Other NM universities announcements

New Mexico State University's John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center will host its next field day Aug. 22, featuring presentations by researchers and the center's partners.

The center is located at 3021 Highway 518 in Mora, New Mexico. This year's field day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and feature a come-and-go approach instead of formal presentations to kick off the event. The field day event is free and open to the public.

Attendees will be able to visit booths hosted by key partners to learn about current research, education and overall reforestation efforts across the state. Forestry topics will include forest health issues in the region, nursery methods to improve outplanting success, spatial modeling studies on seedling survival, and status and strategic direction of the New Mexico Reforestation Center.

The sights and smells of freshly roasted green chile will soon permeate much of New Mexico. But before the state's prized commodity ends up on dinner plates, producers must contend with several factors during the growing season, including combatting plant diseases.

Phillip Lujan, a plant pathologist for New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, will lead a discussion on chile pepper diseases and disorders during the next Chile Chat lecture hosted by the NMSU Chile Pepper Institute.

Lujan's talk will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, at NMSU's Fabián García Research Center, 113 W. University Ave., which now houses the Chile Pepper Institute. The talk will also be available on Zoom. It is free and open to the public.

Michael Hout, associate dean of research for the College of Health, Education and Social Transformation at New Mexico State University, has been named editor-in-chief of a prestigious cognitive science and psychology academic journal.

The Psychonomic Society recently announced Hout's four-year appointment as editor of Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, a journal that encompasses all areas of research in sensory processes, perception, attention and psychophysics. Hout begins his term Jan. 1, 2026.

"AP&P publishes some of the highest quality work in the field of cognitive science and psychology," Hout said. "It is a journal that is very special to me. In fact, I published my first paper there. I am incredibly excited at the opportunity to lead this journal. I take the responsibility quite seriously and am grateful to be entrusted with this position."

New Mexico State University Global Campus is launching a microlearning course to help participants craft compelling personal narratives.

The "Lead with Your Story: How to Communicate About Yourself and What You Do" course was developed in collaboration with storytelling experts at Narativ. The self-paced, online course is designed to help individuals, from students and job seekers to entrepreneurs and executives, develop personal narratives that effectively convey their values, vision and purpose.

By mastering the art of storytelling, participants will be better equipped to answer pivotal questions like, "Tell me about yourself," with confidence and authenticity.

The Scale Up New Mexico program, funded in part by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and housed at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center, is offering the Capital Raise Sprint online accelerator to tech startups in New Mexico.

Capital Raise is one of several modules under Scale Up NM, a suite of startup support programs for businesses engaged in early-stage technology development. The initiative is designed to accelerate growth, strengthen leadership teams, and connect founders with the tools and capital they need to scale.

New Mexico State University Global Campus is partnering with Cognizant TriZetto Software Group, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, to launch a new suite of on-demand, industry-aligned healthcare courses.

The partnership brings Cognizant's proprietary instructional content to NMSU Global Campus' flexible, fully online learning environment. The microcredential programs will cover key areas in healthcare such as U.S. healthcare foundations, medical claims processing, healthcare IT, telehealth regulations, provider networks and medical management.

Artificial intelligence spans several areas in computer science and has applications in virtually every sector of modern life, from the economy to government to entertainment and education.

New Mexico State University will be offering the state's first Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence starting in fall 2026. The degree was approved by the state's Higher Education Department and the Higher Learning Commission this spring.

"NMSU's BS in AI will provide students with a strong foundation in machine learning, automated reasoning, human-computer interaction, data mining, natural language processing, autonomous agents, and ethical and societal aspects of AI," said Enrico Pontelli, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and senior adviser to the provost for AI.

The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center is now accepting applications for its online GenAI Product Development Sprint accelerator, designed for tech startups based in New Mexico and the Borderplex region.

The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship is committed to strengthening the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem by empowering diverse communities to engage in entrepreneurship, improving access to early-stage investment opportunities, and inspiring students to develop innovative products and services for the commercial market.