December 14, 2012 by Julie M. Hughes, NMSU News Center At a regular meeting Friday, Dec. 14, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved the university’s audited financial report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012. Angela Throneberry, senior vice president for administration and finance, presented the audited annual financial statements, which include the report of 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 »

September 30, 2011 by Darrell J. Pehr, NMSU News Center Recent statistics by national organizations highlight key strengths of New Mexico State University. For example, a recent National Science Foundation academic research and development expenditures survey ranked NMSU 70th nationally in chemistry, up from 82nd in FY 2008. In the same NSF survey, for 2009, which are the most current statis 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 »

Spring 2011. Retrieved online June 28, 2011 by Darrell J. Pehr, NMSU Research & Resources When a Roosevelt County farmer tugs a peanut plant from the rich soil in eastern New Mexico, there’s really no question the plant was successfully grown thanks in part to research developed by New Mexico State University. When an entrepreneur builds a business and creates jobs in New M 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 »

November 9, 2010 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center One of the tiniest plants on Earth will soon be swimming all across the dusty desert of New Mexico. That’s if New Mexico State University and its newly created Algal Bioenergy Program have anything to say about it. The program is a centralized effort to coordinate research and economic development opportunities related to fuels made from More »

October 12, 2010by NMSU President Barbara Couture @NMSU As we continue to explore our Seven Steps to Success in my bi-weekly letters to our faculty and staff, let's take this time to discuss the ways we will work to build our role as the economic engine for New Mexico. One quick note before we begin: We have scheduled a Faculty and Staff Forum from 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the More »

April 9, 2010. Retrieved online: April 9, 2010, from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin On March 9, New Mexico State University paid tribute to faculty and staff whose research projects generated funding of $1 million or more during the 2008-09 fiscal year. In total, 46 researchers in six academic colleges were honored as well as the College of Extended Learning and Student Success, New Me More »