http://www.unr.edu/Nevada News RSS Feedhttp://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5262&z=0As a private investment banker for more than 30 years, A.J. Villalobos has led a career notable not only for its many milestones but for its breadth.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5263&z=0The University of Nevada’s Graduation Success Rate for student-athletes is at an all-time high for the second year in a row.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5261&z=0Leading researchers talk at the Reynolds School of Journalism Friday about the world's largest landfill floating in the middle of the ocean.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5259&z=0Sororities and fraternities will band together to make the Reno area more beautiful this week. http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5260&z=0The Florida Center for the Literary Arts is trying to boost understanding of Native American culture and customs with the help of a Nevada professor. http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5256&z=0The Report defines the most current data on the geographic and specialty distribution of the allopathic physician workforce (MDs) in Nevada. http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5257&z=0http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5258&z=0According to BusinessWeek’s 2009 Top Part-Time MBA Programs report, students who choose Nevada already show some pretty good business savvy.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5254&z=0The Nevada Chamber Opera is hard at work rehearsing its second complete opera, Johann Strauss II’s “Die Fledermaus.”http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5252&z=0The Student World Water Forum will be held in room 320 of the Student Union on Nov. 19-20, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5253&z=0http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5255&z=0Eric Cornell and his research partners, by lowering the temperature of atoms to nearly absolute zero, demonstrated a state of matter never before seen. http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5251&z=0The Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) is set to host an Immigration Forum on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5250&z=0In the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition the team presented a project that could put a dent in mosquito-transmitted diseases.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5249&z=0The university welcomed nine new National Merit Scholars this semester. They join the 16 already enrolled, bringing the University’s total to 25.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5247&z=0Susan Donaldson has won two national awards from the Association of Natural Recourse Extension Professionals.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5246&z=0Nevada residents, emergency planners and others will now be able to easily locate homes, schools or businesses in relation to mapped earthquake fault lines.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5244&z=0Results of an investigation indicate that Washoe County experienced a cluster of a particular birth defect, gastroschisis, during the period April 2007 – April 2008.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5245&z=0Ahmad Itani had conducted tests on portions of the bridge at the Large Scale Structures Laboratory since 1996, and was a natural choice for the consulting role.http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/?a=5242&z=0