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Senate Republicans Rebuke Administration’s Efforts to Destroy New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Industries

SANTA FE—The Senate Finance Committee today heard testimony from the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department regarding its budgetary and legislative proposals. A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the Department’s proposed legislation (House Bill 133) to amend the Oil and Gas Act and institute new regulations.

Following the hearing, Senator William Sharer (R-Farmington) and Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) released the following statements:

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ENMU Welcomes Rodney Atkins to Greyhound Arena, April 27, 2024

PORTALES, NM – January 19, 2024 – Eastern New Mexico University proudly presents Rodney Atkins at Greyhound Arena on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 6 p.m., sponsored by JP Stone Community Bank.

Rodney Atkins, one of Country Music’s biggest stars, has reached such heights as being named the Top New Male Vocalist at the ACM Awards and seeing his single "Watching You" become the Number One Song of the Decade, according to Country Aircheck, and earn the songwriter a BMI “Million-Air” Award.

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NMSU study: Firearm deaths increasing among American Indians, Alaska Natives

A recently published New Mexico State University study shows firearm-related deaths involving America Indians and Alaska Natives spiked in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic.


 
Co-authored by Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of public health sciences at NMSU, and James H. Price of the University of Toledo, the study found that the firearm death rate among American Indians and Alaska Natives increased almost five times the growth rate of their populations between 2018 and 2020.

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New cohort for NMSU Global project management course begins Feb. 1

New Mexico State University Global Campus is opening a new spring 2024 cohort for its in-demand project management microlearning course, which begins Feb. 1.


 
The popular course offers professionals an opportunity to master project management fundamentals. Participants receive a digital badge to display on a resume upon completion. The course fee is $1,500.


 
Designed to provide a thorough understanding of project management, the course will guide learners through the nuances of planning, implementing, controlling and concluding projects successfully. It covers essential topics such as:

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NMSU to host community meeting on agrivoltaics

The public is invited to attend a community meeting Feb. 7 to discuss the future of agrivoltaics in New Mexico. The meeting is hosted by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and the NMSU Agricultural Experiment Station.


 
The NMSU-hosted community meeting will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory, 300 College Ave., in Las Cruces. The meeting will discuss the unique opportunities agrivoltaics provides to enhance resource efficiency and land management, as well as the opportunities in New Mexico for agrivoltaics to thrive.

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NMSU planet formation research group receives second NASA Emerging Worlds grant

Debanjan Sengupta, postdoctoral researcher at New Mexico State University, received a three-year, $750,000 award from the NASA Emerging Worlds program, which aims to understand the formation and early evolution of the Solar System.


 
Sengupta’s research, titled “Planetesimal Formation: A Natural Synergy between Streaming Instability and Turbulent Concentration,” seeks to understand how the planets were formed in the infancy of the solar system.


 
 “What was the solar system like? What were the physical conditions? How did the planets come to be? To figure that out, I take a computational approach,” Sengupta explained. “I solve equations to figure out the processes that initially formed the solar system. I can also get information from meteorites that have fallen on the surface of the earth, which act as fossils of the Solar System formation.”

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Governor Gaslights New Mexicans In Gun Grab Speech

When a governor engages in political propaganda via a press conference, utilizing her executive bully pulpit to discuss violating her oath of office to protect and defend the United States and New Mexico Constitutions, while also using tragedies to support her unconstitutional decisions, it warrants a bold response from New Mexicans and an effective strategy to expose her alarming agenda. The recent false and misleading statements by Governor Lujan Grisham about her desire to ban “assault weapons” demand such an immediate response.

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NMSU honors faculty for creative scholarly work, community outreach at spring 2024 convocation

New Mexico State University bestowed several prestigious awards for creative scholarly work and community outreach during its spring semester kick-off on the Las Cruces campus.


 
More than 100 Aggies gathered in NMSU’s Atkinson Recital Hall Tuesday, Jan. 16, for NMSU’s spring convocation to celebrate the new semester and cheer on the award recipients.


 
“I extend my congratulations to all the recipients of New Mexico State University’s research awards,” NMSU Provost Alan Shoho said. “Your work also serves as a testament to the power of research and its ability to be bold and shape the future. Everyone here in this audience makes a difference in their own way. New Mexico State University is a place where dreams are nurtured, ideas are cultivated and lifelong connections are made.”

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