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Economic Development

The University continues to be a leading figure in the economic vitality of our community, region and state.

Archer and OttUniversity students sweep graduate team awards in Governor’s Cup Competition
April 19, 2013 • By Deanna Hearn
Graduate teams took first, second and third place prizes plus the Lt. Governor’s Award for clean energy-related technologies.

JeffCeccarelliNV Energy honors longtime executive and Nevada alumnus
July 3, 2012 • By Roseann Keegan
Ceccarelli Renewable Energy Program will further workforce and economic development

Police and student bicyclistsUniversity Police Services host 54th annual conference for public safety leaders
June 6, 2012 • By Natalie Savidge
The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators is welcomed by the University June 15-19.

Graduate Studies#Jour4Jobs interactive forum to focus on northern Nevada job creation
April 25, 2012 • By Todd Felts
University of Nevada, Reno graduate students host “Journalism for Jobs” live forum and virtual hangout May 1.

Dean BurkinLeading experts on congenital muscular dystrophy convene at University
April 18, 2012 • By Jane Tors
University of Nevada School of Medicine research discovery and singular focus of April conference signal new hope for patients with rare diseases.

Visiting DelegatesNorthern Nevada International Center hosts 13th Annual Global Gala
March 27, 2012 • By Megan Akers and Natalie Savidge
NNIC honors its Corporate Global Citizen of the Year, IGT, this Friday; First Lady Kathleen Sandoval and Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki to celebrate global connectedness.

Ansari Business BuildingSmall Business Center offers workshops on funding for innovative businesses
February 6, 2012 • By Claudene Wharton
The University's Small Business Development Center will offer free workshops to assist Nevada companies competing for federal funds.

Alan DeutschmanReynolds Business Journalism Chair offers insight about Steve Jobs
August 25, 2011 • By Zanny Marsh
Alan Deutschman, Reynolds Chair of Business Journalism at the University, is at the center of the decade’s biggest business story following the announcement that Steve Jobs is stepping down immediately as Apple CEO.

TTO licenses Arnott’s next-gen air quality monitor
March 28, 2011 • By Mike Wolterbeek
A new air-quality measuring instrument invented by Pat Arnott and Ian Arnold that is more economical, more portable and more accurate than older technologies has been licensed for commercial development by Droplet Measurement Technologies of Boulder, Colo.

Northern Nevada businesses adjusting the way they do business
March 1, 2011 • By Claudene Wharton
It’s been said that a recession is a terrible thing to waste, and northern Nevada businesses aren’t wasting this one.

School of Medicine collaboration develops life saving blood test
February 24, 2011 • By Mike Wolterbeek
A new, rapid blood test that could lead to early diagnosis and potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people stricken with fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries, is getting closer to market with a recent collaboration between the University of Nevada, Reno and Immuno-Mycologics (IMMY) in Oklahoma.

Tech Transfer Office streamlines system to generate business
January 28, 2011 • By Mike Wolterbeek
A new streamlined system to enable University of Nevada, Reno and DRI faculty to begin start-up companies based on their research and development, and to seek entrepreneurial partners from the business community to encourage economic development, has been put in place by the institutions’ Technology Transfer Office.

'Nevada 2.0' to highlight diversification strategies for '11
January 5, 2011 • Staff Report
Day-long conference on Friday to explore options to revive Nevada's economy; available live to campus via webstream.

College of Business helps state comply with new energy codes
January 5, 2011 • By Claudene Wharton
In accepting funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Nevada agreed to attain 90 percent compliance with new building energy codes by 2017. The University will help the state achieve this goal.

Glick stresses partnership at economic development conference
November 10, 2010 • By John Trent
President Milt Glick and several University faculty members played key roles in recent national economic development conference in Reno

Family Storyteller program wins national award
October 18, 2010 • By Jim Sloan
A family-literacy program that has helped bring lasting educational and economic benefits to more than 16,000 Nevada families has received national recognition from the federal government.

Nevada economy and renewable energy topic of panel discussion Thursday
October 11, 2010 • By Krystal Pyatt
The Public is invited to the first presentation in the College of Engineering lecture series at the University.

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