Jurors handed Mohamed Kamaludeen a life sentence without the possibility of parole Thursday after hearing testimony from Judy Calder’s family and a Canadian inspector investigating a 1993 stabbing Kamaludeen was allegedly involved in.

Kamaludeen was convicted Wednesday of murdering professor Judy Calder on Aug. 18, 2007 and soliciting for her murder in 2006

Mohamed Kamaludeen will serve a life without parole sentence for the murder of University of Nevada, Reno professor Judy Calder.

Kamaludeen, also known as Rickey Barge, was sentenced Thursday afternoon. He was found guilty Wednesday of murdering Calder and of solicitation to commit murder.

Mohamad Kamaludeen was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the killing of university professor Judy Calder.

As the verdict was read, members of the Calder family cried.

The man accused of killing professor Judy Calder last year told police he orchestrated the stabbing on behalf of the professor’s husband because of a dispute over her will.

Mohamed Kamaludeen, the man accused of killing University of Nevada, Reno professor Judy Calder, attempted to have her killed at least once before, a former employee of Kamaludeen testified Monday.

The alleged accomplice in the murder of professor Judy Calder testified Friday that he feared Mohamed Kamaludeen, the man charged with her murder.
Kamaludeen faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon of a person aged 60 or older and one count of solicitation to commit murder in the Aug. 19, 2007 murder of Calder, a professor of Human Development and Family Studies. Hunters found her body near the Nevada-Idaho border on Aug. 28.

In Thursday’s testimony, alleged accomplice Carlos Filomeno said Mohamed Kamaludeen stabbed Judy Calder in the chest five or more times, stashed the body in his van, let her husband look inside the van with the hidden body and dumped her corpse a few miles outside of Jackpot, Nev.

Jury selection ended Monday in the murder trial of the man accused of killing University of Nevada, Reno Professor Judy Calder.

Gen. John Abizaid, former commander of the United States Central Command, outlined the four strategic issues that the next president will face to a crowd of 400 students, faculty and members of the public. He spoke Wednesday night in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom as part of the Nevada Speaker Series. Abizaid commanded troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and has an intimate knowledge of the Middle East and its challenges.

Gen. John Abizaid, the former commander of the U.S. Central Command, will give a presentation about foreign policy Wednesday.

University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick answered questions today from students on topics ranging from the upcoming football game with University of Nevada, Las Vegas to how budget cuts will affect the university.

The future of Getchell Library is in the hands of the Nevada State Legislature, which will decide whether to pay $10.5 million for renovations or allow the building to mothball.

Gas prices and parking permits make a daily drive expensive. Other methods of transportation, like buses and car pools, can ease the burden of commuting to campus.

The University Inn will open as a residence hall for returning students for the upcoming fall semester, housing officials said.

During college years, students may be presented with an unfortunate dilemma: a horribly small dwelling or a large pad with roommates whom you may or may not get along with. The students who choose to have roommates may be asking for more than they can handle. Picking the right roommates means the difference between hell on earth and a nice place to live.