"What I Did at Summer Camp"
By NMT

Nearly 50 children with neuromuscular diseases recently attended the New Mexico Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) summer "boot camp," held this past week on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro. View Entire Article »

Children Enjoy MDA Camp at New Mexico Tech
By Mary Franklin

For most children, summer vacation means freedom: no school, no homework. However, for a child with muscular dystrophy there is no freedom from leg braces or wheelchairs; but there is MDA Summer Camp. View Entire Article »

NMT and USAF Research Lab Develop Educational Partnership
By George Zamora

New Mexico Tech and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base have agreed to form an educational partnership that will establish courses at the university in Socorro to better prepare a new generation of students for research work in the fields of optical coatings, fabrication, and testing. View Entire Article »

Univ. of Cambridge Joins MRO Group
By George Zamora

Officials from the University of Cambridge in England, representatives from a university research consortium headed by New Mexico Tech, adminsitrators of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and a delegation of New Mexico's U.S. senators and representatives are meeting in Washington, D.C. this morning to participate in a signing ceremony marking the first phase of what is now an international scientific collaboration to design, develop, and operate the Magdalena Ridge Observatory. View Entire Article »

Senate Accepts Domenici Nuclear Nonproliferation Initiative
By NMT

U.S. Senator Pete Domenici's six-year effort to create more comprehensive American nuclear non-proliferation policies took another step forward today with Senate acceptance of his amendment to improve security at nuclear facilities around the globe. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Researchers Monitor Smoky Haze
By George Zamora

The smoky haze from the Arizona wildfires that has permeated the skies above Socorro and most of New Mexico for the past four days is obscuring the state's vistas, but is not elevating the level of air pollutants to the point where it would exceed federal standards, according to New Mexico Tech researchers who regularly monitor air quality at the university. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Alum Garners Prestigious Award
By George Zamora

Leonard Gray, an alumnus of New Mexico Tech who is now a chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recently was awarded the Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award for his outstanding accomplishments and meritorious achievement in actinide element separations science. View Entire Article »

NM Tech Alumna Chosen to Attend Convention of Nobel Laureates
By George Zamora

New Mexico Tech alumna Bernadette Hernandez recently was named by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 27 outstanding U.S. researchers selected to attend the 52nd Annual Convention of Nobel Laureates on July 1-5 in Lindau, Germany. View Entire Article »

Van Romero Appointed to National Panel on Education
By NMT

U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today reported that Van Romero of Socorro has been appointed by President Bush to serve on a White House commission aimed at closing the educational achievement gap for Hispanic American youth. View Entire Article »