Insights is the quarterly publication of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources and the Nevada Agricultural Experiment station.
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Volume 4, Issue 1, Fall 2005 (1.1Mb) 11/30/2005

• Fire research project gets $1 million from Department of Interior
• Wolf Pack Meats: Just that good
• Students compete at national range management competition
• Study f inds plants assimilate mercury from air  
• Stem Cell Research: A promise for the treatment of deadly diseases
• The nude mouse tale : Omega 3 fats save the life of a terminal cancer patient
• Research team discovers hormone that causes malaria mosquito to urinate
• Nevada 's wild horses: Is contraception the answer?

Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 2004 (1.4Mb) 11/10/2004

Contents

• Researchers aids in solution for invasive saltcedar plant
• Animal Biotechnology graduate students unite
• Agriculture and the romanian connection
• International experts
• Data mining, statistician wins international acclaim
• Scientist receive millions to study plant genes
• Your beef's at stake
• Great Basin plants materials center gets federal funding
• Mono County Resource Conservation District creates scholarship
• Researcher re-ignites mammal reproduction debate
• The cost of fire on Sierras

Volume 3, Issue 1, Spring 2004 (632Kb) 12/5/2003

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• Students put hydrology principles to work in the Truckee Meadows
• Nevada's native seed producers receive USDA grant
• 'Humanized' Organs can be grown in animals
• Driving the extra miles: University provost visits Nevada's rural communities
• The Reno police horses find a home on UNR's campus
• Winery and Vineyard opens with first public tasting
• Wolfpack Meats brings home 'Reserve Grand Champion' award from competition
• New faculty member brings plant expertise

Volume 2, Issue 3, Winter 2003 (1.517Mb) 12/5/2003

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Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer 2003 (927kb) 8/11/2003

Contents

• Researchers mobilize to break the cheatgrass-fire cycle
• Kvasnicka receives bioterrorism training
• Collopy building impressive research 'nest'
• Nevada FFA to visit UNR
• Professor leads federal nutrition education programs
• The NAES role in addressing Nevada's wild horse problems
• The cycle of mercury in the environment
• Second-hand smoke study expanded to include Reno
• Who cares for Nevada's children?
• The cost of a weed: Estimating yellow starthistle's impact on agriculture

Volume 1, Issue 5, Fall 2002 (927kb) 11/04/2002

Contents

• Bark Beetles in the Tahoe Basin
• Wolf Pack Meats receives grants for product development
• NAES and Cooperative Extension team up for Nevada
• Thank you to CABNR donors
• Battling the many faces of E.coli
• Measuring rural fiscal issues
• Tracing beef quality from range to consumer
• Award of Distinction given to NAES and City of Reno
• Tackling Tall Whitetop at S-S Ranch
• Developing a domestic source of rubber
• $3.6 million awarded for wine grape research
• Helping the water quality of Virginia Lake

Volume 1, Issue 4, Summer 2002 (560kb) 8/16/2002

Contents

• Sheep research to benefit Western producers
• Cutting-edge genomics conference presented by Nevada
• Researchers tackle Churchill County arsenic
• CABNR awards night honors 'the best of the best'
• Nevada Wine: wine grapes show potential as a new Nevada crop
• CABNR welcomes new faculty in 2002
• Friends and Alumni Board established
• Ag to help rural fiscal health
• Researchers participate in $2.8 million plant genomics research
• Rural fall tour announced

Volume 1, Issue 3, Spring 2002 (250kb .pdf) 4/3/2002

Contents

• Rangeland Initiative enters its third year
• Innovative ambassador program assists new students
• New department chairs bring experience and expertise
• Wolf Pack Meats served at the Olympics
• Cheatgrass and fire
• Hudson Glimp honored for building consensus
• Friends & Alumni accepting new members
• The fall 2001 Dean's List
• Saving the Great Basin: The Great Basin CESU
• Imperiled bird helped by grazing

Volume 1, Issue 2, Winter 2002 (260kb .pdf) 1/10/2002

Contents

• Planning for the Future: CABNR and NAES submit strategic plans
• $3 million collaborative research grant to benefit arid agriculture
• Remembering Molly Knudtsen, friend of CABNR
• Beef, it's what's for breakfast
• Equestrian Center fields first competition
• Students promote Ag. Ed. and meet President Bush
• Friends & Alumni organization established
• Anthrax: CABNR professor mobilizes to educate Nevada after terrorist attacks
• A mosaic of benefits: NAES and City of Reno collaborate on water reuse project
• Professor Dale Holcombe earns national honor

Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2001 (257kb .pdf) 10/10/2001

Contents

• New at Nevada: Animal Biotechnology (Dr. Craig Beattie brings biotechnology expertise to Nevada and applies it to help Nevada ranchers)
• Dean's Welcome
• Notes from the Editor (welcome to the first issue)
• Reaching Out to Nevada's Future (outreach efforts aim to address Nevada's many agriculture-related problems)
• A Firm Foundation (Nevada Ag Foundation Funds Student Research)
• The Best of 2001: Students and Professors are honored at awards night
• Remembering Les Gray, a friend of CABNR