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NMSU researchers gaining national attention for grocery shopping research

By Frank Torres | Published December 15, 2015

December 14, 2015 by Adriana M. Chavez, NMSU News Center To view the Fox News interview, visit http://video.foxnews.com/v/4598569955001/ Two New Mexico State University professors are gaining national exposure for their research into how to help consumers eat more healthfully. Collin…
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Panorama: This way to better health

By Frank Torres | Published November 19, 2014

NMSUnews Published on Dec 19, 2014 Researchers at New Mexico State University are exploring ways to encourage shoppers to use more of their food budgets for fresh fruits and vegetables, and are working with the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, the…
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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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LC Bulletin: Growing green in the desert

By cobadmin | Published September 4, 2012

August 31, 2012. Retrieved online September 4, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin Sapphire develops oil from algae An agricultural renaissance is taking place in a Columbus, N.M, field that had lain fallow for 40 years. The field, which…
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NMSU announces major UAV project with DARPA, Boeing

By cobadmin | Published October 3, 2011

NMSU News: NMSU announces contract to flight test Vulture unmanned aerial vehicle NMSUnews Uploaded by nmsunews on Mar 26, 2012 New Mexico State University on Sept. 30, 2011, announced that its Physical Science Laboratory is partnering with the United States…
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NMSU hosts visit of Iraqi agricultural faculty

By cobadmin | Published August 11, 2011

Re-published on May 17, 2012 by nmsunews. Nine Iraqi faculty members spent the last week of July at the NMSU campus and nearby locations learning about the university’s land-grant mission and how its Cooperative Extension Service operates. On July 28,…
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LC Bulletin: An energy plan for America

By cobadmin | Published June 15, 2010

June 11, 2010. Retrieved online June 15, 2010 from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin Conference highlights industry’s achievements, challenges The United States must make drastic improvements to its clean, renewable energy portfolio and it must act fast. That was the…
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Atlantic Monthly: Beating Obesity

By cobadmin | Published May 4, 2010

May 2010. Retrieved online: May 4, 2010, from Marc Ambinder, Atlantic Monthly magazine Read the Atlantic Monthly magaize article “Beating Obesity” for reference to Dr. Collin Payne’s research. …Over the past two decades, as the U.S. economy shed manufacturing jobs,…
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Shape: 6 Surprising Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight

By cobadmin | Published October 13, 2009

Undated. Retrieved online October 13, 2009 from No byline, Shape Despite pulling out all the stops, trading junk food for wholesome snacks, making your own meals, and becoming a kickboxing-class regular, you’re still struggling to shed those last 5 to…
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