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KRWG News: Mexican Agriculture Secretary Discusses Collaboration With NMSU

By Frank Torres | Published September 12, 2016

COB Editor’s Note: The Domenici Institute sponsored a forum at KRWG on Sept. 9. Featured as guests were three Aggie alums including Mexico’s agriculture secretary, Jose Calzada Rovirosa. Calzada is a former governor of the state of Queretaro and a…
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NMSU Model U.N. team wins top award at national conference ninth year in a row

By Frank Torres | Published April 30, 2015

April 29, 2015 by Isabel A. Rodriguez, NMSU News Center Going into the annual Model United National Conference, the students representing New Mexico State University had a simple strategy: remain a team of placated dolphins among aggressive sharks. The plan…
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National Conservation Competition invades NMSU residential halls

By Frank Torres | Published February 26, 2015

February 24, 2015 by Jocelyn N. Apodaca, NMSU News Center The largest electricity and water reduction competition plants itself on the New Mexico State University campus for a three-week stay, in an effort to arm students with tools to reduce…
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NMSU researchers estimate density, abundance of black bears in New Mexico

By cobadmin | Published May 14, 2014

May 13, 2014 by Jocelyn N. Apodaca, NMSU News Center Using noninvasive genetic sampling, researchers from the Department of Biology and the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology at New Mexico State University are leading the way in estimating…
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NMSU celebrates Earth Day

By cobadmin | Published April 21, 2014

April 17, 2014 by Dana Beasley, NMSU News Center Though Earth Day is officially April 22, New Mexico State University has been celebrating the preservation of the planet throughout most of the month. ASNMSU’s Office of Community Outreach and Sustainability…
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Las Cruces selected as USDA Southwest Regional Climate Hub

By cobadmin | Published February 7, 2014

February 5, 2014 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today the locations for seven Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change. “Climate Hubs” will address increasing risks such as fires, invasive…
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LCSN: Former interior secretary lauds U.S. energy improvements during NMSU’s Domenici Conference

By cobadmin | Published September 19, 2013

September 18, 2013. Retrieved online September 19, 2013 from Lindsey Anderson, Las Cruces Sun-News [Excerpts below reprinted with permission: Read the complete Las Cruces Sun-News article] LAS CRUCES >> American energy security is at a “good place,” former U.S. Secretary…
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NMSUnews: NMSU Explores New Latin American Partnerships

By cobadmin | Published May 7, 2012

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…
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Research & Resources: Algae Power

By cobadmin | Published October 6, 2009

Spring 2009. Retrieved online October 6, 2009 by Mario A. Montes NMSU Research & Resources Simplest plant could bring solution to complex problem Alternative energy – a couple of words charged with calls to action, politics, skepticism and even the…
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