University of Nevada-Reno News

The scheduled appearance next week of an anti-illegal immigration activist at a student-sponsored forum on the University of Nevada, Reno campus is causing outrage among some faculty, students and members of the community.

Tours are scheduled from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Dec. 10 for prospective middle- and high-school students at the Davidson Academy of Nevada, on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

I was happy to see some new faces presenting at last month's Internet Librarian conference , with one of them being Will Kurt .

Judge Robert Perry issued an order today denying accused murderer James Biela's request to throw out certain DNA evidence in the case against him.

The University of Nevada, Reno says nine National Merit Scholars are among new students who began classes this fall, bringing to 25 the total number of national scholars attending the school.

A vehicle accident has knocked out power to about 100 residents near the University of Nevada, Reno area this morning.

The price for personal-transformation seminars is often high, climbing above $1,000 in some cases for a three-day weekend, and the consumer protections are low.

RENO, Nev. -- A judge in Reno has agreed to postpone until May the trial of the man charged with kidnapping, raping and killing one woman and assaulting two others on or near the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

A SMATTERING OF QUOTES ABOUT SAVING JOBS AT HARRAH'S Timeline of statements about jobs saved because of a debt postponement provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: "Harrah's alone -- talk to anybody you want there -- more than 30,000 jobs were saved," Sen.

The photographs are haunting: a toddler with huge, saucer eyes; a teenager smiling shyly; a middle-aged couple; a freckle-faced Little Leaguer.

Americans can be an impatient lot. They expect an economic recovery to return millions of lost jobs in a matter of months, they expect a war to end with the dropping of a single big bomb , and they reject alternative energy sources that can't compete with coal, gas and nuclear power plants immediately.

Reno played a role in the reopening Monday of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, sending an expert in quake-resistant steel structures to consult on the repairs.

A map of Carson Valley's faults, including the Genoa Fault which travels along he base of the Sierra.

Casino developer and owner Steve Wynn says that at least for now, government policies should focus on fostering economic growth and job creation.

President Barack Obama has arrived at the solar energy center, but he hasn't made it to the podium.

An award-winning Nevada author who wrote about war veterans and the gritty lives of working-class characters in the Southwest has been selected for induction into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT An antiabortion ballot measure in Nevada could mobilize the state's Democratic voter base if it is placed on the 2010 ballot, some political experts say, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

The Desert Research Institute and University of Nevada, Reno are hosting a four-day symposium on terminus lakes, including a presentation based on research from the two-year Walker Basin project.

Unemployment and a sputtering economy hammered Reno-Sparks in the third quarter as the region cracked the top 10 for metro areas with the highest foreclosure rate in the nation.

Sparks Heritage Museum officials envision a large meeting place and library for the second floor of the existing building.