University of Nevada-Reno News Archives

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.

Tribune file/Debra Reid - Murder suspect James Biela of Spanish Springs was escorted into a Reno courtroom on Thursday, Dec.

A northern Nevada couple that escaped serious injury after a drunk driver drove his car through their house and on top of their bed while they slept last week told their story on national television Monday.

A state board in Kansas is still concerned that proposals for casinos in the Kansas City and Wichita areas don't include hotels in their first phases.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry ; Genetics Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Sanford Barsky, M.D., who holds faculty positions at the University of Nevada School of Medicine as chair of the pathology department and Nevada Cancer Institute chief of pathology, is part of a team that has a paper on transgenic ...

Tribune/Nathan Orme - Cesar Garibaldo is a senior business student at the University of Nevada, Reno.

What was he thinking? Let's just call it "The Lie." At first, it seemed harmless.

The Hyatt Place Reno- Tahoe Airport has been open for business for three weeks, hoping to attract both business and leisure travelers who pass through the nearby Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Following is the text of an email alert sent to students and faculty at the University of Nevada Reno from Adam Garcia, director of police services.

A prosecutor on Friday denied claims by lawyers for the man charged with killing Brianna Denison and sexually assaulting two other women that the county's crime lab destroyed DNA evidence, saying the analyst followed protocol when testing samples.

T here's no doubt about it: AAA members feel strongly that our country should rely less on petroleum fuels.

The University of Nevada, Reno and Desert Research Institute will receive an additional $5 million thanks to the Energy and Water Appropriations act to conduct additional research in the Walker River Basin and to conduct the annual evaluation of the water leasing and acquisition programs.

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after he drove a car into the bedroom of a Sparks home on Seventh Street.

About 400 Washoe County high school students are scheduled to take the American College Test exam Saturday, as they strive to better position themselves for admission to college and scholarship money.

Beltway Harry may need to get home more often Speaking before a carefully hand-picked audience -- most of the 500 tickets to the gathering in the Lawlor Events Center at the University of Nevada, Reno were distributed through the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- Vice President Joe Biden assured Northern Nevadans on Friday that the ...

Sparks couple trapped by car in their bed proclaim, "Someone up there likes us" By Jaclyn O'Malley * jomalley@rgj.com * October 20, 2009 A pair of University of Nevada, Reno students say they are lucky to be alive after a 29-year-old man drove his car through their Sparks home this morning, landing on their bed and trapping them underneath the ...

Two weeks after Democrats blasted Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden for her "disturbing" support of embattled Sen.

Richmond native Matthew Kraemer is now the associate conductor of the Buffalo, N.Y., Philharmonic Orchestra.

SONYA PADGETT * LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL By SONYA PADGETT LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Alex Moore, a graduate assistant at UNLV, works on a psychology project.

Kurt Mische's mission is to guide Reno's KNPB Channel 5 through a convergence of economic recession and changing times in the public broadcasting arena.

The majority of people with pets, 61 percent, did not get any of their pets from animal shelters.

Rory Reid, in his recently published vision document , sets forth as one of his major goals the pursuit of data center businesses to relocate to the Silver State.

The University of Nevada, Reno's College of Business has been cited for excellence for a second straight year by the Princeton Review.

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The Washoe County sheriff, a Sierra Club volunteer and a geothermal company are among the award winners who will be recognized at the 22nd annual Pinecone Ball on Nov.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Reno tonight on the eve of an appearance at the University of Nevada, Reno with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to discuss the economic stimulus.

A legislative panel has recommended four consultants to conduct a study on Nevada's tax structure.

Of the 21 people banned from Nevada casinos between 1990 and 2000, most had alleged mob connections.

Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Reno later this week. The Vice President will be joined by Nevada Senator Harry Reid at the University of Nevada, Reno, to discuss the progress of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Joann Lee , a professor of communications at William Paterson University, will replace the Star-Ledger's Tom Moran as a panelist for Friday's gubernatorial debate.

Northern Nevada now has two of the 23 members on the National Museum of the American Latino Commission.

A task force is looking at how to blend the Nevada National Guard and the University of Nevada, Reno Fire Science Academy located in Carlin.

Report: County has lost 50,000 registered voters Sun Coverage Archive of Sun politics stories Sun Blogs Politics: The Early Line Carson City - This was a summer of discontent for Democrats as they lost control of the health care debate, the economy continued to founder and their approval ratings slipped, both in Nevada and nationally.

The list of people banned from Nevada casinos includes 21 names added between 1990 and 2000 - all men, most with alleged mob connections, many with monikers: The Fixer, Moose, Dicky Boy, The Pope.

Dave King makes braces and artificial limbs by day and makes fire dance at night.

Library of Congress * 1986 Damien/Hawaii Public Television presents * 1949 Pere Damien De Veuster; l'apotre des lepreux.

Access to Healthcare Network , an innovative Nevada-based nonprofit medical discount plan offering low cost healthcare services to uninsured Nevadans and the University of Nevada, Reno will give university staff and students as well as small business owners the opportunity to learn more about the proposed healthcare reform bill in Congress and how ...

A large majority of Nevadans believe health care reform -- which President Barack Obama has promised will not add one dime to the budget deficit -- will result in tax increases, according to a poll commissioned by the Review Journal.

A year ago, Michelle Smythe was looking to make the most of five years of alimony payments and wanted to go back to school, buy a house and save for retirement.

Featured Article Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Psychology / Psychiatry ; Prostate / Prostate Cancer Article Date: 09 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT Researchers in the US have discovered that a high proportion of people with the debilitating neuroimmune disease Chronic Fatigue Syndrome , also known as ...

Scientists have discovered a potential retroviral link to chronic fatigue syndrome, known as CFS, a debilitating disease that affects millions of people in the United States.

Lawyers for James Biela, charged with killing Brianna Denison and sexually assaulting two others, have filed a motion saying the county's crime lab destroyed DNA evidence that could have been used in his defense.

Tribune/Dan McGee - Three of Nevada's college savings plans are nationally ranked in the top 10 of the one-year performance category on Savingforcollege.com. Most of the transactions flow through the cashier's office in the student services building at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman will receive the 2009 Leadership Award for Public Service at 6 p.m. tonight at the Joe Crowley Student Union on the University of Nevada-Reno campus during the 2009 International Economic Development Council Annual Conference.

Thousands braved frigid early morning temperatures today to take a stand in Reno's Race for the Cure.

Nevada has the highest percentage of divorced people in the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

Every three minutes, another woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. At Sundaya s annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, thousands came together to fight cancer.

Edna Meza said she's enjoying her first semester as a freshman at the University of Nevada, Reno.

A man was shot early this morning after chasing two men who had just mugged him near the University of Nevada, Reno, police said.

Some people have just one thing on the brain all the time, and the rest of their world is forced to fall into place around that mainstream passion or get left in the dust.

Douglas High grad Aubrey King at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Aubrey King, 19, had graduated from Douglas High School in 2008 and had just completed her first year at University of Nevada, Reno, when she got the call.