Students Returning, Legal Battle Brews over Reno Dorm Blast August 22, 2022 RENO, Nev. (AP) — Three years after a gas explosion ripped through a University of Nevada dormitory, hundreds of students...
Searches Find Nobody in Blast-Damaged Nevada Dorm July 8, 2019 By Paul Davenport Thorough searches of a mostly empty University of Nevada, Reno, dormitory that was heavily damaged by an explosion found nobody...
Nevada Reaches Tentative Settlement in Wildfire Lawsuit May 21, 2019 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. — The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of homeowners and insurance companies that...
Nevada Mimics Quakes to Test Bridge Designs September 22, 2017 By SCOTT SONNER A day after a deadly earthquake struck Mexico City, University of Nevada scientists mimicked quakes to test new bridge designs...
Researchers Suggest Circling Cameras Around Tahoe to Warn of Fires December 8, 2014 Nevada scientists working to expand early earthquake warning systems around Lake Tahoe are developing new plans to eventually ring the...
New Bridge Design Survives Quake Tests at University of Nevada-Reno July 17, 2014 A 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of 10 earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment at the University of Nevada’s...
Concerns of Quake Safety at University of Nevada Dorms May 5, 2014 By LENITA POWERS, Reno Gazette-Journal The more than a century-old Manzanita and Lincoln resident halls at the University of Nevada, Reno are steeped in history,...
University of Nevada Expands Earthquake Lab March 4, 2014 There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno. UNR’s seismic simulation facility became the...
Nevada Quake Lab Has New $4M Research Project April 25, 2013 The University of Nevada’s world-renowned earthquake laboratory has launched a nearly $4 million research project aimed at making nonstructural parts...