CABNR / UNCE Cattlemen's Update 2013
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Lahontan Valley News,
Friday, December 28, 2012
The Cattlemen's Update is an annual education program designed to provide cattle producers current information about important management practices and issues that may affect the efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses. Read more...
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Wildlife Ecology & Conservation major wins Regents' 2012 Scholar Award
By
Robet D. Moore,
Friday, December 14, 2012
The Nevada Board of Regents recently named our own Jade Keehn, a senior in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as this year’s Regents’ Scholar Award for undergraduates at the University of Nevada, Reno. Read more...
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CABNR's Fall 2012 Quarterly Newsletter now on-line
By
Robert D. Moore,
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
You can view the complete issue at http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/news/newsletters/vol2012_issue02/ Read more...
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UNR's iGEM team wins western division competition.
By
Tiffany Moore,
Monday, October 22, 2012
International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team is headed to MIT to compete in the World Championship. Read more...
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Biochem students seek to make rice healthier in synthetic biology competition
By
Mike Wolterbeek,
Monday, October 15, 2012
UNR's iGEM team is taking an alternative approach by producing adhesion proteins that can bind nutrients to white rice without genetically modifying the grain. Read more...
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Go west, young mountain lion: California offers lush habitat, easy prey
By
Reno Gazette-Journal,
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Alyson Andreasen, a UNR PhD student, uses DNA samples to determine mountain lion population dispersal rates. Read more...
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National Grape and Wine Initiative Announces Major Research Grant to Combat Trunk Diseases
By
Sacramento, CA (PRWEB),
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
UNR's Dr. Grant Cramer (Biochemistry) joins national trans-disciplinary team to tackle trunk diseases in grapes, pistachios, and almonds. Read more...
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Dr. John Cushman leads multi-institutional effort with $14 million Department of Energy grant
By
Mike Wolterbeek,
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The team will develop novel technologies to redesign bioenergy crops to grow on economically marginal agricultural lands and produce yields of biomass that can readily be converted to biofuels. Read more...
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Public-private-science partnerships crucial to saving Tahoe
By
Mike Wolterbeek,
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The theme of the Summit, this year "Public-Private Partnerships - Investing in the Future of Lake Tahoe," reflects a re-emerging realization that the environment and the economic vitality of the region are connected. Read more...
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University of Nevada, Reno biochemistry student receives global science award
By
Mike Wolterbeek,
Friday, July 13, 2012
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major Clarissa Martins won the 2012 Thomas J. Bardos Award for her research involving cancer and nutrition from the American Association of Cancer Research. Read more...
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Lifetime Mates Good for the Goose And the Gander
By
Net News Publisher for Science News,
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Not all birds mate for life, but for those species that do, UNR wildlife biologists have found a clear benefit to the birds from such long-term relationships: greater longevity and breeding success. Read more...
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CABNR researcher supports harvest of invasive crayfish numbered at 220 million
By
Mike Wolterbeek,
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
UNR's Sudeep Chandra, a leading Lake Tahoe scientist, said issuing permits for commercial harvesting of crayfish at Lake Tahoe will help improve clarity at the pristine lake, as well as take away a food source for other invasive species that threaten lake clarity and ecosystems. Read more...
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Dr. Sherm Swanson to sign copies of new book “Nevada’s Changing Wildlife Habitat”
By
CABNR Sfaff,
Thursday, May 03, 2012
George E. Gruell and Sherman Swanson will be signing copies of their new book at Sundance Books and Music in Reno at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5. Read more...
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With the help of scholarships, CABNR senior will graduate debt-free
By
Roseann Keegan,
Monday, April 23, 2012
Jade Keehn, a Class of 2012 wildlife ecology and conservation major, is a recipient of the Randall Scholarship, a four-year scholarship for conservation biology, natural resources management or range management majors. Read more...
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Unless intolerant, milk does a body good.
By
Jamie Benedict,
Monday, April 02, 2012
Milk and dairy products are a convenient source of calcium for many people. They are also a good source of protein and are fortified with vitamins D and A. Read more...
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FFA Convention comes to UNR’s Wolf Pack Meats
By
Robert D Moore,
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The University of Nevada, Reno’ s Wolf Pack Meats hosted the Annual Nevada FFA Convention’s “Meats Evaluation and Technology Career Development Event” Read more...
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Opportunities may grow in arid climate
By
John Cushman,
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The university is helping the agriculture industry develop sustainable, effective agricultural practices and products in our arid climate serving to: 1) Diversify Nevada’s economy and support agriculture-dependent rural communities, 2) Improve environmental stewardship by developing renewable energy resources for transportation and mining, and 3) Create a stronger local food supply, for which there is an increasing demand, making Nevada more self-sufficient and less reliant on outside sources.
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Bark Beetles kill millions of acres of trees in the west - are your trees at risk?
By
JoAnne Skelly,
Monday, March 19, 2012
People sometimes wonder how something as small as a bark beetle can kill something as big as a tree. As the larvae feed on the inner tissue of trees, their ever-widening tunnels, in addition to the adult tunnels, will cut the inner tissue and outer sapwood all the way around the tree, damaging or killing it. This is called “girdling.” Read more...
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CABNR begins search for new dean
By
Benn Miller,
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
University of Nevada, Reno interim Provost Heather Hardy is looking for people to sit on a search committee to find a replacement for Dean Thawley who retired becasue of health reason. Read more...
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Minden businessman tapped to aid UNR agribusiness demonstration project
By
Staff Reporter, The Record-Courier News,
Monday, March 05, 2012
A Minden firm will help the University of Nevada, Reno, and other community partners will transform open land at the University's Valley Road Field Lab property into a collaborative agribusiness demonstration project and farm. Read more...
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University of Nevada, Reno unveils High Desert Farming Initiative
By
Claudene Wharton,
Monday, March 05, 2012
The University’s Nevada Small Business Development Center has been developing the effort for several years, collaborating with Sen. Harry Reid and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to secure $500,000 from HUD to fund the project. Read more...
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The Winters Ranch: Water and Plants
By
CABNR Staff,
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Winters Ranch adjacent to US Highway 395, was recently acquired by the BLM for open space and recreation. The ranch was previously grazed and irrigated, but removing grazing and irrigation from the property has altered the property’s plant communities. Because of the site’s new open-space designation, science-based information is needed to best understand how to transition this once agricultural land to a public property. Read more...
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Climate Change and Fire
By
CABNR Staff Writer,
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Records of past climate and wildfire variability are needed to better understand the mechanisms behind the century long expansion of pinyon-juniper woodlands in the Great Basin. University of Nevada researchers are addressing this issue by focusing on tree growth ring analyses to reconstruct environmental changes to pinyon-juniper forest over time. Read more...
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Beyond classroom borders: Experiential learning at Nevada
By
Melanie Robbins,
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Experiential learning opportunities for students, such as courses with service-learning components and internships, contribute to student engagement, provide benefit to our community, and improve graduates’ prospects of employment. Read more...
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Society of Range Management - University of Nevada Student Chapter
By
CABNR Staff Writer,
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
It’s plant life, wildlife, soils and much more. The Society for Range Management (SRM) is a professional scientific society and conservation organization whose members are concerned with studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources found on rangelands. Read more...
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