Archive for March, 2010
University of Nevada, Reno professor receives exclusive Award of Excellence
RENO, Nev. – Rowing around in the Siberian arctic to get water and sediment samples, setting tracking devices for invasive large-mouth bass in Lake Tahoe or digging quagga mussels out of Lake Mead is all part of the job for Sudeep Chandra, assistant professor of limnology and conservation ecology at the University of Nevada, Reno.... more
NPR commentator and author Geoffrey Nunberg presents at Nevada, Reno
RENO, Nev. – Renowned linguist, author and NPR “Fresh Air” commentator Geoffrey Nunberg’s work burst into popular culture when he published Going Nucular during the Bush administration. He has since published two more nationally acclaimed books on today’s use of language, including last year’s, The Years of Talking Dangerously. He will share his close look at our nation’s recent polarization of public and political language and the media’s role in shaping it at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nightingale Concert Hall at 7 p.m., April 8.... more
University bookstore hosts Sierra Vista Elementary School
RENO, Nev. – Despite being mere blocks away, Sierra Vista Elementary School children will get what will be for many of them, their first look at the University of Nevada, Reno campus, Tuesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 8.... more
University of Nevada, Reno researcher to tell big fish tales
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno researcher Zeb Hogan has some fish stories to tell, stories about big fish – no, monster-size freshwater fish – that he travels the world to find, study and protect.... more
Nevada students learn and serve across the globe
RENO, Nev.– An increasing number of students at the University of Nevada, Reno are getting involved with public service both locally and abroad. Twenty Nevada alumni are currently volunteers with the Peace Corps, making Nevada one of the top-25 schools in the country for number of alumni in service. The University ranks just behind Yale University on the list and is tied with Emory and Brown Universities.... more
NCAA concludes investigation, announces decisions
RENO, Nev. – Today the NCAA announced investigation results and decisions regarding the University of Nevada, Reno. The NCAA found no lack of institutional control, no failure to monitor on the part of the University and no gambling violations.... more
Researchers meet at symposium to discuss 1997 – 2004 leukemia cluster data
RENO, Nev. – Researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno; the University of California, San Francisco; and the University of Arizona will meet via videoconference 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., March 25 to discuss various aspects of their research surrounding the 1997 – 2004 Fallon leukemia cluster involving 17 children. The host site for the videoconferenced symposium will be the University of Nevada, Reno, in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Room 110.... more
Researchers to test renewable energy system at local treatment plant
RENO, Nev. – A successful University of Nevada, Reno renewable energy research project is moving from the lab to the real world in a demonstration-scale system to turn wastewater sludge into electricity.... more
University of Nevada, Reno engineer returns from surveying damage in Chile
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno engineer and researcher Gokhan Pekcan is safely back in his office today after nine days of surveying damaged public buildings in earthquake-devastated Chile as a member of a reconnaissance team for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.... more
University groups join forces to offer late-night programs
RENO, Nev. – A coalition of University of Nevada, Reno departments and organizations is working to deter underage and binge drinking by providing more late-night, positive activities as alternatives for students. The coalition’s efforts are supported by an Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program grant totaling $900,000 over three years.... more
