Category: Education

The New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation, or NM AMP, program has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Louis Stokes Renewal STEM Pathways and Research Alliance:

New Mexico State University’s Department of Physics is hosting a “Physics Summer Camp” for local high school students.

The New Mexico State University Foundation has named Patrick E. Stewart as its new vice president of philanthropy and alumni relations. He will assume his role July 29.

Maria Adeliz Ordoñez, former New Mexico State University Robotics club president, works on a robot in Jett Hall.

In first three days of the STEM Mavericks program at New Mexico State University, students were introduced to raspberry pi hardware, Bash, Python, electrical components, sensors, transducers and actuators.

Las Cruces Public Libraries will offer a variety of free computer literacy classes in June designed to help adults develop confidence in their computer skills and grow more comfortable in today’s digital world.

LGBT+ Programs is rated 4.5/5 on the Campus Pride Index, the leading national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students.

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su today released the following statement on news of a final contract agreement between the United Steelworkers and Blue Bird Corp, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of low- and zero-emission school buses.

New Mexico State University’s HSI STEM Resource Hub organized a culminating conference in Albuquerque titled “Adelante! Building Capacity for STEM Student Success at Hispanic Serving Institutions.”

Adventure Begins at your Library on June 1 to kick off Las Cruces Public Libraries’ Summer Reading Program! Join us at the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library at noon on June 1 where Jamie O’Hara the Magic Guy will be doing a mesmerizing magic show sponsored by the Friends of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library. 

Nine New Mexico State University students have been awarded scholarships to study abroad. The awards total $32,500 and include the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, supplementary Critical Need Language Award or the Gilman-McCain Scholarship.

The project recently received $170,000 in congressional funding.

If you missed this year’s graduations from Las Cruces Public Schools, our friends over at Cruces TV (cruces.tv) have collected the YouTube broadcasts for you to see what you missed.

The New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research (NM-INBRE), housed at New Mexico State University, began in 2001 when an NMSU professor believed New Mexico was missing out on important opportunities for lack of a vehicle for collaboration between universities in the state when it came to biomedical research.

Two New Mexico State University researchers in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences were part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists, led by Colorado State University, who contributed to the National Climate Change Roadmap.

Registration for the Las Cruces Police Department’s popular Youth Leadership Summer Camp will be held Saturday, May 18, at Lynn Middle School.

You’ll find the original cornerstone (which weighed about 1,000lbs) still standing in front of Hadley Hall to this day.

The Las Cruces Fire Department is accepting registrations Friday for soon-to-be 8th graders who are interested in participating in Fire Camp 2024 to be held June 17-28.

There will be four identical sessions to make paper carnations. These sessions will be at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Ave. The library is accessible on RoadRUNNER Transit Route 1.

Pursuing a college or career school education can open doors to a world of opportunities, but the financial burden can often seem daunting.