University of Nevada, Reno

Nevada’s public universities are now granting collective bargaining rights to graduate student workers and faculty, empowering them to negotiate wages and workplace protections. However, graduate workers have reported unsafe conditions, harassment, and low pay, asserting that current university policies fail to safeguard them.During a recent hearing, dozens of graduate workers stood in solidarity, sharing testimonies about mistreatment and job insecurity. Despite a supermajority signing authorization cards, the university has refused to recognize their union, instead directing them to Human Resources and Title IX.The graduate workers await the reviewing of the bill and plan to rally to demand recognition from the Board of Regents.

Last month, Professor Todd Felts of the Reynolds School of Journalism unexpectedly passed away. He was 54.

A 19-year-old Reno resident is one of the winners of the international Apple Swift Student Challenge.

New research shows cattle grazing can coexist with one of the most iconic and threatened birds in the West.

More than 100 years ago, a professor in the Mountain West invented a tool and technique to measure the amount of water in a snowpack — a discovery that still lives on to this day.

As part of a public relations competition, a group of journalism students is producing a 20-minute documentary highlighting diversity and multiculturalism in the community.

A team of researchers and teachers from Nevada and Pennsylvania are developing a new science literacy curriculum for English language learners.

To make CPR training among high school students more effective, an associate professor at UNR is developing interactive films and other digital media with funding from the National Institutes of Health.

La matriculación de latinos en las universidades públicas de Nevada descendió inmediatamente después del inicio pandemia. Aunque se recuperó un poco el año pasado, los profesionales de la educación superior y los estudiantes dicen que se podría hacer más para ayudar a los estudiantes latinos a llegar a la universidad y terminarla.

Building Day of the Dead altars for Dia de los Muertos is a way to honor the lives of those who have passed away. This year, the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) took part in one of the most important celebrations in Mexico and Mexican-American communities.