August 31, 2012. Retrieved online September 4, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin Sapphire develops oil from algae An agricultural renaissance is taking place in a Columbus, N.M, field that had lain fallow for 40 years. The field, which once grew chile, is now growing a different kind of green. “Green crude” is the nickname Sapphire Energy has given to the end prod More »

Spring 2012. Retrieved online July 18, 2012 by Janet Perez, NMSU Research & Resources NMSU lands support role for major DARPA project With a wingspan of 400 feet, the Vulture will be the largest unmanned aircraft ever flown in the world, but for New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory it’s only the latest in a long string of groundbreaking projects PSL has bee More »

NMSUnews Published on May 3, 2012 by nmsunews In January 2012, Executive Vice President and Provost Wendy K. Wilkins led a delegation of faculty and administrators to Costa Rica and Chile to explore possible collaborations with educational institutions in those countries -- including CATIE near Turrialba, Costa Rica, and the Universidad de Concepcion and Universidad de Magallanes in Chile. More »

NMSU News: NMSU announces contract to flight test Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle NMSUnews Uploaded by nmsunews on Mar 26, 2012 New Mexico State University on Sept. 30, 2011, announced that its Physical Science Laboratory is partnering with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in developing and testing DARPA's Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle program. The More »

Re-published on May 17, 2012 by nmsunews. Nine Iraqi faculty members spent the last week of July at the NMSU campus and nearby locations learning about the university's land-grant mission and how its Cooperative Extension Service operates. On July 28, they visited NMSU's Leyendecker Plant Science Center and Fabian Garcia Research Center. NMSU faculty discussed glandless cotton research, the ne More »

June 11, 2010. Retrieved online June 15, 2010 from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin Conference highlights industry’s achievements, challenges The United States must make drastic improvements to its clean, renewable energy portfolio and it must act fast. That was the message that dominated the conversation during the second annual Re-Energize America conference, hosted by New Mexico St More »

May 2010. Retrieved online: May 4, 2010, from Marc Ambinder, Atlantic Monthly magazine Read the Atlantic Monthly magaize article "Beating Obesity" for reference to Dr. Collin Payne's research. ...Over the past two decades, as the U.S. economy shed manufacturing jobs, work has become more sedentary for many people; the decline in the real minimum wage and thus labor costs (which account for o More »

February 23, 2010. Retrieved online: February 25, 2010 from Ben Scheer, Las Cruces Bulletin Stimulus money drives green energy projects New Mexico State University, New Mexico and the United States Federal Government are taking steps to be the beneficiaries and drivers in the development of algae-based biofuel. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $44 million has been granted More »

January 15, 2010 by Bryant Million NMSU NewsCenter New Mexico State University Career Services will hold Career Connections 2010 to provide students and the community opportunities to meet with employers Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 26 and 27, in the Corbett Center Student Union Ballrooms. The first and second day will be divided into job themes. The first day will focus on business, agricult More »