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Great Reno Balloon Races hot air balloons

Balloon Race Scholarship recipients awarded for 2022

Ashley Osborne and Shane Kapala receive the 2022 Balloon Race Scholarship

September 02, 2022
Campus Life & Athletics
Toa Taua carries the ball in game at New Mexico State University.

Wolf Pack Football opens home slate with afternoon kickoff

September 01, 2022
Campus Life & Athletics
University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval poses holding a Nevada Skiing branded baseball hat along with Nevada Skiing coach Mihaela Kosi and Nevada Athletics Director Stephanie Rempe in front of a Nevada Athletics and Champion Chevrolet backdrop.

Skiing returns to Nevada Athletics

Skiing will make its return to the Nevada Athletics varsity lineup in the 2022-23 athletic season.

August 31, 2022
Science & Technology
monarch caterpillar on milkweed leaf

Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides

Researchers found pesticide-contaminated plants in nurseries in 15 states

August 31, 2022
Arts & Culture
San Francisco-based polyrhythmic dance and music ensemble, La Mezcla, dancing on stage.

Groundbreaking performance by La Mezcla kicks off the 2022-2023 Performing Arts Series season

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Performing Arts Series celebrates 62 years with five barrier-shattering performances and free, open to the public activities

August 31, 2022
Campus Life & Athletics
Bird scooters in a parking lot north of campus with the Mackay Stadium in the backgroun

University of Nevada, Reno and Bird partner on shared mobility

University allows Bird scooters on campus

August 31, 2022
Health & Medicine
Dr. James Alexander headshot in a nice suit.

James M. Alexander, M.D., Named First OB/GYN Chair for Nevada’s First Integrated Health System

Experienced physician, researcher, mentor and educator to lead the obstetrics and gynecology department at the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) and Renown Health.

August 31, 2022
Jennifer Clayton alongside Mark Genung, director of the Nevada Autonomous test site program, at this summer’s Censys Technologies and Iris Automation drone demonstration.

Faces of the Pack: Jennifer Clayton discovers fascination for autonomous robotics

First-generation student finds vast opportunity through mentorships, research experiences and the University community

August 30, 2022
Media & Society
A headshot of Kelsey Fitzgerald smiling to camera.

Kelsey Fitzgerald joins the Reynolds School as a professor of science communication

Fitzgerald will instruct on science journalism and coordinate the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science

August 30, 2022
Impact & Student Success
Interim Dean, Lillian Wichinsky, stands smiling with others from the School of Social Work on a grassy lawn on a sunny day.

UNR School of Social Work receives reaccreditation

August 30, 2022
Campus Life & Athletics

Welcome back, Wolf Pack Family

President Sandoval welcomes everyone to the Fall 2022 semester

August 29, 2022
Science & Technology
A group of students stands, looking upward at a drone against a clear blue sky. There are trees at the right and left edges of the photo.

ScienceFIT welcomes a new cohort of future scientists

The weeklong bootcamp helps incoming freshmen prepare for their first semester of college.

August 29, 2022