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  • To Zeb Hogan, a fish biologist at the ҹɫÊÓÆµ, and a National Geographic Explorer who has studied Mekong fish for three decades, the season was a stunning shift. “After years of watching these species edge toward extinction, seeing numbers rise instead of fall feels almost unimaginable. But it's happening, and it's exciting,” he says.   - National Geographic

  • “The best format for conversation starters is to use an open-ended question that allows the other person to speak openly and freely in a casual and comfortable way,” Amy Arias, M.A., senior lecturer of communications studies at the ҹɫÊÓÆµ, tells Upworthy. Upworthy

  • The ҹɫÊÓÆµ’s Desert Farming Initiative is training the next generation of farmers through student internships, paid summer positions and a year-long apprenticeship program designed to help people start their own farm operations.  – Fox 5 Las Vegas

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Explaining Medicare for those 65 and older

Health insurance considerations from the Sanford Center for Aging

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Orvis School of Nursing lecturer, Andrea Thompson, discusses ways to support individuals and families

Should I be concerned about the Ebola outbreak?

Orvis School of Nursing professor Deborah Shindell discusses the risks of contracting the Ebola virus

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A ҹɫÊÓÆµ study points to the system’s unique position to support long term health

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ҹɫÊÓÆµ Collegiate Academy earns national concurrent enrollment program accreditation

Collegiate Academy program becomes first and only accredited concurrent enrollment program in Nevada

The ҹɫÊÓÆµâ€™s Spring 2026 Senior Scholars

Meet the students with the highest grade point averages across the University’s colleges and schools

Gabriella Detrick named Nevada’s Truman Scholar

Detrick is the eighth Truman Scholar from the ҹɫÊÓÆµ

Giving Day raises more than $1.1 million for the ҹɫÊÓÆµ

More than 1,900 donors made this the biggest Giving Day yet

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The alumnus has travelled widely in his economic geology career

University faculty attend historic National Geographic museum opening

Baker Perry and Zeb Hogan represent their work and the University at the ​National Geographic ​Museum of Exploration

Stronger together: the ҹɫÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Liberal Arts establishes the Department of Sociology and Cultural Analysis

The Department of Sociology and the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity merge into a unified intellectual home for the social and critical study of human life

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