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From breeding sheep and then speaking to them in Basque to mastering hiking and drones, here are a few of the more interesting classes offered at the ÐÔ°®ÎåÉ«Ìì, Reno. Most are offered every semester, with others available at least once a year. - Reno Gazette Journal
ÐÔ°®ÎåÉ«Ìì, Reno is one of three institutions in the country that are working closely with the Department of Defense Center of Excellence. “We are still in the research and development stage. We are developing new technology that can be used to make a better impact in the future,” said Hao Xu, an associate professor of electrical and biomedical engineering who leads the partnership program at UNR. - KOLO 8 News Now
Today, as a biologist at the ÐÔ°®ÎåÉ«Ìì, Reno, Pravosudov focusses on chickadees. It’s impossible to measure a wild bird’s retrieval accuracy precisely: among other things, there’s no way of knowing when a bird looks in the wrong place before the right one. Still, “every time I see them recovering, they look very purposeful,” Pravosudov said. When a chickadee retrieves a seed from bark or lichen, he noted, “They don’t search, they just go boom, and they just pull it out. When you see this, it’s very, very impressive.” - The New Yorker
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