The University of Nevada has reached an agreement with Brian Polian as the recommended candidate to become the 26th head coach in the 106-year history of the Wolf Pack football program. The recommendation from University President Marc Johnson and Athletics Director Cary Groth will be forwarded to the Board of ...
Polian Named Finalist Candidate to Usher in New Era of Nevada Football
Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: BCS schools, Cary Groth, University of Nevada, Wolf Pack football
The University of Nevada has reached an agreement with Brian Polian as the recommended candidate to become the 26th head coach in the 106-year history of the Wolf Pack football program. The recommendation from University President Marc Johnson and Athletics Director Cary Groth will be forwarded to the Board of ...
Disabled American Veterans Recognize University Veteran With Scholarship
Posted On Sunday, January 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Disabled American Veterans, Redfield Campus, Veteran Services Office, Wolf Pack Veterans
Chase Hartzell is a husband, a father and a University of Nevada, Reno junior majoring in physics; he is also a veteran. Hartzell was honored by the Disabled American Veterans with a $1,500 scholarship which he plans to use for books and tuition this spring.
Hartzell went into the United States ...
Nevada Seismological Lab Used Quake-Monitoring Network To Track Sutter’s Mill Meteorite
Posted On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Seismological Lab, Sutter’s Mill meteorite, University of Nevada
When the Sutter Mill's meteorite streaked across the Nevada sky in April, it made a loud boom and shook homes throughout the region. Ken Smith, associate director for the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno heard it and felt it that Sunday morning. His scientific curiosity drew ...
Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition Finalists Announced
Posted On Saturday, December 22, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Dean Greg Mosier, Reno Joe Crowley, Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition, University of Nevada
Last week, the Great Room of the University of Nevada, Reno Joe Crowley Student Union was filled with students, faculty members, mentors and members of the business community, many of whom seemed a bit on edge. They were all waiting to hear which student entrepreneurial teams had been selected as ...
Athletic Director Search Process Begins
Posted On Friday, December 21, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Athletics, Johnson, Reno President Marc, University leadership, University of Nevada
Today, University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson outlined key elements of the search process being launched this week for the University's next director of athletics. In a letter to Wolf Pack Athletics' coaches and staff and University leadership, Johnson announced the following:
Wolf Pack Athletics is a significant enterprise and ...
Giant Holiday Book Tree Erected In Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
Posted On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: beautiful old books, largest book tree ever built, perhaps largest book tree ever, Reno tree, University of Nevada
The Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno has a giant and unconventional tree on display this holiday season. Some would call it a green tree, not just because of its color, but because the tree is made entirely of recycled materials - old books.
This is the second ...
Geological Sciences’ Russell is Dec. Employee of Month
Posted On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 By USA Education News. Under NEVADA Tags: Employee of Month, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Marie Russell
Marie Russell, administrative assistant in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, has been named December's Classified Employee of the Month by the Staff Employees Council.
Russell is known on campus and in her department as an ultimate "can-do" type of colleague.
"Marie is a key player to making the Department of ...
