YMCA News:
The YMCA Little Youth Spring Basketball program for Girls and Boys in grades K-1st, is open for registration until Friday, Feb. 27. Read More
Letter to the Editor: Grateful For Support
By VICKY HYPES, Christian ChurchALLIE THOMPSON, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church
The House of Hope and Trinity Builders wish to thank the community for supporting our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper held Feb. 17.
We are grateful for the publicity provided by KRSN, The Los Alamos Daily Post and The Los Alamos Monitor. Jan McDonald and his band provided wonderful Dixieland Music, and more than 40 members of Trinity on the Hill and other Los Alamos Church congregations helped make this a success. We thank you all!
The proceeds from this event help purchase the supplies for our groups to continue
Easter Sunday Eggstravaganza April 5
Greg Moon Art Gallery Calls For Entries In ‘After Dark IV’ Exhibition
The Greg Moon Art Gallery in Taos. Courtesy/GMAGTaos News:
TAOS — The Greg Moon Art Gallery in Taos is calling for entries from artists across the United States for the gallery’s “After Dark IV” show, celebrating the concept of darkness and the varied reactions, which are emblematic to this concept.
The entry deadline is 11:59 p.m., April 15.
Entries are being accepted in the mediums of painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, mixed media, fiber arts, glass and assemblage.
Jurors who will be judging the entries
Read More Think New Mexico Again Recognized Among Top Think Tanks
TNM News:For the third year in a row, Think New Mexico has been recognized as one of the top think tanks in the world by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania’s International Relations Program.
The recognition came in TTCSP’s eighth annual “Global Go To Think Tank Index Report,” which TTCSP describes as “the gold standard for think tanks around the world.”
Think New Mexico increased its ranking to 56th in the world (up from 57th in 2013 and 70th in 2012) in the Special Achievement category of “Best Advocacy
Read More ‘Culture Day’ At Roundhouse Offers Best Of State Museums And Historic Sites
State News:SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs will host “Culture Day” 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday at the State Capitol Rotunda.
Interactive exhibits featuring New Mexico’s state-run museums and historic sites, as well as arts, historic preservation, archaeology and library programs will be offered to legislators and visitors to the Capitol throughout the day:
- New Mexico Arts will provide “Oculus Rift Glasses” offering the wearer a cutting edge virtual “Pull of the Moon Experience.”
- The NM State Library will display the new “Brainfuse” online tutorial
SFI Colloquium: Evolution Of Multicellularity And Cellular Differentiation In The Volvocine Algae
Matthew Herron University of Montana
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is hosting a colloquium with Matthew Herron at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, in the Noyce Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: The transition to multicellular life was one of a few major events in the history of life that created new opportunities for more complex biological systems to evolve. Indeed, multicellularity is a prerequisite for the evolution of large, complex organisms such as plants and animals.
An understanding of the ecological conditions and evolutionary mechanisms that favor this key innovation Read More
NMAA Foundation Awards $28K In Scholarships
NMAA News:ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) has announced the recipients of the 2014-2015 NMAA Foundation Scholarships.
The NMAA Foundation will recognize the 17 students receiving these scholarships during the U.S. Bank State Basketball Championships, which will be held March 10-14. More than 200 students applied for the scholarships, with nine students receiving $1,000, six receiving $1,500 and two receiving $5,000. There were seven different scholarship categories for which students could submit applications.
Read More MapLight: Platts’ Nuclear Conference – $60 Million In Lobbying From Top Five Companies
MAPLIGHT News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Top representatives of the nuclear energy industry gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for the Platts’ Annual Nuclear Energy Conference. Scheduled speakers were industry heavyweights like Bill Pitesa, the chief nuclear officer at Duke Energy, and David Brown, the senior vice president for federal government affairs at Exelon.
Since Jan. 1, 2013, the top five U.S. nuclear power operating companies and the Nuclear Energy Institute have spent a combined $60.4 million on lobbying Congress and federal agencies.
MapLight Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘How The Interaction Of Mind And Environment Shapes Social Judgments’
Mirta Galesic Professor; Cowan Chair in Human Social Dynamics
Santa Fe Institute
SFI News:
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) hosts a seminar by Mirta Galesic at 12:15 p.m., Wednesday in the Collins Conferance Room.
Abstract: There is a curious divide among researchers studying human sociality. Those studying human cultural evolution tend to extol the extraordinary human ability to cooperate and learn from each other and believe it to be the cornerstone of the spectacular success of our species.
Social psychologists, in contrast, tend to view human social cognition as fraught with biases Read More