Archive for June, 2010
Tahoe CEO donates IPO stock grant to University of Nevada, Reno
RENO, Nev. – The University of Nevada, Reno is proud to receive support from Kevin and Michelle McArthur. The couple has gifted $600,000 in support of improvements to the University’s tennis facilities and another $600,000 to be added to the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering’s Goldcorp Endowed Chair in Minerals Engineering. Kevin McArthur is president and chief executive officer of Tahoe Resources, Inc., a Reno-based minerals development company. The donation represents the cash value of a stock grant received by McArthur in the company’s recent Initial Public Offering.... more
New Keck Web site unveiled, demonstrates advances in digital mapping
RENO, Nev. – Zachary Newell, the lead developer for the “Keck” Web site at the University of Nevada, Reno Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, in concert with Tod Colegrove, head of the DeLaMare and Ansari Map Library, announced the release of an enhanced version of the W.M. Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Center, a digital map data gateway for Nevada.... more
Study shows Chile’s school voucher program increased graduation rates
RENO, Nev. – With the effectiveness of school vouchers a hot topic of debate, researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chile have completed a lengthy study on the effects of Chile’s school reforms in 1981. Along with other school decentralization efforts, the reforms included making Chile the only nation in the world to have a nationwide school voucher program.... more
University offers free movies and refreshments Tuesday evenings this summer
RENO, Nev. – Summer has officially begun, and it’s time to start enjoying those hot summer nights. Grab a blanket and a friend and join the University of Nevada, Reno for the outdoor Summer Movie Series at the Joe Crowley Student Union lawn every Tuesday at 9 p.m., complete with complimentary refreshments.... more
RENO, Nev. – A team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University of… more
Nevada engineering students take second in national concrete canoe competition
RENO, Nev. – Engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno excelled again, taking second place in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ highly competitive 23rd Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition that concluded Saturday at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.... more
110-foot concrete bridge withstands 8.0 earthquake simulation in lab
RENO, Nev. – After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the… more
High school students compete in 54th annual Nevada mathematics contest
RENO, Nev. – For 54 years, high school students throughout Nevada have competed in a mathematics exam contest and for 48 of those years it has been prepared and preserved by University of Nevada, Reno Mathematics and Statistics faculty member Don Pfaff.... more
Fruzzetti wins Mikawa Award for advancements in psychology
RENO, Nev. – Alan Fruzzetti, associate professor of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Psychology and director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Research Program, was honored with the Mikawa Award from the Nevada State Psychological Association forhis research and teaching on the development, evaluation and training of DBT this spring.... more
University is one of three initial partners with online textbook-rental company
RENO, Nev. – In an effort to go a little easier on students’ pocketbooks while benefitting the student-government organization, the University of Nevada, Reno’s student-owned bookstore has joined with Chegg.com to pilot a textbook-rental option. Renting textbooks often saves students money, and doing so through Chegg.com now means the campus bookstore, owned and operated by the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN), also benefits through a revenue-sharing agreement. In addition to the option to rent textbooks online, Chegg.com will place three rental stands on campus this summer.... more
