As he drags his legs, crooked and bent inward at the knees, Jeremiah Frank slowly pounds his canes into the sidewalk for support. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Frank struggles to walk to his University of Nevada, Reno classes. At “the campus on the hill,” Frank battles stairs, narrow walkways and lengthy routes to accessible entrances.

Academic programs with small numbers of students enrolled — including German, French and two agriculture programs — may be cut due to Nevada’s budget shortfall, university officials said Monday.

The solar panel system on top of the Joe Crowley Student Union is now running at full capacity. About 30 kilowatts generated by the 112 solar panels provides electricity to the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Bookstore inside The Joe.

When The Joe was in the early stages of design and planning in 2004, students promoted several projects to improve the quality of the campus. One was to implement a photovoltaic (PV) system, or solar panels, within The Joe.

The University of Nevada, Reno launched a new emergency text message alert system Thursday.

Students and faculty can sign up to receive alerts, using their Net ID, at www.unr.edu/alerts.

Some students recently questioned the university’s reason for offering remedial classes while facing budget cuts of up to 14 percent. Administrators said tuition from students enrolled in the classes pays for the courses in their entirety.

“Students are paying for remedial classes,” Provost Marc Johnson said. “It’s not coming out of our budget.”

The Board of Regents are meeting Thursday and Friday at the Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas. They will decide a variety of topics affecting the University of Nevda, Reno and the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Check here for updates throughout the meetings.

Chancellor Jim Rogers, who has served as a voice against state budget cuts this past year, said he won’t seek the renewal of his five-year contract with the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Rogers’s contract ends June 30.

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.

University officials are looking to make an additional $16.7 million in budget cuts for next year. Provost Marc Johnson said he contacted the college deans Friday and Monday, asking them to look for programs that can be cut and ways to save money in their individual schools.

Ask students about changing the minimum age to drink alcohol and the answers will echo the creators and supporters of a recent petition among college presidents to reopen debate on the 21-to-drink law.

Students will need to pay for tutoring if they turn to the Academic Skills Center this year.

A judge dismissed two more of former professor Hussein S. Hussein’s lawsuits against the university, spokeswoman Jane Tors said Friday.

The lawsuits were the first of 14 filed by the professor and the first two that looked destined for court. Seven…

The student government will face an $80,000 budget deficit this month if it moves forward in hiring three new administrative positions and if the senate doesn’t change a law to pay wages out of the student government savings account.

Marc Johnson, the newly appointed provost for the University of Nevada, Reno started his career in education because he wanted to make a little extra cash in college.

A rally for fired professor Hussein S. Hussein will be held May 10 on the corner of Ninth and Virginia streets.

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