Internationally Recognized Business Leaders Visit Nevada
Posted On Sunday, November 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: building high-performing business, New Jersey-based management consulting firm, Reno. David Kamenetzky, University of Nevada
Two internationally recognized executives will share tips and tactics for building high-performing business teams in a free, public presentation at the University of Nevada, Reno. David Kamenetzky, vice president for corporate affairs and strategic initiatives for the global manufacturer Mars, Incorporated, along with Howard Guttman, founder and principal of Guttman ...
Hamilton Robotics, University collaborate for robotic biochemistry research
Posted On Saturday, November 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Hamilton Company, international robotic manufacturing company, University of Nevada, University's College of Agriculture
Students and faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno will soon be exploring new robotic innovations and accessing state-of-the-art laboratory automation systems in a collaboration with the Hamilton Company, a Reno-based international robotic manufacturing company.
The University's College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources is providing laboratory space in the Howard ...
Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy moves to University’s Equestrian Center
Posted On Saturday, October 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: local business provides social, Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy, Ron Pardini, University of Nevada
The University of Nevada, Reno's Equestrian Center has become home to the animal-therapy group Nevada Equine Assisted Therapy (NEAT). The local business provides social, emotional and behavioral grown and learning for people by working with horses.
"This is also a wonderful opportunity for both faculty and students to become more familiar ...
University history professor heads to Philadelphia next year for research fellowship
Posted On Saturday, October 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Department of History, Professor Bruce Moran, University of Nevada
Professor Bruce Moran, with the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, will be packing his bags next year to spend the 2014 fall term in Philadelphia, Pa., for a unique research opportunity.
Moran was selected to be the Gordon Cain Distinguished Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in ...
University Fraternity and Sorority Life Members Receive National Recognition
Posted On Friday, October 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: campus leadership, Community Service, Delta Sigma Theta, Reno fraternity, University of Nevada
Fraternity and Sorority Life at the University of Nevada, Reno has a lot to celebrate. After completing their most successful recruitment this fall, fraternity and sorority enrollment is larger than ever with 1,300 students actively participating in Greek organizations on campus. With the school year in full swing, some campus ...
Biology’s Baguley on team investigating Gulf of Mexico oil spill effects
Posted On Friday, October 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: biodiversity of meiofauna, College of Science, Gulf of Mexico, Jeff Baguley, online scientific journal, PLOS One
Jeff Baguley, a faculty member in the College of Science, has been studying the soft-sediment ecosystem of the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico since 2000. His expertise and research has come in handy for his role as a member of a team studying the effects of the Deepwater ...
Cooperative Extension Offering Pressure Canner Testing
Posted On Thursday, September 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Christina Turner, Extension nutritionis, Nevada Cooperative Extension, pressure-canning
By Claudene Wharton
With many Nevadans choosing to grow more of their own food, they are also doing their own canning. And, "pressure-canning," using a pressure canner, is becoming increasing popular. However, in order to ensure food safety and prevent botulism, those using this canning method should have their pressure canners ...
University Student Population On The Rise with Students increasing Course Loads
Posted On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, NEVADA Tags: increased 4 percent, President Marc Johnson, Undergraduate student enrollment, University of Nevada
With its largest and most diverse freshmen class to date, the University of Nevada, Reno welcomed 18,776 undergraduate and graduate students to campus this fall. This reflects a 3 percent increase over the fall 2012 enrollment of 18,227. Freshmen account for 3,086 students, a 7 percent increase over last fall's ...
School of Medicine, Renown Health announce partnership exploration steering committee
Posted On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Chancellor Daniel Klaich, Donald C. Sibery, Renown Health, School of Medicine, Thomas Schwenk, University of Nevada
By Susan Hill, APR
The University of Nevada School of Medicine, Nevada's only statewide public medical school, and Renown Health, the region's largest integrated health care network, have formed a steering committee to discuss a formal strategic partnership between the two organizations.
The School of Medicine and Renown have had many collaborations ...
Guatemalans Learn from Tahoe to Help Save their Lake Atitlan
Posted On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Lake Atitlan, toxic algae blooms, University of Nevada, USAID Office, Vice-President Al Gore
Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore said, in his speech to scientists, elected officials, environmentalists, business leaders, fire department officials, students and others in the audience of the 2013 Lake Tahoe Summit, that what we've learned at Tahoe can help inform the rest of the world to protect their resources and ...
University Balloon Race Scholarship Recipients Selected
Posted On Monday, August 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: ASCENT, Dean's Future Scholars, TRiO Scholars Program, undergraduate student, University Balloon Race Scholarship
The University Balloon Race Scholarship Committee has been in existence since 1986 and has awarded scholarship funds since the early 1990s. The committee exists solely to raise the money to award two scholarships a year; one to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate student.
The committee is pleased to ...
Entrepreneurship Programs Encourage Students to Make Their Ideas a Reality
Posted On Monday, August 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Charles N. Mathewson, Dave Croasdell, department of labor, entrepreneurship programs, Mark Pingle
By Nicole Shearer
How often have you started sentences with "wouldn't it be cool if," "I wish I could," or perhaps even, "why hasn't anyone thought of that?"
The University of Nevada, Reno College of Business is encouraging students to take their ideas and turn them into reality by participating in entrepreneurship ...
University Hosts Earthquake Engineering Annual Meeting: Quake Summit 2013
Posted On Sunday, August 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Julio Ramirez, Network for Earthquake Engineering, Purdue University, Quake Summit 2013, University of Nevada
Members of a national earthquake simulation research network are at the University of Nevada, Reno today and tomorrow for Quake Summit 2013, an annual scientific meeting highlighting engineering research that reduces the impact of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis.
Titled "Earthquake & Multi-Hazards Resilience: Progress and Challenges," the annual summit of the ...
The William N. Pennington Foundation makes lead gift to University
Posted On Saturday, August 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Getchell Library, philanthropic, University of Nevada, William N. Pennington, William N. Pennington Foundation
The William N. Pennington Foundation has made a $6 million lead gift to name the William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, representing half of the $12 million in philanthropic support the University is seeking for the center. Final approval for the naming of the ...
Brent Hathaway Named Dean of Lee Business School
Posted On Saturday, July 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: John White, Lee Business School, Neal Smatresk, University of Illinois, Utah State University
Hathaway will join UNLV Oct. 1 as dean and Ted and Doris Lee Professor of Business; served as business dean at the University of Wyoming since 2004.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk announced today that Brent Hathaway will become dean of the university’s Lee Business School, effective Oct. 1, 2013. Hathaway has ...
Engineering Camp Reaches Out to First-Generation College Students
Posted On Saturday, July 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Angelina Padilla, College of Engineering, First Generation Engineering Camp, MESA, Shanelle Davis
Engineering camp participants launch bottle rockets they designed during a camp activity.
The College of Engineering will be hosting its first ever MESA/First Generation Engineering Camp. MESA, or Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, is a nationwide college-preparation program that strives to increase the number of minority, low-income and first-generation college students. ...
Parker Named Director of Core Curriculum
Posted On Saturday, July 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Bachelor of Business Administration, Core curriculum, Economics Elliott Parker, Provost Kevin Carman, University of Texas
Professor of Economics Elliott Parker has been appointed to the position of director of the Core Curriculum, Provost Kevin Carman announced on July 1.
Parker will serve as the administrative director of the University's Core Curriculum and will advise the administration on matters relating to the core, Carman said. In addition, ...
Reno Named one of the Greenest cities with assistance from University programs
Posted On Saturday, July 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Biggest Little City in the World, Innovative Green Initiatives, Nerdwallet.com, University of Nevada
The University of Nevada, Reno helped the "Biggest Little City in the World" receive the No. 2 spot on the "Cities with Innovative Green Initiatives" list by nerdwallet.com for being one of the cleanest, most sustainable and environmentally friendly cities in America.
Reno, according to nerdwallet.com, encourages its residents to cut ...
