Yearly Archives: 2010
University students plan events for sexual assault prevention and awareness
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEApril is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and a group of student educators at the University of Nevada, Reno have organized a series...
University of Nevada, Reno professor receives exclusive Award of Excellence
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASERowing around in the Siberian arctic to get water and sediment samples, setting tracking devices for invasive large-mouth bass in Lake Tahoe...
NPR commentator and author Geoffrey Nunberg presents at Nevada, Reno
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASERenowned linguist, author and NPR “Fresh Air” commentator Geoffrey Nunberg’s work burst into popular culture when he published Going Nucular during the...
Opinion: Band-Aids don’t fix broken bones
SUBMITTED RELEASEBy Geoffrey Lawrence, Nevada Policy Research InstituteIf anything became clear in the recently concluded 26th special session of the Nevada Legislature, it is...
Greater Nevada Credit Union hires Patty Little as loss mitigation manager
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASECARSON CITY -- Greater Nevada Credit Union has hired Patty Little as its Loss Mitigation Manager. In this position, Little will manage...
National conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly endorses Sharron Angle in GOP senate bid
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASESaying that Nevada Republican voters “can’t afford to gamble on their choice of a Republican candidate to oppose Democratic Senate Majority Leader...
Opinion: UNR budget cut proposals don’t add up
SUBMITTED OPINIONBy Don HendersonI was fortunate to attend the University of Nevada, Reno at a time when there were close ties and integrated curriculum...
Opinion: The emerging education consensus
SUBMITTED RELEASEBy Patrick R. Gibbons, Nevada Policy Research InstituteEducation reform has quickly become a centerpiece in Nevada's gubernatorial race.Gov. Jim Gibbons and Republican challengers...
Federal, state partners pledge support for sage-grouse and sagebrush ecosystem
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASEThe Sage-grouse Executive Oversight Committee (EOC), made up of representatives from the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture and Western States’...
Freight House district names, concepts unveiled
SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASESK Baseball, owners of the Reno Aces Baseball Club and Reno Bighorns Basketball Club, revealed the names and concepts of the...