Schleef wins September Employee of the Month Award
This month, the SEC would like to recognize Employee of the Month winner Katy Schleef from the human development and family studies department.
Archive for September, 2006
School of Medicine awarded $2.1 million DOD grant to help wounded soldiers
In an effort to save the lives of wounded soldiers who can fall prey to hypothermia on the battlefield, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has partnered with Rocky Research, a Nevada-based firm, to develop an unique fluid heating technology.
Mackay professor Thompson receives award
Tommy B. Thompson, professor of economic geology in the Mackay School of Mines, has been named 2005 recipient of the Ralph W. Marsden Award by the Society of Economic Geologists.
Office of Sponsored Projects offers workshops
You are invited to register for the Office of Sponsored Projects Workshop Series! You are welcome to choose any of the workshops individually or to attend all six.
Cooperative Extension educators receive grant to assist small-acreage landowners
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension water quality specialist Sue Donaldson and natural resources specialist Ed Smith have been awarded a $93,365 sustainable agriculture grant to update and expand a successful program that helps small-acreage landowners address water quality and related environmental issues.
Funding available for humanities projects
The next deadline for grant applications to Nevada Humanities is October 10, 2006. Matching grants ranging in size from $1000 to $10,000 are available to any non-profit group or public agency in Nevada.
Public Service: Sept. 29, 2006
Kat Kantor, executive assistant to the dean of health and human sciences, was a volunteer worker at the international convention of the International Association of Administrative Professionals, held in Reno in August.
Biology professor named to prestigious national board
Dennis Murphy, research professor in the Department of Biology in the College of Science, was recently named to the National Research Council’s Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
Dr. Elissa Palmer joins School of Medicine
Elissa J. Palmer, M.D. has joined the University of Nevada School of Medicine department of family and community medicine in Las Vegas as a full professor as well as director of reproductive services and director of the rural track residency program.
Conference examines teacher education
The Nevada chapter of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Nevada Association of Teacher Educators will host “Purposeful Partnerships,” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6 in the William Raggio Building, Room 1003 on the Reno campus.
