SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 9 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * A simple baseline for AI forecasting in machine learning * In a recent paper, SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Yuanzhao Zhang and co-author William Gilpin show that a deceptively simple forecasting strategy can outperform several leading machine learning forecasting models. Their method, called context parroting, relies on short stretches of time-series data (or context). A more PR

PORTALES, New Mexico, April 9 -- Eastern New Mexico University issued the following news on April 7, 2026: * * * ENMU Launches Feed the Hounds Initiative to Combat Regional Food Insecurity, Teach Sustainability and Wellness to K-12 Schools Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) is proud to raise visibility and support for Feed the Hounds, an initiative to address food insecurity and promote regional sustainability and wellness across the ENMU and local community. The initiative's goal is simpl more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Statement on President Trump's 2027 Budget * Heinrich, Lujan: "Trump's budget is a slap in the face to working families in New Mexico" WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Budget Committee, released the following stateme more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Lujan Demand Accountability at Meeting with New Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Leadership * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after meeting with FEMA and Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office leadership: "As the sponsors of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Lujan, Heinrich Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed * NEW MEXICO - U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agricult more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump's Latest Threats to Kill 'Whole Civilization' * Trump on 4/7: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will." Trump on Easter Sunday: "Open the F-- Strait, you crazy b--s, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) is more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Call on Forest Service Opposing Carson National Forest Uranium Drilling Proposal and Demanding Full Environmental Review to Protect Chama Watershed * New Mexico - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee o more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Leger Fernandez Demand Accountability at Meeting with New Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office Leadership * Santa Fe, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after meeting with FEMA and Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office leadership: "As the sponsors of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Ass more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Statement on Trump Administration Reversing Pecos Watershed Protections * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Co-Chair of the U.S. Senate Stewardship Caucus, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D- more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 9 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU art history student receives J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Award * Each year, New Mexico State University's Department of Political Science, Public Law and Administration presents its Social Justice Award to an NMSU faculty member, staff or student who has worked to help create a more just society. This year's award goes to Guinivere Mayse, a senior double-majoring in history and art  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 9 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU earns national recognition in U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings * New Mexico State University has been recognized among the nation's top institutions in the newly released 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, with several programs earning national distinction across a wide range of disciplines. Among the university's highest-ranked more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 9 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Food Safety Laboratory transforms into premier hub of innovation * Karla Villalobos Porras considers it an honor and a great responsibility to be the first Ph.D. student in food science at New Mexico State University, working alongside her adviser at the NMSU Food Safety Laboratory. "My motivation to pursue a Ph.D. in food science stems from a strong commitment to food safety, resear more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 9 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Center of Excellence addresses New Mexico's critical agricultural needs * New Mexico State University has been a driver of agricultural innovation and research since its founding in 1888. To build on that legacy, the New Mexico Legislature and NMSU established an interdisciplinary research and education institute in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Backs Bill to Prevent President from Unilaterally Escalating Iran War with Nuclear Strike * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On April 9, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced his support for The Nuclear First-Strike Security Act of 2025 (H.R.3564), a bill to prevent the President from unilaterally escalating the war in Iran by offensively striking Iran with nuclear weapons wi more PR

FARMINGTON, New Mexico, April 9 -- San Juan College issued the following news: * * * Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology Expansion Breaks Ground A groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology at the School of Energy. Students, faculty staff and community members gathered to celebrate the project. "The expansion of the Sherman Dugan Museum of Geology represents far more than additional square footage," said San Juan College President Dr. Toni Pendergrass. "It w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * This Week in New Mexico: Lujan Holds Events Celebrating Investments in Medical Research and Discussing Affordability * New Mexico - This week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) held a series of events in Los Lunas, Albuquerque, and Espanola where he met with local leaders, highlighted federal funding he secured for medical research, and discussed the affordability crisis that is impacting New  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 9 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * When punishment fails, connection leads: UNM educator earns national recognition for restorative work * At a time when schools across the country are grappling with student disconnection, discipline disparities and rising conflict, one University of New Mexico educator is helping reframe what accountability, and even peace, can look like. Layla Dehaiman, lecturer in the College of Education an more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 9 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * UNM international advisor is expanding wellness efforts beyond campus * A University of New Mexico international education advisor shares her holistic wellness practice and skills beyond campus to support Albuquerque's immigrant community through trauma-informed, multilingual yoga classes. Helping each participant find a sense of belonging, healing, and care through movement. Fiore Bran-Aragon more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 10 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on April 9, 2026: * * * Federal Court Sends Decision Authorizing Domestic Sheep Grazing In Bighorn Sheep Habitat Back to the Forest Service to Complete a New Analysis The U.S. Forest Service ignored crucial data in its creation of the Wishbone Allotment on the Rio Grande National Forest, and must reassess risk of disease transmission to sensitive wild sheep * DENVER -- On Friday, a Colorado federal judge more PR