COB Editor's Note: On April 17, Arrowhead hosted an entrepreneurs’ luncheon featuring guest speaker and NMSU alum Dr. Bradley Gordon, who shared his experiences in more than 25 years of starting and growing new companies. The luncheon drew more than 30 attendees, including NMSU and Arrowhead students, along with clients of Arrowhead Technology Incubator. Dr. Gordon stayed on for a recepti More »

August 20, 2012 by Darrell J. Pehr, NMSU@WORK Top faculty and staff achievements were celebrated today at New Mexico State University’s fall convocation ceremony. Convocation takes place each fall and spring as a way to begin the semester with a focus on excellence. “Convocation is an important opportunity to honor the achievements of our faculty and staff,” said Executive Vice Pre More »

Spring 2012. Retrieved online July 18, 2012 by NMSU Staff, NMSU Research & Resources The April installation of New Mexico State University’s new 4,000-liter photobioreactor system at the Fabian Garcia Research Center promises to accelerate the university’s emergence as a leader in algal biofuel research. The Solix BioSystems Lumian AGS4000 is an algae-cultivation system that allo More »

Spring 2011. Retrieved online June 28, 2011 by Justin Bannister NMSU Research & Resources It’s pond scum. It’s also a potential source for environmentally friendly gasoline, jet fuel, nutritional supplements and a host of other beneficial products. A fully operational algae industry could mean big bucks for the state’s economy and that’s why New Mexico State University� More »

May 26, 2011 by NMSU President Barbara Couture @NMSU The wind has died down and brought me back from China, where NMSU's Vimal Chaitanya (vice president for research), Ken Hammond (director, Confucius Institute) and education faculty members Dana Christman and Jeanette Haynes Writer and I met with several leaders of Chinese universities and with Madame Xu Lin, director-general of Hanban, th More »

April 15, 2011 by Jay Rodman, NMSU News Center New Mexico State University is significantly expanding its capacity to accomplish critical algal biofuel research with the recent installation of a new photobioreactor system from Solix BioSystems at the university’s Fabian Garcia Research Center in Las Cruces. The system promises to accelerate the university’s emergence as a leader in this More »

December 20, 2010 by College of Business online newsletter for alumni Tom Ridge speaks at NMSU’s first Domenici Institute Forum The first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge took part in New Mexico State University’s first Domenici Institute Forum on Oct. 7. His talk focused on national security and will be followed by a question and answer session. Ridge currently serves as the More »

KRWGnews | December 4, 2010 12.6.10 (LAS CRUCES) - NMSU holds its first ever research rally. The rally honors NMSU faculty and staff for their recent grant to grow and refine algae into jet fuel. KRWG's Jared Andersen has this report. More »

NMSU - Algae-based Jet Fuel nmsunews | November 22, 2010 The U.S. military wants New Mexico State University to find improved ways to turn algae into a sustainable source for jet fuel. The research project is part of a $2.346 million grant funded by the Air Force where NMSU will study better ways to grow algae and refine its oil while working with the University of Central Florida to de More »