TWO Gates Millennium Scholars at New Mexico Tech
By George Zamora
Most small universities would be rightfully proud of having just one Gates Millennium Scholar among their student body, but New Mexico Tech is now in the enviable position of having two such named students on campus. View Entire Article »
Bureau of Geology to Present Awards
By Peter Scholle and Kathleen Hedges
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (a division of New Mexico Tech) has announced that the recipients of its 2006 New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Awards are Consuelo Bokum and Thomas D. Morrison. The awards will be presented on Jan. 27 at noon in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building. View Entire Article »
Socorro Springs Brewing To Sponsor Annual Golf Tournament
By George Zamora
A major professional golf tournament that has been held in June on the New Mexico Tech Golf Course for more than 45 years has found a new corporate sponsor?Socorro Springs Brewing Company. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech again Listed in Kiplinger's Top 100
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech has again been listed among the nation's top 100 best values in public colleges and universities, according to rankings published in the current issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Computer Science Program Receives Intel Equipment
By Shawna Carter
New Mexico Tech computer science professor Xiao Qin and his research partner Dongwan Shin recently received cutting-edge research and educational equipment from Intel that will be used in the university's computer labs and classes. View Entire Article »
NMT Professors "Tune In" to Teaching about Metals
By George Zamora
Two New Mexico Tech materials engineering professors have developed a tuneful method of teaching students about the physical properties of different metals by using custom-made sets of tuning forks machined from various alloys. View Entire Article »
NM Bureau of Geology Releases Book on Mining in NM
By Shawna Carter
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources has recently published Mining in New Mexico: the Environment, Water, Economics, and Sustainable Development, produced in conjunction with the fourth Decision-Makers Field Conference that was held in Taos in May of 2005. View Entire Article »
Bureau Publication Wins AESE Award
By Shawna Carter
The Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE) recently presented the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources with an Outstanding Publication Award in the electronic publications category for the Bureau's Bulletin 160, "Tectonics, geochronology, and volcanism in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Rio Grande rift." View Entire Article »
World-Champion Duck Carving on Exhibit at Skeen Library
By John Bertrand
A wood carving of a female redhead duck, winner of a 1998 "World Champion" award, is now on display at New Mexico Tech's Joseph R. Skeen Library. View Entire Article »
Borchers Receives IBM Research Award
By Shawna Carter
New Mexico Tech mathematics professor Brian Borchers recently received an IBM Faculty Award for $20,000 in recognition of his extensive research in Semi Definite Programming (SDP) and the development of a software package called CSDP that solves SDP problems. View Entire Article »
