I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Climate change, hunger and poverty have yet to earn the presidential-campaign attention they deserve, but on Thursday, they’ll commandeer nearly a full day’s worth of discussion at the University of New Mexico’s Student Union Building.
Sponsored in part by UNM Sustain, Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Bread for the World, the state Children Youth and Families Department and Human Services Department, the Choices for a Warm and Hungry Planet symposium runs from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Besides a live video teleconference commemorating World Hunger Day, the event includes discussions on strategies to end world hunger, increase sustainability and meet the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals.
PBS “NewsHour” correspondent Ray Suarez hosts the event. Panelists include:
Admission is free, although lunch is on your own — and attendees are asked to bring a food or monetary donation for local food banks. Worried about UNM’s legendary parking woes? Don’t. Students are on fall break, leaving plenty of open spots.
