SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE New engineering students pursuing a career in energy can apply for $6,500 annual scholarships in the new “E-Scholars Program: Fostering Engineering Careers in Energy” at the University of Nevada, Reno. The program is funded through a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to provide financial, academic and professional development support for 20...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.–Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign today announced that the National Science Foundation has awarded $600,000 to the University of Nevada to provide scholarships and academic support to engineering students to study renewable energy. Twenty students will receive need-based four-year scholarships that average $6,500 annually. “The future success of Nevada’s economy will be...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Harry Reid hosted a roundtable today for clean energy leaders and advocates from Nevada whom Reid invited to Washington as his guests for the State of the Union address. The roundtable previewed President Obama’s speech and emphasized Reid’s commitment to creating jobs and making Nevada a leader in the...
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BLM NEWS RELEASE With the December 2010 deadline for obtaining incentive funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act only a year off, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey today reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to helping the nation reach its “green energy future” by guaranteeing full environmental analysis and public review for...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.–Sen. Harry Reid announced more than $1.9 million of economic recovery funding is headed to North Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian Colony, and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation for job-creating renewable energy projects and to help lower the...
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SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.–Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced more than $2.1 million of economic recovery funding is headed to Reno that will create jobs in renewable energy projects and help lower the cost of energy bills. “I’m pleased that Reno is receiving this money to create jobs and improve energy efficiency,” Reid said....
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The Nevada System of Higher Education has received $5.7 million-over the past two fiscal years-from the U.S. Department of Energy for renewable energy, including the latest installment, $3.2 million to be used for a renewable energy consortium – an association between the three NSHE research institutions and participating community colleges. This support is the...
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