Archive for August, 2007
University of Nevada, Reno welcomes Honors Program students
RENO, Nev. – Only 116 of the 2,500 students in the Class of 2011 were accepted into the University of… more
Super Sarah has two identities, college student and student-body President
When thinking about Sarah Ragsdale, Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) president, files of Clark Kent immediately come… more
Dana Loomis serving as School of Public Health Director
Loomis joined the University in January, 2007 after serving 18 years at the University of North Carolina’s School of Public… more
August 23 marks Summer Scholars Project for Class of 2011
Orientation will include more than 70 simultaneous book groups for freshmen and parents to discuss “Sweet Promised Land,” Robert Laxalt’s… more
Reggio Emilia educator visits University
Lella Gandini, U.S. liaison for the dissemination of the Reggio Emilia approach will be on campus August 22 to August… more
Scholarship endowment donated to Orvis School of Nursing
RENO, Nev. — The Nevada Science Foundation (NSF) donated a substantial scholarship endowment support students in the Orvis School of Nursing at the University or Nevada. The endowment will award three $4,000 scholarships to undergraduate nursing students and two $2,000 scholarships to graduate nursing students every year.... more
Davidson Academy students net TIME cover profile
RENO, Nev. – The current issue of TIME magazine spotlights the Davidson Academy of Nevada at the University of Nevada, Reno as “a new model for gifted education.” The Aug. 27 cover story was distributed to newsstands nationally beginning Aug. 17.... more
University launches Summer Scholars Project for Class of 2011
RENO, Nev. – At his first town hall meeting with University faculty and staff last May, President Milt Glick invited… more
Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, combine forces to help save Tahoe’s clarity
RENO, Nev. – Ten years after the Lake Tahoe Presidential Summit, collaboration among Tahoe researchers has never been higher.... more
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Awards $1.5 Million for Endowed Chair in Journalism
RENO, Nev. – The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has approved a grant of $1.5 million to the Reynolds School of… more
