Other NM universities announcements

New Mexico State University has named Jon Boren interim dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, following the retirement of Rolando A. Flores Galarza. 

NMSU Provost Joseph Bull announced Boren's appointment in a memo to college staff on Sept. 1. Bull said Boren was picked through a selection process that included feedback and nominations from ACES staff and faculty.

"Jon has substantial knowledge of NMSU, New Mexico and the agriculture industry in the state," Bull said.

The New Mexico State University Foundation is proud to once again sponsor the NMSU Homecoming football game on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. in Aggie Memorial Stadium, while also celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni Awards, one of the Foundation's most cherished traditions. 

The Aggies will take on the Liberty Flames of Liberty University as alumni, students and community members return to campus for a weekend filled with reunions, recognition and celebration.

"Homecoming is one of the most meaningful traditions at New Mexico State because it brings generations of Aggies together to celebrate our shared history, lifelong relationships and the impact of our university," said Sylvia Y. Acosta '10, CEO of the NMSU Foundation. "This year is especially significant as we celebrate 70 years of honoring alumni whose leadership, service and achievements continue to make a difference in communities across New Mexico and around the world." 

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, New Mexico State University's Army ROTC in coordination with NMSU Police and Fire and the City of Las Cruces Police and Fire, will host the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb to honor the lives lost and remember the heroes. 

Free and open to the public. 

From 6 to 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.

Aggie Memorial Stadium.

 Attendees and spectators are expected to see a deeply moving combination of solemn ceremonial tributes, intense physical exertion and powerful symbolic imagery. Honor guards will present U.S. and state flags. A procession of uniformed bag pipers will lead the initial wave of participants to the stair climb. A diverse mix of local civilian climbers of all ages and fitness levels will move alongside active-duty personnel, illustrating community solidarity.

From the moment he stepped into Gerald Thomas Hall on his first day as dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in 2016, Rolando A. Flores Galarza knew New Mexico State University would capture a special place in his heart and mind. 

A decade later, he holds greater admiration for NMSU, where he capped a consequential career that spanned more than 50 years. 

"It's not easy stepping into these leadership roles," said Flores Galarza, who retired Aug. 31. "But when I arrived, I found a welcoming community of faculty, staff and students willing to help me start a new chapter for the College of ACES. We worked together in classrooms, labs and fields across New Mexico to improve lives through education and outreach; we elevated NMSU through cutting-edge research; and we weathered some challenging times to build a stronger college. I am truly thankful for my time as an Aggie."

New Mexico State University is now home to a new high-performance computing system that significantly expands the university's capacity for state-of-the-art research computing, including locally controlled artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data.

This summer, the NMSU Research Cores Program commissioned Colibrí, an advanced computing system that provides opportunities for AI and machine learning, advanced modeling, data-intensive research and scientific computing. It will support technology development tied directly to challenges faced by New Mexico, with examples that include wildfire detection and response coordination, a full digital twins of local agricultural systems, high-fidelity modeling of water treatment systems designed for New Mexico waters, and edge decision-support technologies for remote hybrid solar, wind and fuel-cell power systems.

New Mexico State University is now home to a new high-performance computing system that significantly expands the university's capacity for state-of-the-art research computing, including locally controlled artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data.

This summer, the NMSU Research Cores Program commissioned Colibrí, an advanced computing system that provides opportunities for AI and machine learning, advanced modeling, data-intensive research and scientific computing. It will support technology development tied directly to challenges faced by New Mexico, with examples that include wildfire detection and response coordination, a full digital twins of local agricultural systems, high-fidelity modeling of water treatment systems designed for New Mexico waters, and edge decision-support technologies for remote hybrid solar, wind and fuel-cell power systems.

The "strong force" is the most powerful of the four basic forces in nature. It holds together everything we see in the universe, and yet researchers are still trying to understand it.

New Mexico State University physics professor Raza Sufian received a $450,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to pursue his research over the next five years to better understand the gluonic structure of protons and neutrons, the building blocks of the atomic nuclei that make up every star, every planet and every living thing.

"My research is about understanding the glue that binds everything in the visible universe," Sufian said. "It also asks how massless gluons generate the structure, stability, mass and spin of the proton and neutron that make the matter-dominated visible universe."

A New Mexico State University engineering professor is leading a multi-university research team to help advance the rehabilitation of people with neurological motor disorders.

Wei Tang, NMSU Paul W. and Valerie Klipsch Distinguished Professor in the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his research team recently received a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Smart and Connected Health program, which involves researchers from NMSU, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The team will focus on people with traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder, both of which can affect movement, balance and coordination. Tang is the project's lead principal investigator.