May 11, 2012. Retrieved online May 14, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin Department head travels area, telling the state’s story No one becomes a history professor expecting to become a rock star. This year, however, the academic head of New Mexico State University’s history department could print up those classic black concert T-shirts with the dates and locations on the More »

October 10, 2011 by Janet Perez, NMSU News Center Retailers in New Mexico and across the nation could be singing the blues this holiday season. A report from New Mexico State University predicts holiday sales this year will drop 0.7 percent in the state and 1.8 percent in the U.S. compared to 2010. “I hope I’m wrong, but my forecast for 2011 holiday retail sales is a lot worse than th More »

December 15, 2010. Retrieved online December 16, 2010 from Steve Ramirez, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - Frustrations of many southern New Mexicans ran high Tuesday when they found it difficult to make purchases on their credit and debit cards or even access ATMs because fiber-optic data communications lines were cut in three separate incidents near Socorro, Tijeras and Clovis. But New Mex More »

May 28, 2010 by Christina Pheley NMSU News Center Community leaders, educators and political officials gathered May 26 at 20 interconnected supercomputer gateway sites around the state, including New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, to join Gov. Bill Richardson, the New Mexico Computing Applications Center and Intel in celebrating the economic development, clean energy and collaborative More »

May 7, 2010. Retrieved online: May 10, 2010, from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — While it might not exactly count as a collective sigh of relief, more tourists seem to be hitting the road and stopping in the Las Cruces area. Jerry Harrell, manager of the Double Eagle restaurant in Mesilla said he's definitely seen more out-of-towners come through the door. "We're up More »

April 24, 2010. Retrieved online: April 26, 2010, from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES — Southern New Mexico's largest city has gained another chamber of commerce. The question that now must be asked: "Is this good for the business climate in Las Cruces?" The largest chamber in town is the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce with a membership in the 1,000 range and a v More »

April 2, 2010. Retrieved online: April 5, 2010, from Amanda L. Husson, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - Communication studies major Joshua Lozano, 22, won't feel the cost of a tuition increase passed Thursday by the New Mexico State University regents. Not yet, anyway. But Lozano's student loans will come due in about a year, and he knows he'll be faced with the higher cost and the intere More »

January 26, 2010. Retrieved online: January 27, 2010 from Diana M. Alba, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES - The average Joe will now have access to a huge, super-fast computer, part of which is based at New Mexico State University. State officials announced Monday the university is one of eight "gateway" sites that will give access to the state's supercomputer, being billed as the first-ever s More »

January 25, 2010 by Christina Pheley NMSU NewsCenter As one of the state’s “gateways” to New Mexico’s supercomputer, the fastest publicly available supercomputer in the world, New Mexico State University will participate in “Connect New Mexico,” a statewide event Monday, Jan. 25, in which Gov. Bill Richardson will unveil the interconnected system from Santa Fe. Monday’s dem More »