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  2. Desert Research Institute - Wikipedia

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    A two-page bill signed into law by the Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer on March 23, 1959, authorized establishment of the Desert Research Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] UNR hired Dr. Wendell Mordy as the Founding Director (1960–1969) of the University's Desert Research Institute, which initially was an office at the top ...

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  4. University of Nevada, Reno - Wikipedia

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    For 2024, University of Nevada, Reno was ranked tied for 195th overall among national universities and tied for 106th among public universities in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report. [17] In 2022, Forbes rated the University 184 overall among universities while University of Nevada, Las Vegas by comparison ranked 303rd. A significant and ...

  5. List of colleges and universities in Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Desert Research Institute: Reno and Las Vegas: Graduate: 1959: 440 Degrees awarded through the University of Nevada, Reno. Great Basin College: Elko: Four year 1967: 3,197 Founded as Elko College, it was later renamed Northern Nevada College. Nevada State University: Henderson: Four year 2002: 7,169 Truckee Meadows Community College: Reno: Two ...

  6. Nevada System of Higher Education - Wikipedia

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    UNLV is classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning as an R1 - Very high research activity university. [2] It is one of two Tier 1 universities in Nevada. [3] University of Nevada, Reno is the oldest University in the state, established in 1874 as a land-grant institution. It is the flagship institution of the ...

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  8. Wendell A. Mordy - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Research Institute. Mordy initially became well known as a leading authority on cloud-seeding techniques. [2] [3] In 1960, he became the founding director of the Desert Research Institute, a position in which he served until 1969. [1]

  9. Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering - Wikipedia

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    Research facilities include the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, Center for Research in Economic Geology, Mining Life-Cycle Center, Center for Neotectonic Studies, Arthur Brant Laboratory for Exploration Geophysics, Collaboratory for Computational Geosciences, Dendro Laboratory and Geospatial Laboratory.