NM Tech's Eye on the Universe: Magdalena Ridge Observatory
By George Zamora
A new state-of-the-art optical observatory located atop New Mexico?s Magdalena Mountains will soon be used to produce some of the most detailed data ever obtained of nearby asteroids, as well as of the far reaches of the Universe. View Entire Article »
NM Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory to Officially Open
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech?s new $50 million optical observatory and astronomy research facility will be officially opened on Thursday, October 26, with an afternoon ribbon-cutting ceremony atop the 10,800-foot-high Magdalena Mountains. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech involved in international study on summer monsoons
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech is collaborating with the University of Sonora in Mexico on the North American Monsoon Study (NAMS), an ongoing international research project that will collect more scientific data on the intense summer rainstorms that often occur throughout the American Southwest and northern Mexico. View Entire Article »
Veteran Ruggers Score Close Victory over Students
By Dave Wheelock
New Mexico Tech?s alumni rugby team, the Ancestors, squeaked out a 12-10 victory over the resident Pygmies Friday evening, Oct. 20, in the annual 49ers Black and Blue Classic. View Entire Article »
Bush Signs Funding Bill, including NMT projects
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today reported that President Bush has signed into law the FY2007 Defense Appropriations Bill, a $436.6 billion spending package that includes at least $61 million added by the Senator to support military projects in New Mexico. View Entire Article »
Pygmies in El Paso
By Dave Wheelock
In El Paso last Saturday, Sept. 30, the New Mexico Tech Rugby Club dominated ball possession in the set scrums, convincingly won the majority of the inbounds throws (lineouts), and had a slight advantage in retaining possession after tackles (rucks and mauls). They also lost to the El Paso Scorpions, 44-0. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech Ruggers Second in Arizona
By Dave Wheelock
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 -- New Mexico Tech's men's rugby club played closer to their potential than they have all season at the Northern Arizona Tens tournament in Flagstaff, losing Sunday's [Oct. 8] championship match to Arizona State University 32-10. NMT climbed into the final by winning two of three games Saturday and their semifinal match Sunday morning. View Entire Article »
Unwrapping Cramer Hall
By Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 ? The newly renovated Cramer Hall on New Mexico Tech?s campus will undergo its official ?unwrapping? in a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19. The public and the Tech community are invited to the event, which will feature refreshments and tours of the new building. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Researchers Develop Nanomaterial Bio-sensor
By George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 ? New Mexico Tech researchers have developed a highly sensitive nucleotide sensor that uses the special light-emitting properties of some nanoparticles in analyzing and identifying individual components of single strands of DNA and RNA. View Entire Article »
Seed Money for New Children's Center Donated
By Kathy Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 ? New Mexico Tech is in the early stages of planning a new Children?s Center, thanks to planning money donated by Bill Macey, a longtime benefactor of the university and member of the Class of 1942. Plans call for the center to be named after Macey?s late wife, Jean Macey. View Entire Article »
Astrobiology Lecture Series Coming
By Kathy Hedges
A series of free public lectures related to astrobiology is set for coming weeks on the New Mexico Tech campus, hosted by the class Astrobiology 489/589. Guest lecturers will present a series of talks on the search for life beyond the Earth. View Entire Article »
NMT Undergraduate Team Secures $10,000 EPA Grant
By Valerie Kimble
A team of New Mexico Tech undergraduates is designing a mirror-based system to help generate energy. They are also building a prototype system, thanks to a recent $10,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). View Entire Article »
Javorsky Endowed Scholarship in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Founded
By Kathy Hedges
Charles A. Javorsky, a retired metallurgist from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has endowed an undergraduate scholarship at New Mexico Tech for a student in the field of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. View Entire Article »
