Faculty senate recommends saving CABNR, foreign languages
The University of Nevada, Reno’s faculty senate recommended the rejection of proposals for the elimination of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources and the elimination of...
View ArticleFaculty senate votes on cuts
University leaders are exploring the possibility of retaining foreign language programs that were proposed to be cut last month as well as the retention of a scaled-down college of agriculture after...
View ArticleJose proposes $1.6 million ASUN budget
The undergraduate student government will spend more than $1.6 million next year if the executive branch’s proposed budget passes. Brandon Bishop, the speaker of the Associated Students of the...
View Article‘Driven’ UNR alumna found solace in writing
“She was driven and that was quite apparent after our first meeting,” Paul Mitchell, one of those professors, said. “She just had it. Whatever it is, she had it.”
View ArticleCabinet appoints head to Senate hearings
The undergraduate senate’s committee on oversight will vote this week on President Charlie Jose’s cabinet appointments. The appointees, which include one officer who served in the same position under...
View ArticleCuts should be finalized by June meeting
University administrators said they hope budget cuts for the University of Nevada, Reno will be decided by June, eliminating the need for a second round of curricular review proposals in the fall. “We...
View ArticleSenate to vote on ASUN abolishment
In a bill some senators call little more than a joke, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate will hear legislation sponsored by two senators calling for the association’s...
View ArticleNSHE cuts among worst
Nevada’s budget problems during the past few years translated into increasingly higher reductions for higher education, culminating in a $46 million cut this year that requires academic program...
View ArticlePhotos from Saturday’s commencement ceremony
View a photo gallery from Saturday's commencement ceremony.
View ArticleFamily, friends remember deceased student
When Matthew Trabert was alive, he was always recognized among his friends for his infectious charisma, gregarious personality and a San Francisco Giants cap he wore nearly every day. Sunday night,...
View ArticleMillennium fund may soon run dry
Every semester, shortly before fees come due for the coming months’ classes, tuition ticks down by a substantial amount for more than 20,000 Nevada students receiving the Millennium Scholarship. Over...
View ArticleYour new guide through Nevada politics
Welcome to The Wasteland, The Nevada Sagebrush’s adventure into analyzing Nevada politics, with an emphasis on what effects higher education and the University of Nevada, Reno community. Political...
View ArticleSenior profile: Wellington makes mark on the offense by doing the little things
In addition to Colin Kaepernick and the nation’s top running game, Nevada’s offense has a few aerial weapons up its sleeve. One of these is senior Chris Wellington.
View ArticleSenior profile: After career year, Green anticipates better numbers, team...
Coming off a season of setting career highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns, Virgil Green returns for his senior year. He plans to help guide the Wolf Pack he’s been a part of since 2006...
View ArticleSame genes, different stories
When freshmen Grace and Sofia Anxo were looking for somewhere to play volleyball after high school, they had one major concern — they needed somewhere they could play together.
View ArticleBoard sees little change
When Charlie Jose was sworn in as the undergraduate student president last spring, he did so after a campaign pledging change from the way things were run under his predecessor. Now, well into his...
View ArticleWAC to file lawsuit against Nevada, Fresno and Mountain West
The Western Athletic Conference will file a lawsuit against the University of Nevada, Reno, Fresno State University and the Mountain West Conference.
View ArticleUNR drags behind high smoking rates
If you’re outside reading this article in Washoe County, chances are higher than ever you may smoke while you do it. If you’re reading it on campus, though, you might have a harder time finding someone...
View ArticleGrowing up in a rural environment provides multitude of hidden treasures
How many Galena High graduates can say they killed a badger with a bow and arrow in fourth grade?
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