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

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

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Miles Greiner appointed to Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

October 01, 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

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

Daniel Lindbergh Lang awarded fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

July 25, 2025

Timothy Grunert, M.D., named a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians

July 22, 2025

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Grants

Ph.D. Candidate Travis Nielsen awarded Boren Fellowship

June 03, 2025

Student Andrew Siciliano awarded Fellowship

May 19, 2025

U.S. Department of Agriculture invests $250,000 in Manufacture Nevada to support clean energy

August 12, 2024

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Presentations and publications

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

August 11, 2025

Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Hamed Ebrahimian,emeritus Professor Saiid Saiidi and their colleagues Masood Vahedi and Sina Zolfagharysaravi receive award from the peer-reviewed journal 'Engineering Structures'

April 14, 2025

Ph.D. student John Ostermiller published in Anthropology News

April 01, 2025

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