New Mexico Tech Will Use Village of Playas To Study Electrical Grid
By Thomas Guengerich

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected New Mexico Tech and the University of Hawaii to conduct a research project studying the effect of renewable energy on existing electrical distribution grids. View Entire Article »

Magdalena Ridge Observatory Receives NASA Grant
By Public Information Office

New Mexico Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) has been awarded $825,000 by NASA to track and characterize potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. View Entire Article »

Tech Professor Edits Salvadoran Poet
By Kathy Hedges

Dr. Rafael Lara-Martinez is the editor of a newly published collection of the poetry of Pedro Geoffroy Rivas. View Entire Article »

Professors Co-Author Article in "Nature Geoscience"
By Valerie Kimble

Prof. Paul Krehbiel and collaborators identified how lightning can exit the top of a thunderstorm to produce discharges that propagate upward into the atmosphere. View Entire Article »

Miocene Fossil Discovered by NMT Geologists
By Public Information Office

A fossil of a Miocene oreodont was discovered at Bosque del Apache by geologists from New Mexico Tech. The fossil has been moved to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science for study. View Entire Article »

New Faculty: Cultural Anthropologist Barbara Bonnekessen
By Valerie Kimble

Dr. Barbara Bonnekessen teaches a course in "Food and Culture," among other things. View Entire Article »

State of New Mexico Honors Rob Bowman
By Valerie Kimble

Dr. Robert Bowman, a professor of hydrology at New Mexico Tech, was honored by the state of New Mexico with the 2008 Earth Science Achievement Award. View Entire Article »

N.M. Tech Visiting Professor Studies Military History
By Valerie Kimble

Trauschweizer is a visiting professor of history with the Department of Humanities. View Entire Article »

Dr. Fred Phillps Elected Fellow of AGU
By Public Info Office

Dr. Fred Phillips, professor of hydrology, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. View Entire Article »

New Faculty: Clinton Lanier, Technical Communication
By Valerie Kimble

Clinton Lanier joins faculty in the Humanities Department this Spring as an assistant professor of Technical Communication. View Entire Article »

New Faculty: Jeffrey Johnson, Geophysicist
By Valerie Kimble

Dr. Jeffrey Johnson records the sounds volcanoes make before and during eruption. View Entire Article »

MRO Tracks Asteroid Near Mars
By George Zamora

Observations by New Mexico Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) indicate it is less likely an asteroid will collide with Mars. View Entire Article »