, he has been the pres­i­dent of his fra­ter­nity, held mul­ti­ple posi­tions at the Asso­ci­ated Stu­dents of the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico (ASUNM) and cur­rently serves as a UNM Stu­dent Regent. In recog­ni­tion of his achieve­ments, Well­man was…

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