University of Nevada Reno

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A new study led by researchers at University of Nevada, Reno and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) published in Environmental Research Letters identifies three major factors that influence snowmelt-driven water supplies and identifies regions where mountain water supplies respond differently to climate change.

University of Nevada, Reno’s School of Medicine this spring will offer a series of student and rural outreach clinics to provide free medical care to people who are uninsured, without a social security number, or who do not have adequate insurance coverage.

Nevada colleges, especially two-year institutions, are working overtime to attract more students this fall, in the wake of a big drop in enrollment during the pandemic.

The scale of financial assistance from the federal infrastructure bill is intended to be transformational in scope for Nevada’s water resources.

While the extent of changes to current policy is still very much up for debate, many stakeholders recognize that we are running out of time to address issues of drought in Nevada.

Creative strategies and approaches will need to be applied to address the reduced water supplies in the Colorado River, the drought and its effects on Nevada.

University of Nevada, Reno’s Cybersecurity Center will use a five year, $3.3 million NSF grant to award scholarships to 23 students in the College of Engineering.

A multi-disciplinary group of researchers, including four professors from the Hitchcock Center for Chemical Ecology at the University of Nevada, Reno, are collaborating with Indigenous Kichwa and Waorani families and scientists in Ecuador on a new research project.

The merger between the University of Nevada and Sierra Nevada University is closer to reality. A…