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Mackay Stadium packed for a football game

Nevada Football announces 2022 signing class

Nevada football, led by Head Coach Ken Wilson, inked 22 student-athletes to complete its 2022 signing class

February 03, 2022
Science & Technology
The principle investigators of the project stand in a line, smiling in front of the Effie Mona Mack building.

DoE Center aims to design new molecules to improve quantum sciences

Researchers in the Department of Chemistry were awarded $2.5 million to study molecular magnetism.

February 02, 2022
Students walk past the Leifson Physics building on a sunny day.

What is quantum computing?

Physics professor Timur Tscherbul explains some of the intricacies of quantum computing.

February 02, 2022
Campus Life & Athletics
A Nevada swimmer in the pool mid stroke with Wolf Pack swim cap

Nevada Swim and Dive receive CSCAA Scholar All-American Team Honors

The Nevada swim and dive team earned a cumulative team GPA of 3.40 in the 2020 fall semester

February 02, 2022
Science & Technology
Two students wearing lab coats and goggles on their foreheads stand talking in front of a wooden door.

Curiosity wins at the College of Science

The annual competition selected the top three videos, along with two honorable mentions and a most-engaged watch party to win prizes.

February 01, 2022
Health & Medicine
United States flag held upside down at dusk

What is the current state of mental health in the United States?

Associate Professor of Counseling and Educational Psychology Kristina DePue looks mental health issues related to the pandemic and what we can do about them

February 01, 2022
Education & Public Service
William N. Pennington Student Achievement Center

The stories of underrepresented graduate students during COVID-19

Pandemic adds extra stress to lives of underrepresented graduate students

January 31, 2022
A smiling Irene Richardson sitting on a leaf-covered lawn under a tree, throwing colorful fall leaves up in the air and raining them down on her head like confetti.

Faces of the Pack: Irene Richardson teaches nutrition, studies the gut microbiome

"But more than anything, it's important because no person should feel helpless on how to properly care for and nourish their bodies."

January 31, 2022
Science & Technology
Brown (left) and Vahidi are wearing goggles and are in focus in the background, with lab equipment out of focus in the foreground.

Mission Support and Test Services supports undergraduate research

Student researchers studied security in a variety of fields.

January 28, 2022
Science & Technology
Jon DeBoer kneels, holding a brown lizard out in front of him.

New lizard defense mechanism observed

Two graduate students in the geography program spotted a new behavior in a lizard species.

January 28, 2022
Rob Kittrell

Alumni Highlight: Rob Kittrell

January 28, 2022
Impact & Student Success
Rendering of the Pennington Health Science & Technology Building

Collaborative University of Nevada, Reno and Great Basin College building project Cashman Award Finalist

The 24th Annual Cashman Good Government Award honors government entities and individuals working to make citizen services work better, faster and cheaper

January 28, 2022