Archive for August, 2008
Professor invited to prestigious international art exhibition
RENO, Nev. – In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a nonviolent protest of British tax on the production and sale of salt, an essential dietary mineral. Gandhi’s 240-mile “Salt March” took him across India from the Sabarmati Ashram where he lived to the hamlet of Dandi, known as a salt center.... more
RENO, Nev. – A public open house will take place Thursday, Aug. 28 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the 295,000-square-foot, five-story Knowledge Center, located just south of the Joe Crowley Student Union. Guests are invited to take a self-guided tour of the facility.... more
Bob Cashell invites community to support Pride of the Sierra
RENO, Nev. – Bob Cashell, Reno Mayor and local businessman, today announced he will lead a community fundraising effort to develop a Pride of the Sierra Boosters Club which would provide long-term financial support for the University of Nevada, Reno marching band.... more
Class of 2012 confronts the lives of people on minimum wage
RENO, Nev. – A University of Nevada, Reno summer reading project has been inviting University freshmen to consider the experience of life on minimum wage. Members of the incoming Class of 2012, which numbers about 2,200, are reading Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.... more
University researchers address challenging topics at 11th annual Tahoe Summit
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno researchers Sudeep Chandra and Wally Miller will address the topics of wildfire effects and invasive species at this year’s Lake Tahoe Summit on Saturday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. to noon. Both topics represent a significant challenge to the water quality of the lake and the overall ecological health of the Lake Tahoe Basin.... more
University seismologists to host public information session
RENO, Nev.– Research seismologists and geophysicists at the University of Nevada, Reno will host a Mogul Earthquake Information Session on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 7 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union’s third-floor theater, to review what they are learning through an extensive network of measurement equipment across the Truckee Meadows.... more
Nevada Chamber Opera announces auditions
RENO, Nev. – If you have grown tired of singing in the shower, the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Chamber Opera wants you…to audition.... more
Archaeologists investigate Civil War-era opera house in Virginia City
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno archaeologists working in historic Virginia City, Nev., have moved their latest excavation project from the Barbary Coast to the original site of Thomas Maguire’s Opera House on D Street.... more
