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**Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Tuesday December 23, 2025 ( 6 items )  

New Mexico in Focus 2025 Rewind: Ruidoso Floods - Healing a Burn Scar
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 22 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * New Mexico in Focus 2025 Rewind: Ruidoso Floods; Healing a Burn Scar * New Mexico in Focus revisits some of its most impactful field reports of the year, highlighting communities responding to disaster, recovery and change. Host Nash Jones travels to the Mescalero Apache Reservation for a community feedback meeting organized by the New Mexico Public Education Department. In the segment, which   more

NM Produced Water Research Consortium at NMSU expands community education, outreach
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 22 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NM Produced Water Research Consortium at NMSU expands community education, outreach * The New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium is expanding its statewide outreach efforts to help communities better understand produced water, water scarcity and the science shaping future water decisions in New Mexico. The Consortium is a collaborative effort between New Mexico State University and   more

Review: Allocation, Distribution, and Policy by Bowles and Chen
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 22 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Review: Allocation, Distribution, and Policy by Bowles and Chen * Review by SFI External Professor Suresh Naidu (Columbia University) Over the past 40 years, the field of microeconomics has gone through a revolution in real-world applications, yet the theoretical models taught in Ph.D. coursework have been slow to catch up. In a new textbook, SFI Professor Sam Bowles and Weik  more

SFI launches Synthetic Imagination series
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 22 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * SFI launches Synthetic Imagination series * Written by SFI Research Fellow Anthony Eagan Since the origins of modern philosophy and poetry, imagination has been a technical term for the human ability to cognize in images and thought combinations that reconfigure our memories or immediate experience. Gaston Bachelard puts this well in his book Air and Dreams when he writes, "W  more

UNM art MFA alum Kerry Cottle builds a career blending material and meaning
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 22 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM art MFA alum Kerry Cottle builds a career blending material and meaning * Kerry Cottle is emerging as a rising voice in contemporary painting, with exhibitions across California and a practice shaped by hands-on experimentation and sustainable materials. After graduating from The University of New Mexico's College of Fine Arts with her MFA in 2022, Cottle relocated to Sacramento, Calif. wh  more

UNM Professor Chris Cornelius inducted into National Academy
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 22 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM Professor Chris Cornelius inducted into National Academy University of New Mexico architecture professor Chris Cornelius was honored with induction into the National Academy, the leading honorary society for visual arts and architecture in the United States. "This is a first for the School of Architecture and Planning, and a first for UNM," Dean Robert Gonzalez said. "We are continuously im  more