ҹɫÊÓƵ

Mineral Monday: Wolframite

Watch this week's episode of Mineral Monday featuring the Keck Museum's wolframite specimens.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Mineral Monday: Wolframite

Watch this week's episode of Mineral Monday featuring the Keck Museum's wolframite specimens.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Happy Mineral Monday! This week, learn about the mineral wolframite. Often found in quartz veins, the wolframite blades extend into the rock, forming a text-book example of vein moving through rock. Watch to see for yourself.

Oct. 7, 2019
Jennifer Theresa Kent

Editor's Picks

Group of graduates in caps and gowns on the quad, seated, smiling.

Spring Commencement ’26: ‘Your experiences are going to serve as your trusted foundation’
Misty Youngbear and her family at the Nevada Indigenous Affinity Celebration.

When patient care becomes community care
Two medical students interacting with an older adult in a clinic setting.

Taking control of your health this Older Americans Month

Beth Leger sits next to President Sandoval in the podcast recording studio, while making the Wolf Pack hand sign.

Sagebrushers season 5 episode 2 celebrates Earth Day with a conversation with the director of the Museum of Natural History
Latest From

Nevada Today

Research & Innovation

Assistant Professor Ming Chen co-authors review paper in Nature Materials

Comprehensive review examines real-time behavior of materials using in situ and AI-driven techniques

Ming Chen.
June 8, 2026
Impact & Student Success

ҹɫÊÓƵ Collegiate Academy earns national concurrent enrollment program accreditation

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

A group of University faculty, staff and leadership, including President Sandoval, pose smiling and holding up Wolf Pack hand signs.
June 4, 2026
Campus Life & Athletics

Wolf Pack student-athletes close academic year strong

Nevada student-athletes achieved a department Spring 2026 GPA of 3.21

A large group of students with graduation stoles posing for a photo on Chris Ault Field.
June 3, 2026
Health & Medicine

Faces of the Pack: David Tingle

From firefighter and EMT to internal medicine physician, David Tingle, M.D., brings a lifelong commitment to service

David Tingle celebrating his medical school graduation with family.
June 2, 2026
Health & Medicine

Rapid food poisoning detection created at UNR Med

New diagnostic test developed by faculty and student researchers

Vanessa Berner, Ph.D. and third-year medical student Peter Asimenios stand in a lab.
June 5, 2026
Education & Public Service

University programs prepare today’s and tomorrow’s firefighters with education and training

In classrooms, in communities and on the ranges, the University is training our firefighting workforce and educating communities on what they can do to help

Thick smoke rises from the 2024 Davis Fire.
June 2, 2026
Education & Public Service

Grads of the Pack: Snoop Leota-Amaama

From the field to the classroom, Snoop Leota-Amaama’s time at the ҹɫÊÓƵ is defined by the relationships he built and the lives he touched

Snoop sitting with a child on a playground.
June 2, 2026
Education & Public Service

Fire Science Academy prepares high school students for firefighting careers

Students completing academic and hands-on training, and planning their next steps

Young firefighters reel a hose up a vegetation-covered hillside during a training exercise.
June 1, 2026