Frank Dickson, emeritus faculty in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering in the University’s Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, presented two papers during the Geological Society of America annual meeting, Oct. 28-31 in Denver.
Dickson’s first paper, “Radioactive Matter From Underground Nuclear Waste Sites, including Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Migrates Upward by Hydrothermal and […]
Want to be ready for the holidays weeks in advance? Stop by the William Raggio Building, Room 1003 on Nov. 1 from 5 to 6 p.m. for cocoa butter, chocolate sampling and gift buying.
Imagine…a holiday without stress…filled with cocoa butter and chocolate. For information please contact Dawn or Janel at (775) 784-6055.
The University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) and the University of Nevada invite faculty and professional staff members who wish to participate in USAC sponsored study abroad programs to apply for a summer 2008 Faculty International Development Award (FIDA).
FIDA requirements are as follows:
a. Administrative (professional) and academic (must be full-time assistant, associate or full professors) faculty […]
Dear UNR Faculty Member,
A few weeks ago we sent you an email about an assessment survey being conducted by the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR). If you’ve already completed the survey, thank you, and please kindly disregard this FINAL reminder.
The Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) oversees a number […]
Nominations are now being accepted from faculty, staff and students for “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.”
For more information and to access the nomination form, please visit the nomination site.
Due date is Nov. 16 by 5 p.m. For questions, contact Jan Shipley at jshipley@unr.edu or 784-6196.
The University’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) is offering a free, computer and electronics recycling event to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3.
The collection will take place in the University’s north campus parking lots. Raident Technology, Inc. will gather computers and other consumer electronics and properly recycle […]
The University of Nevada School of Medicine announces the appointment of four specialty physicians to its Department of Internal Medicine in Reno. These physicians will teach medical students and practice within University Health System, the clinical practice of the School of Medicine.
Steven Correa, M.D., and Anurag Mehta, M.D., will both practice interventional cardiology while Nidhi […]
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nightingale Concert Hall, Redfield Studio Theatre, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, and numerous educational spaces, the School of the Arts will host an open house of its Church Fine Arts Building, Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. The evening of events throughout the Church Fine Arts complex will […]
By: Barbara Millis
Not as many students do their assigned readings as we would like. Try some of these techniques to get your students “in the books”:
- Explain to your students at the beginning of a course that you do not lecture on everything in the assigned readings. Tell them that the lectures will be much […]
Throughout November the University of Nevada School of Medicine will display the works of American artist William Utermohlen who chronicled his descent into dementia with a series of self-portraits. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1995, the exhibit depicts Utermohlen’s terror and isolation after first learning of his diagnosis while his later portraits show little more […]
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