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Reid announces $1 million for Northern Nevada students

Reid announces $1 million for Northern Nevada students

HARRY REID NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sen. Harry Reid today announced three grants totaling $909,865 for Upward Bound projects for high school students at University of Nevada, Reno. The Upward Bound program helps give high school students the tools to pursue and complete a...

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Physics students take home Sontag Entrepreneurship Award, and $50,000

Physics students take home Sontag Entrepreneurship Award, and $50,000

A group of physics students has taken home the Sontag Entrepreneurship Award, and the $50,000 prize money that comes with it, in the competition’s inaugural year at the University of Nevada, Reno. The Mining Environmental Technology and Services (METS) team plans to develop, produce...

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UNR researchers discover new research use for plaque

UNR researchers discover new research use for plaque

UNR NEWS RELEASE While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may regularly scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing at the fact that past civilizations were...

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UNR wins regional human resources competition

UNR wins regional human resources competition

UNR NEWS RELEASE University of Nevada, Reno management students Heather Maye, Megan Barrenchea, Sarah Pattee and Vanessa Wehrkamp won the Human Resources (HR) game at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles during the Pacific West Regional Student Conference Competition April 20-21. The game, as well...

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2012 University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professors selected

2012 University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professors selected

UNR NEWS RELEASE John Fildes, Gary Haynes and Scott Tyler were named 2012 University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professors in recognition of their outstanding research and teaching achievements. The Foundation Professor award was established in 1983 to recognize and salute University professors for their...

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University of Nevada, Reno GPS technology used for NASA quake monitoring test

Geoff Blewitt, professor in the University’s Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and director of the Nevada Geodetic Laboratory, works on a GPS installation atop 8,600-foot-elevation Ward Peak at Lake Tahoe. Photo by Jean Dixon, courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno.

Nevada Geodetic Lab operates largest GPS network processing system in world GPS technology developed and implemented at the University of Nevada, Reno will be the centerpiece of a major test this year by NASA to pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes along...

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ASUN presents first music festival “WolfStock”

Rebelution is headlining the University of Nevada, Reno's music festival, WolfStock, on May 5.

Rebelution, Murs, student and local music artists to perform at day-long festival The Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) is hosting WolfStock, a music festival featuring 15 different artists from noon until 10 p.m. on May 5 at the University of Nevada,...

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UNCE/NDOA offer First Detector Training Workshop

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

UNCE NEWS RELEASE University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Department of Agriculture will present a First Detector Training Workshop May 2 in Sparks. Plant professionals and backyard gardeners can attend this free event, which starts 9 a.m. at 405 S. 21st Street....

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Reno author re-examines Yosemite’s past

JEN HUNTLEY NEWS RELEASE Ever wonder why America has national parks, wilderness areas and other conserved landscapes?  Initiated in 1864 with Yosemite Grant, “America’s Best Idea” –the concept of protecting special areas from development—has  spread around the world, shaping the relationship between humans and...

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Leading experts on congenital muscular dystrophy convene at University

University of Nevada School of Medicine research discovery and singular focus of April conference signal new hope for patients with rare diseases The nation’s leading scientists and clinicians exploring treatment breakthroughs for congenital muscular dystrophy will convene April 22-24 on the campus of the...

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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what...

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