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State Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Friday October 18, 2024 ( 5 items )  

ASL program offers performance series, welcomes new faculty
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 17 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The American Sign Language program in the Department of Linguistics is welcoming a new lecturer this year and offering three performances this semester. "The students in my classes are really motivated," said Lisa Sunde, who has been teaching ASL for more than 25 years and moved to Ithaca from New Mexico to join Cornell's ASL team this fall. "The opportunity to teach here offers new growth for me and the chance to take   more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Fact Check - Yvette Herrell's Anti-Abortion Record In Her Own Words
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Yvette Herrell is shamelessly lying to New Mexicans about her anti-abortion agenda and record. Don't take our word for it. Hear it directly from Herrell herself: "I wish we could have eliminated all abortion in the state." Herrell also co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act which would ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions and could ban access to IVF. She has supported multiple ant  more

Governor Announces 'Breaking Bad Habits' Anti-Litter Campaign - Heisenberg Returns to New Mexico Talking Trash
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced an exciting new collaboration with Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston that resurrects Walter White--the iconic fictional "Breaking Bad" character--to help reduce litter in New Mexico. The governor joined with state and city officials, Boys and Girls Club volunteers and others at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe  more

NMSU Engineering Professor Named AIAA Associate Fellow
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Abdessattar Abdelkefi, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at New Mexico State University, was recently elected American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow. AIAA will formally honor and induct the class at the AIAA Associate Fellows Induction Ceremony and Dinner in January in Orlando, Florida. The honor recognizes individuals "who have accomplished or  more

Tulane to Lead New CDC Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Across South Central US
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 18 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University joins Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and six other leading universities as the site of one of a series of new regional centers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is establishing around the country to help regions better prepare for future pandemics and other public health emergencies. The Region 6 C  more