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“Brearleyite” discovered in African meteorite in 2003 by Chelsea Erven
news@dailylobo.com The Commission on New Minerals and several universities named a recently-discovered mineral after a distinguished UNM professor. Researchers at the California Institution of Technology named a mineral discovered in 2003 “Brearleyite,” after professor Adrian Brearley, chair of the UNM Department of Earth and Plan etary Sciences, for his research in meteorite mineralogy.
“I’m deeply honored and humbled to say the least. It doesn’t happen to too many people.” ~Adrian Brearley Earth and Planetary Sciences Department “The mineral and the mineral name have been approved by the Commission on New Minerals of the International Mineralogical Association,” the American Mineralogist publication wrote in its August-Septempter issue. “The name is … in recognition of his many contributions to meteorite mineralogy.” Brearley said he is honored by the recognition. “I’m deeply honored and humbled to say the least,” he told UNM Today. “It doesn’t happen to too many people.” Brearleyite has a light olive color under diffused light, according to the American Mineralogist. It is an extremely rare, fine-grained mineral found in 2003 in a meteorite located in Northwest Africa, according to the publication. Researches believe it formed due to a reaction of krotite with hot, Chlorine-bearing gases on a small asteroid 4.56 billion years ago. Three thin, round sections of material that contain Brearleyite have been catalogued in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Brearley received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, Great Britain in 1984. More than 70 of his works have been published.
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Laurisa Galvan / Daily Lobo Clay bones were placed en masse on Central Avenue Downtown last Saturday afternoon. 50,000 bones were used in the art/ activism project designed by the nonprofit organization One Million Bones. The Saturday exhibit is a preview for a 2013 installation on the national mall in Washington D.C.
Search committee disputes document by Charlie Shipley
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During the first meeting of UNM’s presidential search committee Tuesday, members argued over a document shown to potential presidential candidates. The document was prepared by Regent Bradley Hosmer after Monday’s public forum on the presidential search and is intended to give prospective candidates an introduction to the University by giving a brief UNM history and outlining problems facing the next chief executive. Veronica Mendez-Cruz, director of El Centro de la Raza, said she thought UNM’s research was underrepresented in the document. “There should be links to research information like there is to the budget,” she said.
Regent Don Chalmers said he thought the document was incomplete. “This document should be as complete as possible as early as possible,” he said. “We need to all agree this is accurate.”
but honest,” Sedillo-Lopez said. “We’ve suffered in the past from individuals not knowing anything about (the University).” Alberto Pimentel, a managing partner of Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, the consulting firm
“If they’re afraid of what the challenges are, and have been, you don’t want them here.” ~Alberto Pimentel Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates Professor Antoinette SedilloLopez wants the document to let potential candidates know exactly what the position entails. “This should be attractive,
that operates the search, stressed that the document should be broad enough to attract a variety of potential candidates. “You don’t want it to be so re-
strictive that it excludes candidates you want to consider,” he said. “This document is like a courtship: We don’t ask anyone to marry us on the first date.” The search for a new president begins with candidates from the top-tier research universities in the country, and UNM isn’t the only one searching for new administration. “We’re entering a hiring season in higher education.” Pimentel said. “In the next two weeks, close to a dozen major research universities will begin looking. … We just need to get there as quickly as we can.” He added that those who are intimidated by negative news coverage have no place at UNM. “If they’re afraid of what the challenges are, and have been, you don’t want them here,” he said.
Abdallah names associate provosts by Chelsea Erven
news@dailylobo.com When Interim Provost Chaouki Abdallah acquired his position in July, he promised he would work to change the structure and faculty of the Provost’s office. With the hiring of three new associate provosts this week, Abdallah seems to have kept his promise. “My first order of business was to evaluate and re-organize the Office of the Provost into a more coherent and responsive organization,” Abdallah wrote in a July 20 University-wide email. Professor Gregory Heileman was named associate provost for curriculum, professor Jane
Slaughter as associate provost for academic personnel and professor Natasha Kolchevska as associate provost for international affairs.
“They will add their distinct abilities and skills which will further strengthen our team moving forward” ~Chaouki Abdallah Interim Provost “These three individuals possess great experience and
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knowledge in all facets of the University,” Abdallah said. “They will add their distinct abilities and skills which will further strengthen our team moving forward.” Heileman has worked in advisement and with the Center for Academic Program Support (CAPS) at UNM. “I look forward to working with the Provost and others on campus towards the common goal of providing the highestquality education to the students at the University of New Mexico,” he told UNM Today. Slaughter has also worked for CAPS and with various faculty services. “Through my years at UNM I have had an abiding interest in
actions and programs that promote faculty rights and interests,” she said. Kolchevska has worked with the Latin American & Iberian Institute and Office of International Programs & Studies. “I am very excited to be given the opportunity to lead faculty, students and staff as we undertake a variety of initiatives that will integrate internationalization into UNM’s broader teaching, research and service missions in the 21st century,” she said. “International and global issues are central to everything that we do at UNM, and I will work hard to deliver that message both to the University community and beyond.”
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