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21 unusual facts about University of New Mexico


Computer algebra system

MATHLAB ("mathematical laboratory") should not be confused with MATLAB ("matrix laboratory") which is a system for numerical computation built 15 years later at the University of New Mexico, accidentally named rather similarly.

Deepsky

Its two founding members, Giaquinta and Blum, met originally at the University of New Mexico.

Dixon, New Mexico

About two miles (3 km) north of the town on NM Highway 75 rock and mineral collectors can visit the Harding Mine, a pegmatite mine donated to the University of New Mexico by Dr. Arthur Montgomery.

Doug Mallory

He has previously held defensive coordinator positions at Western Kentucky University, Louisiana State University and the University of New Mexico.

Mallory spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons at the defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico before being hired back to Indiana.

Drake Bulldogs men's basketball

In the tournament, Drake defeated Pittsburgh 87-82 in the first round and lost to tournament runner-up New Mexico 65-60 in the second round.

Frederick Spratt

Another notable institutional show was Ten California Colorists, a group exhibition in 1985 that traveled to Redding Art Museum, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Montgomery Gallery at Pomona College and University Art Museum at the University of New Mexico.

Georg Eisler

Eisler lectured at various universities including the Berlin University of the Arts (Udk), HFBK Hamburg, Stanford University, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Southern California.

Jill Hutchison

Although the University of New Mexico (UNM) had a women's basketball team as early as 1898, formal intercollegiate play did not start until the 1974-75 season.

Joe Morrison

Morrison came to USC after three seasons with the Lobos of the University of New Mexico.

John Myers Myers

He later attended the University of New Mexico to study anthropology, but never completed degrees as he did not believe a diploma would make him a better writer.

Keith Russell Judd

The convictions stemmed from an incident in which he made threats at the University of New Mexico.

KNML

The station features some coverage of University of New Mexico sports teams (mostly women's basketball) but the bulk of UNM coverage is handled by 770 KKOB.

New Mexico Lobos baseball

New Mexico Lobos baseball is a college baseball program of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

NM CareerMatch

Launched in September 2009 for graduates of the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), NM CareerMatch is now serving Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) graduates who have earned either a degree or certificate.

Rolf Schock

His parents, who had left Germany in 1931, would eventually settle in the United States, where Rolf would go on to study geology and psychology, with mathematics as a minor, at the University of New Mexico.

Sarah Mahboob Khan

In May 2011, it was announced that she had signed for the tennis team of the University of New Mexico.

Sci Fi Investigates

He was also the chief investigator of a Roswell, New Mexico evidence dig conducted by the University of New Mexico and documented in the 2003 documentary The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence, which was hosted by Bryant Gumbel and also produced by the Sci-Fi Channel.

Sports drink

However, Robert Rogbergs, an exercise physiologist at the University of New Mexico who studied Gatorade, said that unless someone is exercising or competing in a sporting event for longer than 90 minutes, there is no reason to drink something with excess sugar and electrolytes.

UNM

University of New Mexico, a state university in New Mexico in the United States

Vagos Motorcycle Club

In 1974, four Vagos members were convicted and sentenced to death for murdering University of New Mexico student William Velten.


Andrew Boyens

He started his playing career in New Zealand, playing for University of Otago and semi-professional club Dunedin Technical before transferring to University of New Mexico in 2004, where he was named a first-team All-American in 2006.

Daniel Santiago

Santiago attended and played Junior College basketball at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico and played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico.

David Bailiff

He returned to coaching in 1988 as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas and was promoted the next year to a full-time position that he held until he was hired to coach the defensive line at the University of New Mexico by Lobos' head coach Dennis Franchione.

Eric Patrick

Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, he played in a band throughout the southern United States before he studied art and film at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Gary Zauner

Zauner spent the following three seasons (1987–89) at the University of New Mexico where he coached former NFL wide receiver Terance Mathis, who tied an NCAA season record (1989) for three

Jane E. Henney

Prior to her appointment as commissioner, Henney had worked at the FDA from 1992 to 1994 as deputy commissioner for operations under then commissioner David Aaron Kessler, and then at the University of New Mexico, where she was vice president of the health sciences center.

Santa Fe Baldy

On June 11, 2009, Santa Fe Baldy was the scene of a helicopter accident that claimed the life of New Mexico State Police Sergeant Andrew Tingwall and University of New Mexico graduate student Megumi Yamamoto.

Seth Horan

During this period, he widened the scope of his college circuit endeavors still further, including performances at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Lewis & Clark College, Wayne State University, the University of Dallas, and Antioch College.

Susan Kempter

She is the director of String Pedagogy at the University of New Mexico, as well as a frequent speaker and workshop specialist for the American String Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas.

Tiziana Scandaletti

Recent activities include tours in Europe, Asia, Australia and America, performing at Gasteig in Munich, Unerhoerte Musik in Berlin, Xinghai Concert Hall in Canton, Liaoning Grand Theatre in Shenyang, Opera Theater in Ulan Bator, 37th International Composers' Symposium of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Artlink Festival in Belgrade and SoundaXis Festival in Toronto.

Vojo Deretic

Vojo Deretic, Ph.D., is Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Cell Biology & Physiology at the University of New Mexico He received his undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral education in Belgrade, Paris, and Chicago.

William G. Tight

In 1901 he left his wife and family, a secure job and an unfinished programme of research to become president of the recently formed UNM in Albuquerque.