Academics
It’s happened to many students — planning out finals and realizing that two are on the same time on the same day. Or perhaps a sister insists on having her wedding in early May. Or maybe the Wolf Pack baseball team loses its starting pitcher to a core humanities test.
Whatever the reason, conflicts over final exams are a part of college. And when they happen here at the University of Nevada, Reno, they leave students to reach alternatives with professors on their own.
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As the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources has undergone budget reductions, eliminated degrees and laid off in the past few years, three new majors have struggled to attract students.
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At the age of 17, Taylor Wilson is already used to dealing with reporters.
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It began by chance. Lauren Seymour, a 21-year-old international affairs and Spanish major, signed up for University of Nevada, Reno political science professor Derek Kauneckis’ “Global Environmental Policy” class last semester because it piqued an interest of hers — renewable energy.
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When the University of Nevada, Reno ends its fall semester Dec. 21, only a fraction of the institution’s 18,000-plus students will walk the college for classes during the 33-day winter break. As some leave for temporary homes in other cities, some work and some move away, the shift in population forces the campus to rapidly adjust to a much smaller student base, which can lead to reduced work hours, buildings and facilities decreasing their operating times and potential negative effects for local businesses.
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After a college career marked by employment and an expensive knee surgery that added a month to her schooling, Shannon Barton can’t wait to get out the door and get to work after her graduation Saturday.
“I’ve worked at least two jobs through school, and it feels like I’m so burnt out … that I want to get out there and see what I can do,” said Barton, a 22-year-old psychology major. “I mean, eventually I’ll go to grad school, but for now I just want to get out there.”
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Since his freshman year of high school, Robert del Carlo knew he wanted to be a neurosurgeon.
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The University of Nevada, Reno International Genetically Engineered Machine student team was one of the 22 teams to win a gold medal at the iGEM competition in Indianapolis in October.
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The future of two University of Nevada, Reno agricultural facilities could be decided at an upcoming Reno City Council meeting.
Tags: Agricultural Experiment Station, agriculture, budget cuts, CABNR, Chris Pritsos, Jason Geddes, Nutrition and Veterinary Sciences, Reno City Council, Ron Pardini, Wolf Pack Meats
Posted in Academics, Health, News, News CP, Student Life
A new student publication is looking to amplify a voice previously lacking a literary outlet on campus — foreign languages and cultures.
A group of University of Nevada, Reno graduate students hope to print the first issue of Mizizi Mas, which features poetry and prose written in different languages, in December or January, magazine Editor-in-Chief Nagore Sedano said.
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On Oct. 17, the National Governors Association selected Nevada to participate in a program to help redefine the metrics used to measure the achievements of higher education.
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The College of Business has been stepping up its focus on entrepreneurship — not just for its own benefit, but as a boost to work skills and the local economy.
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University faculty recommended Thursday that campus administrators hire back a professor they feel was unduly slighted out of a job in the budget cutting process.
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During the Welcome Week club fair in September, a group of University of Nevada, Reno students gathered around a specially designed mannequin and blasted its ears with a mixture of rock and hip-hop music at a volume they deemed normal.
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Emerson Acevedo sat on the fourth floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center on Sunday looking over the balcony onto the marble floor below. He had his laptop open and a bag of Taco Bell fast food lying nearby. Acevedo, a 20-year-old criminal justice major, was busy studying despite having finished the last of his four midterm exams on Friday.
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At first glance, Shannah Kanet looks similar to any other professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, only with a quiet tone and slight accent in her voice. But just looking at Kanet ignores the full story — her lifelong battle with deafness.
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The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno announced it's finalists for the position of permanent dean today
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While announcing a record-breaking student population of more than 18,000 this fall, administrators have adopted enrollment restrictions for next year that may limit admissions in an attempt to avoid overstretching diminished services.
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As the U.S. Congress debates President Barack Obama’s bill to spur job growth, students at the University of Nevada, Reno watch from the state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation — 13.4 percent — and struggle to find work themselves.
Nationally, college students have had less luck finding work since the beginning of the country’s recession in 2007, according to numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate among full-time college students seeking work rose from 6.1 percent in 2007 to 12.4 percent last year.
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