Scott Slovic's Going Away to Think
As a child of globetrotting, professor parents, Scott Slovic became interested in travel, the environment and literature. Since becoming a professor, Slovic has worked to blend those interests, with surprising success. More
Andy Bourelle wins 2008 Randall Reid Scholarship
Every year, a panel of faculty members chooses one student's entry out of about 30 submissions to receive the $1,200 Randall Reid Memorial Scholarship. For the 2008-2009 academic year, the winner was 33-year-old Andy Bourelle. More
Cheryll Glotfelty's Literary Nevada!
In their September 15 issue, one of the Reno News and Review's three most anticipated books for the fall season was not an upcoming thriller, but a collection compiled by UNR professor, Cheryll Glotfelty. More
Welcome to Erin Somerville
Before being hired at UNR, the farthest west in the United States that Canadian Erin Somerville had ever been was Chicago. More
Meeting Nadine Attewell
Nadine Attewell didn't plan on being an English professor. In fact, it didn't even occur to her that someone would pay her to read and think about novels until she was working on her undergraduate degree. More
Greetings to Lynda Walsh
Professor Lynda Walsh first traveled up to the University of Nevada from New Mexico to research her Ph.D. thesis. Walsh's focus is on the rhetoric of science and her thesis ended up being published in 2006 as the book Sins Against Science: The Scientific Media Hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and Others. More
