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The House has just passed the ERB solvency bill on a vote of 50 - 17. There were no attempts to amend the legislation on the floor. This is the bill that raises employee contributions and sets a minimum retirement age along with COLA eligibility changes ...

The University of New Mexico Board of Direc­tors of Lobo Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion will meet Thursday, Feb. 28., from 9:30 to 11 a.m., in the Executive Board Room at Science & Technology Park located at 851 University Blvd., SE., Suite 201.For full ...

Solvency plans are back on the front burner. Last night, Senate Finance gave a do pass to the PERA solvency plan that now features an employer contribution increase of .4 percent rather than 1.5 percent. Significantly, the PERA plan only achieves 90 ...

Mark RussellMark Russell has been named the new Associated General Contractors (AGC) Endowed Chair in Construction Management and Construction Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Russell has been teaching at UNM since Fall 2011 and has more than ...

Four finalists for the position of dean of the UNM School of Law have been invited to visit campus over the weeks of March 4 and March 18. The candidates will meet with faculty, staff, students and community members during their visits.The candidates ...

Senate Finance did not take up any of the retirement bills this afternoon. The committee is scheduled to look at PERA solvency at 10 a.m. in the morning. The House has HB 64, ERB solvency, on its temporary calendar.Meanwhile, Sen. Michael Sanchez ...

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (HSC) Board of Directors meet on Friday, March 1 at 1 p.m. in the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education, 3rd floor, room 3010, located west of the intersection of Stanford Drive and Marble ...

University of New Mexico Centennial Engineering Center (CEC) is hosting guest speaker, Sarah L. Keller for the Phi Beta Kappa Scholar lecture, "How Playing with Unrealistically Simple Systems Gives Insight into Real Cell Membranes," on Thursday, Feb. 28 ...

The Finance and Facilities Committee of the University of New Mexico Board of Regents meets Friday, March 1 at 9 a.m. in the Roberts Room of Scholes Hall on the UNM main campus.In addition to the three Regents who are members of this committee, other ...

President's Weekly Perspective - 2.25.2013Good morning. Over the past nine months, we have been in the process of mapping a future picture for UNM in 2020, considering sustainable budget models, becoming a more globally relevant campus, and collaborating ...