Schools and Colleges

Score one in the win column for our graduate students. Senate Bill 11, the State Graduate Tax Credit, earned a "do pass" in Senate Corporations this afternoon, though by a narrow one-vote margin.The bill would give tax credits to New Mexico businesses ...

The University of New Mexico will host two finalists for the position of director of the Global Education Office (GEO). This position will oversee the various functions of GEO including Study Abroad, International Admissions, International Student & ...

The UNM College of Education will host a talk Wednesday, Jan. 30 featuring educational expert Robert King. The talk will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the George Pearl Hall Auditorium at the UNM School of Architecture & Planning. King's talk is titled, ...

Composer Paul Clift submitted the winning composition, "1950c", for classical guitar, in the 2012 UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust Composers' Competition. The biennial competition requires composers to use material from the John Donald Robb Field ...

The House reconvenes at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Monday) while the Senate goes on the floor an hour later or thereabouts.Activity is revving up in legislative committees. Here's a rundown for the next couple of days: Note that the Graduate Employment Tax Credit ...

University of New Mexico Latin American Iberian Institute presents "Deconsolidating Authoritarianism: Learning from Mexico's Failed Transition" alongside "Mexico: Democratic Authoritarianism" with leading political analysts John Ackerman and Lorenzo ...

The UNM Recreational Services Department, which oversees Johnson Center, will maintain regular business hours after it began a move to reduce hours to make up for a budget shortfall spurred by the recent minimum wage increase. When the department created ...

Lynne Sebastian, an adjunct associate professor in the UNM Department of Anthropology has been chosen to become an Expert Member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). She is director of Historic Preservation Programs at ...

Call it ERB boot camp. Legislators on the House and Senate education committees got a comprehensive briefing on education pensions and solvency issues at this morning's joint session. What we didnt hear was debate on any of the pension solvency ...

The House is working today, scheduling a 10 a.m. floor session. The Senate will reconvene again on Monday at 11 a.m. However, Senate Education will meet in joint session with House Education at 8 a.m. on Friday to learn about the ERB solvency proposal. ...