News & Events
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
• The spring issue of Synapse just landed in mailboxes across the country, with an impressive story titled “Physiology & Cell Biology Ranked 17th in U.S. for Research Funding.” The ink on that great news story is barely dry, and it‘s already outdated. I couldn’t be more thrilled.
• The UNR Med Clinician’s Ceremony will be on June 21
• Molecular therapy may have new life as a potential treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• When the Reno Rodeo comes to town this week Kim Quinn Financial Services' chief financial officer will make her sixth appearance in the "Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West" during her 25-year career.
• For 29 years, Jamie Anderson has been the medical school’s face in rural Nevada.
• Student hold memorial service to honor those who donated their bodies to their educational experiences.
• Margie Cooley, 77, has been an avid University of Nevada, Reno supporter since she moved to the area in the 1950s.
• The Nevada Geriatric Education Center presents free training sessions for those providing care for veterans with dementia through its Geriatric Lecture Series.
• The answer to any question or dilemma we face is how we can best serve the State of Nevada and improve health and healthcare for all Nevadans.
• Wellness garden grows alongside Pennington Medical Education building.
• The University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine announces its free Student Outreach Clinic for June.
• Commencement ceremonies for the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine’s Class of 2017 were held this afternoon at Lawlor Events Center at the University of Nevada, Reno.
• the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine named Nicole Jacobs, Ph.D., to the new position of associate dean of diversity and inclusion.
• School of Medicine to hold hooding ceremony this Friday, May 19 at Lawlor Events Center.
• Peter Jones, Ph.D., The Mick Hitchcock, Ph.D. Endowed Chair in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, is giving back to the foundation that believed in his research enough to fund it several years ago.
• This spring, an enthusiastic alumna from the Class of 2002 returned to her alma mater as interim chair.
• UNR Med honors community faculty, the "heart" of the medical school.
• Students from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine’s Class of 2020 will hold a memorial service to honor those who donated their bodies to the anatomical donation program.
• We have rightfully celebrated the great success of our graduating medical students in the recent residency match process.
• The 6th Annual Philip H. Goodman Residence Excellence in Critical Appraisal Competition was held April 19 at Renown’s Mack Auditorium where residents from internal medicine, family medicine and psychiatry filled the room to listen to three of their peers compete.
• The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine announces its free Student Outreach Clinics for May.
• New position leads strategic communications and marketing for UNR Med
• Medical students from the Class of 2020 are raising funds to support their medical mission trip to Nicaragua this summer.
• In mid-March, fourth-year medical students discover where they have matched.
• The University of Nevada, Reno Student Health Center was nominated for a Silver Syringe award and has been selected to receive the Outstanding Adolescent Immunization Program award.
