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UNRPD fights rash of bicycle thefts


High-end bicycles have become a target of theft on campus, with about 30 being reported stolen since the beginning of the school year.

Joe Biden, Harry Reid speak on campus


Joe Biden, vice president of the United States, accompanied U.S. Senator Harry Reid on a visit to Lawlor Events Center to speak in an effort to gain pre-election support from Reno residents and University of Nevada, Reno students.

Biden, Reid speak to crowd of 500 on campus


Vice President Joe Biden called on local Northern Nevadans to support Harry Reid’s upcoming reelection campaign today during a speech at Lawlor Events Center.

UNR cuts e-mail system


For about 20 years, upon entrance into the University of Nevada, Reno, students have been provided with standardized e-mail addresses in order to make it easier to communicate with professors and administration outside of class. At a time when e-mail was not free and readily available in homes, UNR implemented the service to provide students with a quicker way to receive notifications of events and announcements and to have direct communication with professors outside of class, according to Steven Zink, vice president of Information Technology at UNR.

Six-part speaker series set to start up this week


In honor and recognition of outstanding faculty members at the University of Nevada, Reno, Tamara Valentine, director of the Honors Program, has created a series of lecture sessions, Great Presentations, hosted by the honors department.

Annual Welcome Week draws more students


Flipside Productions' first event series of the year, Welcome Week, gave the student body a full week of free events and ways to get involved in university functions, interact with each other and get psyched for the athletic games to come.

Welcome Week comes with a new approach


Welcome Week, a University of Nevada, Reno tradition, is the first week of classes in which a series of activities and events, free of charge with student ID, takes place to focus on giving incoming students opportunities to meet new people, sign up to participate in school organizations and functions, and have fun while being [...]