April 12, 2013 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center Earlier today, New Mexico State University held a ceremony to officially break ground on a construction project that will transform the Hershel Zohn Theater into Pete V. Domenici Hall. Construction work will begin later this month and conclude in fall 2014. “This is an exciting day,” said Garrey Carruthers, dean of NMSU’s Col More »

April 12, 2013 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center A quarter-million dollar gift from Karen Becklin, a former New Mexico State University employee, will help create the Becklin Public Policy Endowed Professorship in NMSU’s College of Business and Domenici Institute. The gift will be formally announced at the College of Business Hall of Fame ceremony later this evening. “I’ve spent my More »

February 18, 2013 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center New Mexico State University’s Domenici Institute is now accepting nominations from faculty and administrators of universities across the state for students to participate in the 2013 Domenici Public Policy Conference. The conference takes place Sept. 18-19 and nominations are due by April 30. “Students who serve as panelists have a More »

October 2, 2012 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center A quarter-million dollar gift from Chevron USA Inc. will help create the Chevron Endowed Professorship in the New Mexico State University College of Business. The professorship is intended to attract and/or reward highly productive faculty members working with NMSU’s Domenici Institute. “Chevron is very proud to be one of the lead More »

September 21, 2012 by COB Staff, retrieved from NMSUPanoptic Click here for webcasts of the 2012 Domenici Conference speakers 2012 Domenici Conference Speakers Linda Alvarado Linda Alvarado is president and chief executive officer of Alvarado Construction, a commercial general contractor, construction manager, development, design/build, and property management firm. Based in Denver, th More »

September 20, 2012. Retrieved online September 21, 2012 from Brian Fraga, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — New Mexico will not play a big role in deciding this year's presidential election, Democratic strategist James Carville told a packed ballroom Thursday at the Domenici Public Policy Conference. Carville, sporting an NMSU baseball cap, predicted that New Mexico will vote Democratic, an More »

September 19, 2012. Retrieved online September 20, 2012 from Diana Alba Soular, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — Retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici said Wednesday he's concerned about certain knowledge he feels is lacking among New Mexico's populace. "Our people are going to have to understand free enterprise and entrepreneurship," said the long-time Republican senator, addressing a crowd in More »

September 14, 2012. Retrieved online September 17, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin Imagine if you had the opportunity to gain real insight about some of the most pressing issues of our time, in a setting focused on discovery. Imagine you got to hear, live in person, some of the brightest people in the world, many of them among the most knowledgeable on those very issues. More »

August 13, 2012 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center Watch KRQE News 13 video coverage at http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/health/researchers-study-latino-diet-shopping. Researchers at New Mexico State University are trying to find ways to encourage Mexican American families to eat more fruits and vegetables. The 18-month project is funded by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in hopes o More »