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Phase 2 of NMSU professor's bird genome research reveals new methods

Researchers estimate 76% of all known species on Earth died when an asteroid slammed into the waters off what is now the Yucatan Peninsula. It's known as the CretaceousPaleogene extinction event, a mass extinction that wiped-out the dinosaurs and a majority of the world's other species. Fossil record suggests that the vast majority of the world's modern birds and mammals first appeared in the wake of that event, but it has long been contested whether this is true.

New Mexico State University will award more than 2,000 degrees this week at commencement ceremonies honoring spring 2024 graduates.

NMSU will recognize students who completed graduate degrees in a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Pan American Center. Then, it will recognize students who completed bachelor's degrees in two separate ceremonies at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, also at the Pan American Center. In total, NMSU will bestow 2,032 degrees.

When Craig Cully started teaching at New Mexico State University, his work consisted of mostly meticulous, small-scale paintings of high realism. Galleries across the United States were exhibiting and selling his work. After earning tenure as an art professor at NMSU, he began to rethink his practice.

"I often ask myself ‘What is the best thing I can do for humanity?' and, over time, I've learned that the answer is teaching art," Cully said.

Since the age of 4, Diego Rivero has dreamt of one day attending an Ivy League school and becoming an anesthesiologist.

Diego is now 11 years old, and his dream hasn't changed, but he eagerly toured New Mexico State University as part of the William Conroy Honors College's Day as an NMSU Student program, which hosted groups of Sonoma Elementary School and Sierra Middle School students May 3. During the day, students learned more about the astronomy, computer science, physics and communication departments and the Creative Media Institute, and toured a couple of dorm rooms at Garcia Hall.

Portales, NM – May 7, 2024 – Eastern New Mexico University welcomes graduates and their families to Greyhound Arena on the Eastern New Mexico University campus on Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. to celebrate their academic achievements as part of the one hundred forty-sixth commencement ceremony. Steve Loy, ENMU alumnus and the president of Sportfive Americas, will give the commencement address.

New Mexico State University's Agricultural Experiment Station is kicking off its annual field day season at the Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center May 22.

Attendees will get a chance to learn more about the center's research, which includes long-term soil health, guayule crops, chile breeding for mechanization, crop rotation and cover crop for suppressing weeds among chile pepper crops, and agrivoltaics to protect chile crops from curly top.

New Mexico State University's Department of Public Health Sciences honored three individuals for their work in promoting military health, border health and mental health.

The NMSU Public Health Heroes Awards, now in its ninth year, recognize and celebrate local public health heroes for their ongoing contributions and commitments to public health. Humaira Rahman, assistant professor of public health sciences, led this year's award ceremony, which coincided with National Public Health Week in early April.

"What can St. Genevieve teach Las Cruces?" A group of community members posed that question in a zine titled "A New Zine Atlas of Las Cruces."

New Mexico State University graduate student Esperanza Chairez Uriarte answers that question through a zine she co-created in collaboration with community members over the course of three public workshops.

Born and raised in Las Cruces and pursuing a master's degree in the department of geography and environmental studies, the place she calls home has become the focus of much of her work.