1. Before It's News – “Modern Grand Canyon May Actually Be Fairly New”
UNM geologist, Karl Karlstrom comments on the latest research which dates sections of the Grand Canyon at a younger 5 to 6 million years old.

This story appeared in close to 100 publications and media outlets, including NPR, BBC News, Time Magazine, Nature World News, Arab news, The Vancouver Desk, AGI (Italy), Softpedia (Romania), The Jagran Post (India), The Independent (U.K)

2. ABQ Business First - "What startups could learn from Target data breach"
Patrick Gage Kelley, an assistant professor of computer science at UNM shares lessons on the recent data breaches in the news.

3. Rio Rancho Observer - "Enrollment up at UNM West but down at CNM"
According to CEO Wynn Goering, UNM West saw a 22 percent increase in enrollment over last year’s spring semester.

4. Green Car congress - "NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects"
UNM among the NAMII recipients for work on enhancing 3D printing multi-functionality for aerospace applications.

5. Wisconsin Public Radio (NPR) "Legacy Of Forced March Still Haunts Navajo Nation”
Jennifer Denetdale, historian and associate professor of American Studies at UNM comments on the consequences of “The Long Walk” which refers to the 1864 deportation of the Navajo people by the United States from what is now Arizona to eastern New Mexico.

6. Media Monitoring from Friday-Sunday, Jan. 24-26, 2014

Friday, January 24, 2014

2 KASA                9:00 PM           

THE MOTHER OF SLAIN FLORIDA TEEN TRAYVON MARTIN WILL BE IN ALBUQUERQUE SPEAKING AT UNM. SYBRINA FULTON WILL KICK OFF THE ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH BRUNCH TOMORROW MORNING AT THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING. FULTON HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO TURNING HER FAMILY TRAGEDY INTO SOCIAL CHANGE. HER SON WAS SHOT DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IN 2012. TICKETS FOR THE EVENT ARE 30 DOLLARS.

KRQE-13              4:00 PM           

THE MOTHER OF SLAIN FLORIDA TEENAGER TRAYVON MARTIN WILL BE IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS WEEKEND. SYBRINA FULTON WILL KICK OFF THE ANNUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH BRUNCH TOMORROW MORNING AT THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING AT UNM SINCE HER SON WAS SHOT DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN IN 2012... FULTON HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO TURNING A FAMILY TRAGEDY INTO SOCIAL CHANGE. TICKETS FOR THE EVENT ARE 30 DOLLARS.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

KOB-4               6:00 PM

IT'S BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN KILLED 17 YEAR OLD TRAYVON MARTIN IN ONE OF FLORIDA'S MOST HIGH PROFILE CASES. TODAY TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOTHER SPOKE TO A GROUP IN ALBUQUERQUE... TODAY'S VISIT WAS THE FIRST IN NEW MEXICO FOR SYBRINA FULTON. SHE SPOKE AT UNM AND HER MESSAGE WAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE U.S. A BETTER AND A SAFER PLACE... YOU'LL REMEMBER, HER SON TRAYVON WAS WEARING A HOODIE IN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN ZIMMERMAN SHOT AND KILLED HIM. WHEN POLICE DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY ARREST ZIMMERMAN---THER E WAS OUTRAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE UPSET WHEN A JURY ACQUITTED ZIMMERMAN NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF LATER. "THE   ABSOLUTE WORST THING WAS WHEN I HAD TO WAKE UP THAT SATURDAY MORNING AND ATTEND A FUNERAL FOR MY 17 YEAR OLD SON. THAT WAS MY WAKE UP CALL. THAT WAS THE TIME THAT I SAID I'M EITHER PART OF THE PROBLEM OR I'M PART OF THE SOLUTION. MS. FULTON SPOKE ABOUT THE CHARITY SHE CREATED CALLED THE TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

KOAT-7
             6:00 AM 

THE NETWORK FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IS CALLING ON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, INTERESTED IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY! "EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS" IS GOING ON THIS MORNING AT UNM IT'S OPEN TO 6-9TH GRADE GIRLS, IT'S A HANDS-ON WORK SHOPS FOR THEM TO EXPLORE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH ALSO

KOAT-7                6:00 PM            10:00 PM

TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOTHER MADE A SPECIAL VISIT TO ALBUQUERQUE TODAY. SHE WAS INVITED TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR A BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT AT *UNM. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER REGINA RUIZ JOINS US WITH MORE. UNM AFRICANA STUDIES HAS HOSTED A BLACK HISTORY MONTH BRUNCH FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND SYBRINA FULTON IS DEDICATING HER LIFE TO TURN HER TRAGEDY INTO SOCIAL CHANGE. I NEEDED TO TURN MY PAIN INTO A PURPOSE, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY, AS TRAYVON MARTIN'S MOM, SABRINA FULTON TRIES TURN HER TRAGEDY INTO SOMETHING POSITVE. ALTHOUGH I WAS WOUNDED AND I WAS HURT, I COULDN'T LET THAT KEEP ME DOWN FULTON TOLD A PACKED BALLROOM AT UNM THE WORST PART OF TRAYVON'S STORY WASN'T SITTING IN THE COURTROOM LISTENING TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER CHILD. THE ABSOLUTE WORST THING WAS WHEN I HAD TO WAKE UP THAT SATURDAY MORNING AND ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF MY 17 YEAR OLD SON. THAT'S WHEN FULTON DECIDED SHE WOULD BE A VOICE GO AROUND THE WORLD TALK TO PEOPLE THAT WAS MY WAKE UP CALL. THAT WAS THE TIME I SAID, I AM EITHER PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION. I REFUSE TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, FULTON EXPLAINS SHE WANTS TO MAKE THE UNITED STATES A BETTER PLACE. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN TO EVEN AN AVERAGE PERSON, THAT TODAY IT WAS MY SON, TOMORROW IT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE'S SON. IN THE PAST THE BLACK HISTORY BRUNCH AT UNM HAS FEATURED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, ACTIVISTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS. THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS CIVIL RIGHT'S IN AMERICA.

THE JOURNAL CONDUCTS AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION INTO CONCUSSIONS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO TREAT AND PREVENT THEM. FOR WEEKS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HAS BEEN STUDYING CONCUSSIONS AND HOW THEY'RE IMPACTING THE GAME. MARK SMITH/ASST. SPORTS EDITOR JOURNAL: "THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HAS HAD A LOT OF ISSUES, CONCUSSIONS RECENTLY... DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON." THE JOURNAL REPORTS STATS FROM THE NATIONAL ACADAMIES OF SCIENCE... STATING THERE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 1.6 MILLION TO 3.8 MILLION SPORTS AND RECREATION HEAD INJURIES OCCURRING A YEAR IN THE U.S. THE JOURNAL LOOKS AT ALL LEVELS OF FOOTBALL: NFL, HIGH SCHOO TO YAFL. "HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE GETTING THEM AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO PREVENT THEM." AND IT'S OTHER SPORTS TOO. YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE SPORTS ARE THAT HAVE THE MOST CONCUSSIONS... SOCCER IS ONE BUT YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU " TO READ MORE PICK UP A COPY OF TOMORROW'S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

KOB-4                           4:30 PM                  10:00 PM

A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IS CREATING A LARGE UPSET AT AN ALBUQUERQUE CATHOLIC CHURCH. PRIESTS OF THE DOMINICAN ORDER HAVE BEEN AT THAT PARISH FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS ARE NOW BEING TOLD TO LEAVE. JEN SAMP WAS AT AN EMOTIONAL MEETING AT THE NEWMAN CENTER ON UNM'S CAMPUS. THAT MEETING JUST WRAPPED UP. AND JEN-- HOW IS THIS EFFECTING FAMILIES THERE? CHRIS-FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING AND AREN'T CATHOLIC.... HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS STORY. THERE ARE THREE ORDERS OF PRIESTS. HERE AT THE NEWMAN CENTER, THE ORDER HAS BEEN DOMINICAN. THE ARCHDIOCESE IS KICKING OUT THE DOMINICAN PRIESTS AND BRINGING IN OTHER PRIESTS FROM AROUND THE DIOCESE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 750 FAMILIES IN THIS PARISH AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE STUDENTS ON THE UNM CAMPUS WHO ARE MEMBERS. NOW MANY TELL ME THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE PARISH. ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL SHEEHAN SAYS THE CURRENT CLERGY IS NOT RECRUITING ENOUGH STUDENTS INTO PREISTHOOD--SO ITS TIME TO MAKE CHANGES. EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST FOUR DOMINICAN PRESTS, WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE YEARS WILL BE REPLACED BY TWO OTHER PRIESTS. THE CLERGY SAYS THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOU THE PARISH, EVEN SONGS AND SEATING. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THESE PRIESTS FOR DECADES ARE VERY UPSET OUR ADOPTED SO BECAME CATHOLIC BECAUSE OF THE DOMINCAN LEADERSHIP THEY FEED OUR HEARTS OUR MINDS OUR SOULS THEY ARE SUCH SUPPORT TO US AND WE LOVE THEM DEARLY AND TO HAVE THEM YANKED AWAY WITH NO NOTICE OR COMMUNICATION IS TEARING US APART. I'M TOLD THE FOUR DOMINACAN PREISTS WILL MOST LIKEY GO BACK TO ST. LOUIS OR CHICAGO TO BE REASSIGNED. THE PARISH STARTED A PETITION... SO FAR IT HAS 900 SIGNATURES. PARISHENERS ARE HOPING TO MEET WITH THE ARCHBISHOP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. LIVE FROM THE UNM CAMPUS.

KOAT-7                6:00 AM            7:46 PM:

THE MOTHER OF A TEEN, KILLED IN A HIGH PROFILE CASE IN SANFORD, FLORIDA, PAID UNM A VISIT YESTERDAY, AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR A BLACK HISTORY MONTH BRUNCH. SINCE HER SON, TRAYVON MARTIN'S DEATH SYBRINA FULTON HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO SOCIAL CHANGE. FULTON TOLD A PACKED BALLROOM, SHE WANTED TO BE A VOICE OF CHANGE, IN MEMORY OF HER SON THAT WAS MY WAKE UP CALL. THAT WAS THE TIME I SAID, I AM EITHER PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION. I REFUSE TO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM. FULTON HAS STARTED A FOUNDATION IN TRAYVON'S NAME TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND MAKE SAFER COMMUNITIES.

KOAT-7                10:00 PM          

SOME ALBUQUERQUE CATHOLICS ARE FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR PRIESTS. THEY'VE BEEN AT THE CHURCH SINCE THE 1950'S. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER HAS MORE ON HOW PARISHIONERS PLAN TO CHANGE THE ARCHBISHOP'S MIND. SINCE THE 1950'S PEOPLE HAVE PACKED THE AQUINAS NEWMAN CENTER NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.  THEY'VE GROWN FAMILIAR WITH THE DOMINICAN PRIESTS WHO'VE CALLED THIS PARISH HOME. WE LOVE OUR STAFF AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM BUT THEY MAY HAVE TO GET USE TO SOME NEW FACES BEHIND THE CLOTH. I THINK WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND SADDENED WE'RE ALL PUZZLED BY WHY THE ARCHBISHOP HAS TAKEN THIS ACTION EARLIER THIS MONTH, ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL SHEEHAN TOLD PARISHIONERS THE ARCHDIOCESE WILL TAKE OVER THE CHURCH AND THE PRIEST WILL HAVE TO LEAVE. THE DICOCESE SAYS IT WANTS ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO THE PRIESTHOOD FROM UNM WHERE THE CHURCH IS BASED. IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T TRY FIX IT AND THIS PLACE HASN'T BEEN BROKEN AND THIS PLACE IS WORKING LIKE A CLOCK AND SHOULD BE THE MODEL FOR HOW A CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULD BE RUN OTHERS FEEL THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT MOTIVE. BECAUSE IT IS A RELIGIOUS ORDER RATHER THAN PRIEST UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE ARCHBISHOP, PERHAPS HE FEELS HE WANTS TO EXERCISE MORE CONTROL OVER THE PARISH FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, PARISHIONERS MET TO DISCUSS A PLAN TO SAVE THEIR PRIESTS THEY'VE ALREADY DRAFTED THIS PETITION REQUESTING A MEETING WITH THE ARCHBISHOP. SO FAR, IT HAS AROUND 900 SIGNATURES. HOPEFULLY WE ARE JUST GETTING ORGANIZED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GIVING UP. ACTION 7 NEWS TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THE ARCHDIOCESE, BUT THEY WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. THE PARISHIONERS SAY, IF THE MOVE DOES GO THROUGH, THE CHANGES WOULD TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST.