Internationally Recognized Business Leaders Visit Nevada

Posted On Sunday, November 10, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 ...

UW Joins Regional Health Research Partnership

Posted On Saturday, September 21, 2013 By . Under WYOMING  Tags: , , , ,   
The University of Wyoming is partnering with 12 other universities across seven states in the Mountain West to put clinical research into practice to address regional health concerns including access to care, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular and infectious diseases. A five-year, $20.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health ...

University Student Population On The Rise with Students increasing Course Loads

Posted On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 By . Under FEATURED, NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 Hosts Earthquake Engineering Annual Meeting: Quake Summit 2013

Posted On Sunday, August 11, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
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 ...

Reno Named one of the Greenest cities with assistance from University programs

Posted On Saturday, July 6, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
Reno named one of the greenest cities 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 ...

University of Nevada, Reno Professor Completes 460-Mile Bike Ride in the Desert

Posted On Friday, June 28, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
University of Nevada, Reno Professor Completes 460-Mile Bike Ride in the Desert This was not your typical 460-mile leisure bike ride in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada. For Joseph DeLappe, Department of Art professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, this was a symbolic art statement to show the impact the Nevada sun and desert ...

Gilman Scholarship Winners Travel to Interesting Locales This Summer to Study

Posted On Friday, June 14, 2013 By . Under FEATURED, NEVADA  Tags: , , , ,   
Four University of Nevada, Reno students have received the summer 2013 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program awards to study abroad, the first time students from the Reno campus have received the awards for the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) summer terms. The students and the countries in which they are ...

University’s Rifle, Men’s Golf Teams Again Honored by NCAA

Posted On Friday, June 7, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , , , ,   
University’s Rifle, Men’s Golf Teams Again Honored by NCAA For the third time for each program, the University of Nevada, Reno men's golf and rifle teams have earned Public Recognition Awards as part of the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program. Each of the teams scored a perfect 1,000 on the academic progress rate (APR) during the 2011-12 academic year ...

University club has largest ever number of students reach presidential status

Posted On Thursday, May 30, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Nevada, Reno's National Society of Leadership and Success chapter, Sigma Alpha Pi, saw its largest membership in club history, 109 members, and each achieved presidential status at an induction ceremony on May 8 in the University's Davidson Mathematics and Science Center. "The Society of Leadership and Success is ...

Climate Change Related to Reduced Plant Size in Nevada’s Great Basin

Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
Climate Change Related to Reduced Plant Size in Nevada’s Great Basin Plants are shrinking in the Great Basin of Nevada, and warming climate could be the culprit, according to a paper published in the renowned science journal Global Change Biology based on research conducted by University of Nevada, Reno plant ecologist Beth Leger. "I used the extensive plant collections in the University ...

University Director of TRiO Services Receives Regional Recognition

Posted On Thursday, May 16, 2013 By . Under NEVADA  Tags: , , ,   
University Director of TRiO Services Receives Regional Recognition After 17 years of working with low income and first generation students at the University of Nevada, Reno, Rita Escher's peers have recognized the time, effort and dedication she has given to these students. Escher was awarded the 2013 Service Award at the Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel  Conference ...
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