Archive for September, 2007
By: University Communications
September 28th, 2007
Starting at 6 a.m. on Oct. 8, Enterprise Road will be closed to thru-traffic from just east of East Stadium Way to just west of Evans Avenue. Nevada Early Intervention will have access to their campus from Virginia Street through the University campus (directional signage will be posted) and Children’s Behavioral Center and The Chancellor’s […]
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By: Jan Jones
September 28th, 2007
Just a reminder that you can learn the new Office 2007 products by watching some professional training videos from Lynda.com. These videos are available free of charge on the IT web site.
Learn the ins-and-outs of using the 2007 versions of Outlook, Excel, and Word. This is currently the best and easiest way to learn Outlook […]
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By: Zanny Marsh
September 28th, 2007
The Latino Research Center will sponsors event in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
9/20, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Cain Hall, 251, Discussion Panel: “Latinos in Nevada: Celebrating our Heritage”
9/27, 3:00 p.m., Palmer Engineering, 103, Workshop: “A Conversation with Julia Grob, Author of He(R)evolution”
9/28, 7:00 p.m., Nightengale Concert Hall, “He(R)evolution”
10/3, 4:00 p.m., Laxalt Mineral & Engineering, 316, movie […]
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By: Zanny Marsh
September 28th, 2007
Casino surveillance and the Victorian novel may seem like odd bedfellows, and yet one might say that every surveillance agent is a Dickens fan at heart.
Aaron Santesso, assistant professor of English and Fitzgerald Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, will look at modern casino surveillance as a system that attempts to make the individual instantly […]
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By: University Communications
September 25th, 2007
The 2007 Charitable Giving Campaign continues until Oct. 12. This year’s campaign, chaired by Director of Athletics Cary Groth and Men’s Basketball Head Coach Mark Fox, has set a goal of $70,000 in donations.
University President Milton Glick has advocated generous participation in the campaign.
“The faculty and staff of the University of Nevada, Reno are […]
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By: Barbara Millis
September 21st, 2007
“The idea for the Overteaching workshop initially came to me when I was mentoring an eager young Captain at the United States Air Force Academy,” confessed Bob Noyd during a recent interview. “Jim was the perfect new faculty member: enthusiastic, caring, supportive, and hard-working. However, he was very disappointed in his students’ […]
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By: Zanny Marsh
September 21st, 2007
The department of philosophy will host a Leonard Lecture featuring John Haugeland, the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will present “The Two Dogmas of Rationalism,” Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. in the Edmund J. Cain Hall 108H.
Haugeland is credited […]
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By: Zanny Marsh
September 21st, 2007
The department of sociology will host a panel presentation and workshop for faculty and staff to recognize and be sensitive to PTSD symptoms in University students who are also veterans. “PTSD in our University Veterans: How to Spot it and How to Help,” will be held Sept. 27 from 12 to 1 p.m., in the […]
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By: Zanny Marsh
September 21st, 2007
For 160 years, the Associated Press has covered the world’s history as it happened. Now, the stories behind some of those great stories – and the daring and dedication of the reporters who told them – will be on display at the Reynolds School of Journalism, Oct. 1 - 5, in the retrospective ‘Breaking News: […]
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By: John Trent
September 20th, 2007
Representatives from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NCCU) will make a site visit to campus on Oct. 1-3, as part of the University’s decennial accreditation process.
Open meetings with faculty, students and staff are scheduled in the Jot Travis Student Union, and members of all three of these groups are encouraged to attend, said […]
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