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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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. File:University of Nevada, Reno logo.svg - Wikipedia

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  5. 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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  7. 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 ...

  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.