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AnnaMarie Oshiokpekhai headshot.

Faces of the Pack: AnnaMarie Oshiokpekhai

Biology and pre-med student makes a difference in the community as the ASUN director of IDEA

March 17, 2025
Education & Public Service
Sensory-kit in a canvas bag. Contents of the kit are described in the article.

Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities launches sensory-friendly vaccine kits

Sensory-friendly kits aim to reduce anxiety and improve vaccination experiences for individuals with disabilities across Nevada

March 17, 2025
Education & Public Service
Collegiate Academy student Jayda McGovern stands in front of the summit's signage.

Collegiate Academy students visit campus to explore careers in mental health

Nearly 400 juniors and seniors engaged with faculty in social work, psychology, medicine and other fields

March 14, 2025
Research & Innovation
Four people stand in front of a research poster, talking.

Nevada NASA Space Grant recipients share progress on projects

Students in three colleges received funding for their research projects

March 14, 2025
Health & Medicine
An exterior building shot of the Joe Crowley Student Union includes people walking on the pathways in front of the building.

Registration opens for ‘Health and wellbeing: Exploring circumstance, community, and culture’

The University of Nevada, Reno will hold the 2025 Northern Nevada Diversity Summit on April 14

March 14, 2025
Arts & Culture
The 2025 sticker contest winner was won by Bahar Jazani (pictured) with her artwork called "Coco on Da Flo'" which is an image of a dog curled up on the floor with the Fibonacci Sequence laid over the dog.

College of Liberal Arts student Bahar Jazani wins School of the Arts Spring 2025 Sticker Contest

Get creative: School of the Arts' Fall 2025 Sticker Competition is now open for submissions

March 14, 2025
Impact & Student Success
The Nevada "N" monument on campus, outside of the Knowledge Center.

University to celebrate Neurodiversity Celebration Week, March 17-21

Events and displays well help empower, educate and foster inclusivity on campus

March 13, 2025
Health & Medicine
A farmer harvesting carrots.

Food connects us, but what connects food?

Learn about 'the food system' to save money on groceries, get better quality, more nutritious and longer lasting food, and help the environment

March 13, 2025
Science & Technology
An artist's illustration divides the image with a red barrier in the lower left corner and a dark blue material in the upper right. Red dots are located in both regions, but blue dots are only located in the upper right region.

200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time

Discovery reshapes our understanding of heat transfer in extreme materials, with implications for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science

March 12, 2025
Education & Public Service
A woman pointing to her handful of seeds.

Extension rolls out spring events and resources for gardening season

University of Nevada, Reno horticulture experts provide research-based solutions statewide

March 12, 2025
Impact & Student Success
Headshot of Cecilia Romero.

Faces of the Pack: Cecilia Romero

From interpreter to leader – How a UNR Med student is transforming care at the Student Outreach Clinic

March 12, 2025
Research & Innovation
Neural connections visualized in vibrant colors across a stylized brain model, depicting the complexity of neural pathways and their connections.

First detailed map of fruit fly brain links to human ‘master’ clock

Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily bodily rhythms, including sleep and metabolic disorders

March 11, 2025