RECOGNITIONS

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Accreditations

University of Nevada, Reno human research protection program earns accreditation

October 26, 2022

Research Integrity administrative team's hard work pays off

UNR School of Social Work receives reaccreditation

August 30, 2022

University earns full reaccreditation by Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International

May 23, 2022

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Appointments, elections and promotions

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes selected as the founding editor-in-chief of Tribology and Interfaces

October 14, 2025

Alicia Gingrich, M.D., appointed as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Representative for UNR Med and Renown Health

May 27, 2025

Adriana Gomez joins Sponsored Projects as the new associate director of post award

October 15, 2024

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Exhibitions and performances

Artown on the Quad at the University of Nevada

June 27, 2022

University of Nevada, Reno’s School of the Arts and Great Basin National Park Foundation artist-in-residence program

June 01, 2022

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Honors and notables

T. Brian Callister, M.D., SFHM, MACP from UNR Med elected to Mastership in the American College of Physicians

October 13, 2025

Two College of Liberal Arts emeriti faculty honored by the Basque Government

September 10, 2025

Meet Zandawala awarded the Gorbman-Bern New Independent Investigator Award

August 21, 2025

Zandawala’s research with fruit flies explores how the brain controls eating, sleep, stress and other key behaviors in humans

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Grants

Chemical & Materials Engineering Ph.D. student wins $175,000 DOE fellowship

September 23, 2025

Ph.D. Candidate Travis Nielsen awarded Boren Fellowship

June 03, 2025

Student Andrew Siciliano awarded Fellowship

May 19, 2025

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Presentations and publications

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Yan Wang publishes research on laser-induced flatband discovery

October 02, 2025

University of Nevada, Reno Creative Writing MFA Alum, poet Erik Manuel Soto has published 'Inside the Umber Iris'

September 26, 2025

College of Engineering team wins conference best paper award for their study on driver behavior in roundabouts

August 11, 2025

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