Other NM universities announcements
This category will combine all universities that are not in Silver City, i.e. not WNMU, into one category under Non-Local News Releases
When this category is created, we have NMSU and ENMU that send us notices.
NMSU’s KRWG earns NMBA awards for election coverage, radio station of the year
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- Published: 03 June 2024 03 June 2024
The New Mexico Broadcasters Association last week announced the winners of its 2024 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards. New Mexico State University’s KRWG public broadcasting station earned eight awards, including Station of the Year in radio for KRWG-FM.
“I'm so grateful for the dedication our team shows every day,” said Adrian Velarde, general manager of KRWG public media. “This recognition is a wonderful reminder of their incredible talent and commitment.”
NMSU's HSI STEM Resource Hub showcases 5 years of achievements
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- Published: 01 June 2024 01 June 2024
In 2018, New Mexico State University was among the first to receive a research award under the National Science Foundation’s Hispanic Serving Institutions Program. The five-year, $2.6 million grant funded a first-if-its-kind HSI STEM Resource Hub at NMSU, in collaboration with Doña Ana Community College and California State University-Northridge.“
Student success requires a strong support system and faculty are first line supporters who hold great responsibility for student well-being and degree completion,” said Elba Serrano, NMSU Regents professor of biology, the principal investigator for the NMSU arm of the project, which over the last five years has created a network to share best practices among 450 Hispanic-serving institutions to build capacity for STEM education.
NMSU names Mariana Ortega AVP for diversity initiatives
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- Published: 01 June 2024 01 June 2024
Following a national search, New Mexico State University announced Friday that the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity has selected Mariana Ortega as its first assistant vice president for diversity initiatives. She will begin her new role on July 15.
“Mariana brings with her extensive experience working in higher education, particularly with diversity programs and various campus and community partners,” said Teresa Maria “Linda” Scholz, NMSU’s vice president for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. “She has a strong understanding of public institutions and will bring innovative approaches to EID work at NMSU.”
$19.9 million NIH grant continues NMSU’s 20-plus-year leadership in biomedical research
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- Published: 23 May 2024 23 May 2024
The New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research (NM-INBRE), housed at New Mexico State University, began in 2001 when an NMSU professor believed New Mexico was missing out on important opportunities for lack of a vehicle for collaboration between universities in the state when it came to biomedical research.
NMSU BEST department receives federal funding for curriculum project
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- Published: 23 May 2024 23 May 2024
The Department of Borderlands and Ethnic Studies at New Mexico State University has received $170,000 in congressional funding to continue a research program dedicated to creating more culturally inclusive social studies curricula for K-12 students.
The funding will allow researchers in the department, also known as BEST, to continue to collaborate with educators in southern New Mexico to develop new lessons that meet revised social studies standards. The new standards – adopted by the New Mexico Public Education Department in 2022 – include a focus on ethnic, cultural and identity studies.
Two NMSU faculty members contribute to climate change roadmap research
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- Published: 21 May 2024 21 May 2024
Two New Mexico State University researchers in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences were part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists, led by Colorado State University, who contributed to the National Climate Change Roadmap, a collaborative and detailed document designed to serve as a framework for future investments in climate-science research.
Owen Burney, NMSU associate professor and research director of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, N.M., and Santiago Utsumi, NMSU associate professor of range science in the NMSU Department of Animal and Range Sciences, participated in the roadmap’s development.
NMSU’s student information systems chapter wins national awards
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- Published: 21 May 2024 21 May 2024
A student organization at New Mexico State University dedicated to promoting the study, application and advancement of information systems has earned two national awards.
NMSU received the top award from the Association for Information Systems Student Chapters for the 2022-2023 academic year. NMSU beat more than 40 other universities in the United States to win the New Student Chapter of the Year award. NMSU also won the Outstanding Community Service Award.
Learn more about onions at NMSU research workshop June 5. 2024
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- Published: 20 May 2024 20 May 2024
The sights and smells of fields full of onions are beginning to pepper New Mexico’s landscape, making it a prime time to learn more about one of the state’s premiere vegetable crops.
New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Experiment Station is hosting its annual onion research workshop, formally known as onion field day, from 8 a.m. to noon June 5 at the Fabián García Research Center, 113 W. University Ave. in Las Cruces. Attendees will learn more about research in pest and disease management, breeding line advances, and other areas critical to optimum production. Free seed packets of heirloom onion cultivars will be provided to participants.
NMSU AES Associate Director Lara Prihodko will welcome attendees. Research presentations are as follows:
Brian Schutte, “Improving weed control programs for onions.”
John Idowu, “Perennial cover crops for rotation with onion.”
Suman Sharma, “Breeding for Fusarium basal rot resistance.”
Chris Cramer, “Onion leaf wax and thrips feeding preference,” “Cultivar evaluation for mechanical harvesting,” and “Seed regeneration of plant introduction accessions.”
Larry Blackwell and Esther Heerema, “Thrips management.”
In 2022, 5,700 acres of onions were harvested in New Mexico. Those acres produced a total of 165,300 tons of onions with a farm-gate valve of $153 million. In terms of farm-gate value of agricultural crops grown in New Mexico, onions rank third behind alfalfa and pecans.
For more information, contact Stephanie Walker at 575-646-4398 or swalker@nmsu.edu.
The full article can be seen at https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/learn-more-about-onions-at-nmsu-research-workshop-june-5/s/599b86b4-b4e1-4b8c-82e1-1a51ad3503d9