Since its inception in 1999, more than 100 companies, organizations and government agencies from throughout northern Nevada have sent key individuals to attend the Advanced Management Program offered through Extended Studies and the College of Business Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The Advanced Management Program is a certificate series for participants who want […]
Larry Weiss, director of the Sanford Center for Aging, and Teresa Sacks, health research analyst with the center, were guests on Nevada Public Radio’s KNPR’s State of Nevada program August 31. They joined the director of a center for integrative health care at Johns Hopkins and the author of a book on Alzheimer’s disease and […]
University Police will be joining other local law enforcement agencies this weekend to keep drunk drivers off Nevada roadways. A grant from the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, under the Joining Forces program, will provide overtime funds for the extra patrols on roads immediately surrounding the University of Nevada, Reno.
“Because our location is so […]
On Aug. 20-21, pedestrian in ground crosswalk lights were installed at College and Virginia. According to University Police Services, an effort is still underway to try to get lights installed further south on Virginia.
The Nevada Department of Transportation has approved the University’s request to install permanent digital speed signs on both Sierra and Virginia. As […]
(Editor’s note: Text is taken from a Campus Announcement sent on Monday, Aug. 27.)
This update replaces the two previous announcements regarding changes made by the Nevada State Legislature to the State of Nevada travel policy. Interim notifications were sent out in July and claims submitted under those regulations may have to be revised.
In short, […]
Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to the second annual Nevada State Network Conference sponsored by the American Council on Education Office of Women in Higher Education. The conference will be held Friday, Sept. 21, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Student Union.
This year’s theme is “Effective Leadership Communication for Women” and […]
By: Bill Oberding
Hello again everyone, I hope this finds you happy and healthy. This month I thought a discussion on Arthritis would be beneficial and something most of us past the age of 50 will identify with.
I can speak from personal experience on this subject as some of you know I have severe arthritis in most of […]
The Annual Diversity Report to the Faculty Senate, compiled by Michael Coray, special assistant to the president for diversity, is now available online at http://www.unr.edu/sapd/documents/Final_2006-2007DiversityReport.pdf
In the overview, the report notes that six committees are the subject of the report: Advocates and Allies for LGBTQ Issues; the Committee on the Status of Women; the Multiethnic Coalition; […]
(Editor’s note: The following is a memo from President Milton Glick to the faculty, staff and student employees of the University regarding the institution’s alcohol and drug policy.)
TO: Faculty, Staff and Student Employees
FROM: […]
A grant of $14,000 from the Nevada Division for Aging Services has allowed the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Washoe County to purchase a staff car.
RSVP Executive Director Sandra Borrelli said the vehicle – the organization’s first – will help volunteers visit frail elders (the clients for certain RSVP programs) and allow RSVP staff […]
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