RENO, Nevada, Jan. 29 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Davidson Academy student Maya Park-Weber, from Reno, placed first in the National Radon Poster Contest after taking home first place in the Nevada Radon Poster Contest. She competed against student winners from 15 other states and will receive $1,000 for her poster, "Radon Can Cause Lung Cancer." University of Nevada, Reno Extension's Radon Education Program conducts the Nevada Radon Poster Contest each year to educat  more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 28 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: During strong earthquakes, when the ground is loose and saturated, the ground can become fluid. This process is known as liquefaction, and while it may seem like a perhaps unnerving curiosity in the abstract, for structures like buildings and bridges, it is catastrophic and potentially tragic. To solve this problem, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Ramin Motamed, working with collab  more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 26 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The University Libraries in partnership with the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame (NVWHOF) will host its second, virtual writers workshop on April 24 from 10 a.m. until Noon. Writers of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate. Authors selected to lead the workshop include Shaun Griffin - 2014 Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Inductee, 1998 Silver Pen Awardee; Laura McBride - 2015 Silver Pen Awardee and John Smith -   more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 30 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Climate change is an important contributor to insect declines around the world, according to a new study published in the scientific journal PNAS that examined continuous long-term monitoring of butterfly and other insect populations. "Specifically, we looked at long-term data sets from relatively protected areas - areas where the impacts of other stressors are weaker, such as in the mountains," study lead au  more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 27 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: The Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno has attracted some of the brightest female business minds for its next International Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium: Innovation in a Changing World. The completely virtual event is set for International Women's Day, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday, March 8. It will include speakers from seven U.S. cities, eight countrie  more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 27 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: Jason Ludden is the Director of the Office of Undergraduate Fellowships in the Honors College, a new position, and a teaching assistant professor with the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts. The new position was created to help University of Nevada, Reno students successfully apply for nationally and internationally competitive scholarships and fellowships like the Fulbright, Rhodes, Truman  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 29 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Inflammatory notes. Hateful symbols and flyers. A racially motivated potential threat to campus safety. In recent years, UNLV has grappled with them all. Across the nation, matters of race and racism have dominated headlines with white nationalism, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and political extremism on the rise. Then 2020 happened, replete with its cascading crises - from the coronav  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 26 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Jan. 25: Erin Zimmerman studied English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the idea of becoming a teacher or professor. But after working in a writing center and teaching composition courses in her master's program at Appalachian State University, she turned the page from literature to rhetoric and composition. She earned a Ph.D. at Iowa State University, and follow  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Jan. 29 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021: As Kamala Harris stood beside newly sworn-in President Joe Biden last week, all eyes were on her as she made history as the nation's first female vice president. But, much like other prominent women who have walked the halls of the White House before her, cultural experts expect that there will be just as much focus on her fashion statements as on her political ones -- a  more