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Lobo Athletics Joins Summer Reading Challenge

May 23, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Both Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico bas­ket­ball coaches and other mem­bers of the Ath­let­ics’ staff joined New Mex­ico Gov­er­nor Susana Mar­tinez to launch her Sum­mer Read­ing Chal­lenge ini­tia­tive. Four sum­mer read­ing chal­lenges were launched for New Mex­ico chil­dren. The pro­grams are spon­sored by a vari­ety of statewide com­mu­nity part­ners, includ­ing UNM, and offer an array of…

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Researchers Find Massive Impacts Dispersed Chlorine, Helped Make Earth Habitable

May 21, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Life as we know it may not have existed if the Earth wasn’t repeat­edly bom­barded by mas­sive plan­e­tary bod­ies more than 4 bil­lion years ago accord­ing to new research con­ducted by sci­en­tists at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico and NASA John­son Space Cen­ter. The results of the mas­sive col­li­sions indi­cate that much of Earth’s supply…

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UNM Marketing Students Win 2013 API Adventures in Energy Case Competition

May 21, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Last week in San Fran­cisco, Calif., mar­ket­ing stu­dents at the UNM Ander­son School of Man­age­ment took top hon­ors in the 2013 Amer­i­can Petro­leum Insti­tute Adven­tures in Energy Case Com­pe­ti­tion. UNM emerged the win­ner after top­ping the Uni­ver­sity of Find­lay and Florida Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy, the other two top teams who qual­i­fied to travel to San…

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Comadre a Comadre Seeks Peer Educators

May 17, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Comadre a Comadre Pro­gram is now recruit­ing “Peer Edu­ca­tor” to teach com­mu­nity breast health classes. If you’re a woman, a Hispanic/Latina bilin­gual speaker, Eng­lish speaker, Span­ish speaker or a breast can­cer sur­vivor and it’s been two years since your last treat­ment, call Edu­ca­tion Sup­port Coor­di­na­tor Gena Laugh­lin in the Comadre office at (505) 277‑2329 to…

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3rd Annual Walgreens Charity Golf Tournament to Benefit UNM Children’s Hospital

May 15, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Wal­greens Cor­po­ra­tion hosts the 3rd Annual Wal­greens “Help­ing New Mexico’s Chil­dren Get Well and Stay Well” Char­ity Golf Tour­na­ment on Fri­day, June 7 at Isleta Eagle Golf Course. The tour­na­ment, which ben­e­fits UNM’s Children’s Hos­pi­tal, begins with at 8 a.m. with check-in and a 9 a.m. shot­gun start. The entry fee for the tour­na­ment is $125…

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UNM’s RAD Camp Begins Tuesday, May 28

May 15, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Begin­ning Tues­day, May 28, UNM’s Recre­ational Ser­vices hosts the first of five sum­mer camp ses­sions for its pop­u­lar Recre­ational Activ­i­ties Day Camp or RAD Camp for chil­dren ages 8–12. UNM’s RAD Camp pro­vides a vari­ety of oppor­tu­ni­ties to enhance the edu­ca­tional, recre­ational and cul­tural expe­ri­ences of Albuquerque-area youth by offer­ing numer­ous activ­i­ties for your child to…

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Albuquerque, UNM and Local Tech Community Team Up to Encourage “Civic Tech”

May 14, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Devel­op­ers, design­ers, com­mu­nity lead­ers and the gen­eral pub­lic are invited to par­tic­i­pate in the “Albu­querque Civic Tech Day Mini Con­fer­ence and Hackathon” at the UNM Stu­dent Union Build­ing on Sat­ur­day, June 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Early bird signup is avail­able at Civic Tech. The $8 fee includes lunch. The event, one of…

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‘Qualitative Research Methods with Children and Adolescents’ Topic of Discussion

May 13, 2013 | By Steve Carr

UNM’s Com­mu­nity Based Pre­ven­tion Research Pro­fes­sional Devel­op­ment Series fea­tures Dr. Julia Mered­ith Hess who will dis­cuss “Qual­i­ta­tive Research Meth­ods with Chil­dren and Ado­les­cents” on Tues­day, May 21 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Research Incu­ba­tor Build­ing (RIB) Com­mons located on the UNM cam­pus at 2703 Fron­tier NE. Atten­dees are invited to bring your lunch. Children…

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Sullivan Appointed Director of Residence Life and Student Housing

May 10, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Vice Pres­i­dent for Stu­dent Affairs Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Tor­res and Asso­ciate Vice Pres­i­dent for Stu­dent Life Walt Miller, have announced the appoint­ment of Wayne Sul­li­van as new direc­tor of Res­i­dence Life and Stu­dent Hous­ing. Sul­li­van has been with the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico pro­fes­sion­ally since 1987. He has spent his entire pro­fes­sional UNM career with…

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UNM Students Chosen for Selective Nationwide Leadership Development Program

May 9, 2013 | By Steve Carr

Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico stu­dents Cindy Nava, Yvette Ortega, Trinidad Rodriguez, Jaen Ugalde and Cecilia Velasco were among the 150 stu­dents selected nation­wide for a com­pet­i­tive lead­er­ship devel­op­ment pro­gram led by Peo­ple For the Amer­i­can Way Foun­da­tion. “This class is one of our most diverse and tal­ented yet,” said Joy Law­son, direc­tor, Young Peo­ple For.…

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