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State Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Wednesday April 10, 2024 ( 5 items )  

BernCo Accepts $550,000 Grant to Help Provide Affordable Housing
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 10 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Tonight, County Commissioners voted to accept a Housing Initiative Appropriation Grant from the State of New Mexico's Department of Finance and Administration for $550,000 dollars. This grant will be used to purchase vacant and/or underutilized land in the International District, which will eventually become the site of future affordable housing programs for Bernalillo County. "I'm so hap  more

Hendrix College: Senior Anthropology Trio Presents at National Research Conference
CONWAY, Arkansas, April 10 (TNSres) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Three Hendrix seniors recently attended the Society for Applied Anthropology's 2024 national conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They each presented original research and received funding from the Hendrix Odyssey Program to participate in the conference. The students, who are all sociology/anthropology majors with an anthropology emphasis, were accompanied by Hendrix Professor of Anthropology Dr. Anne Gol  more

N.M. Gov. Grisham and Arizona Seek Federal Support to Transform Uranium Mining Cleanup
SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 10 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs today called for significant changes in national abandoned uranium mine cleanup policy in a letter to the federal government. In a letter to Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Lujan Grisham and Hobbs request a renewed commitment from the federal government, including  more

NMSU Students Continue Winning Streak at Model United Nations Conference
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 10 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: New Mexico State University's Model United Nations team was recognized again with top honors during the 2024 MUN conference in New York City, earning the Outstanding Delegation award. NMSU's Model UN team has earned top honors in 17 of the last 18 years, except for 2020 when the conference was cancelled due to the pandemic. Outstanding Delegation is the highest of three categories of team awards  more

Powering Progress: Arrowhead Center at NMSU Program Drives Energy Funding in NM
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 10 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Securing research and development funding for innovative solutions with high-impact potential can be a daunting task for newly formed startups. The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide a pathway for small businesses to secure non-dilutive federal investment, awarding more than $4 billion in funding annually. The   more