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“Something needs to be different.” That was the reaction of Laurel Semsch (now Laurel Lane) after 9/11. After the horrific events of that day in 2001, she decided to do something positive and make a difference in the world—by becoming a teacher. So in...

One of the few lottery bills that actually had legs this legislative session had them cut out from under them this afternoon.  House Ways and Means rejected SB 180/a, the bill that sought to remove a mandate that sent 30 percent of lottery revenue to...

The Graduate and Professional Students Association has partnered with University Libraries to create a dedicated space for graduate students in Zimmerman Library. The new space, called the Graduate Student Commons is located on the first floor in room...

Peggy Levitt, professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, and Fellow at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organizations at Harvard University, presents the spring Journal of Anthropological Research...

Join Sigma Xi for the Science and Society Distinguished Public Talk on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Conference Center Auditorium for a presentation titled ‘The New Arctic,’ presented by Mark Serreze, professor of Geography at the ...

The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico (ASUNM), UNM’s undergraduate student government, hosts a resource center fair on Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the SUB Atrium from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair will include representatives from over 10 resource...

The final four days loom large in the roundhouse as capital outlay bills are centered in the house while the senate gets to deal with the budget. Over the weekend, the Senate Finance Committee, as promised, further cut FY 17 budget expectations to more...

The federal REAL ID Act bans federal agencies from acceptng IDs that do not measure up to the ID standards promulgated by the federal government. The federal government has delayed implementation of the REAL ID Act for years. The Department of Homeland...

Surprise and elation spread across the faces of UNM Law School students Frank Cardoza and Scott Woody at a dinner during the midyear meeting of the ABA’s Section of Taxation.

In honor of International Brain Awareness Week starting March 14 through 20, the UNM School of Medicine will present a lecture titled “Your Dazzling Brain – Keep it Bright!” The lecture will take place Tuesday, Mar. 15 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at...