The magazine of the University of Nevada, Reno • Summer 2016 02 cover story Designing solutions to grand challenges 10 feature story Great Faculty Putting Nevada on the world stage 20 what i’ve learned Senator Richard H. Bryan ’59 FROM THE PRESIDENT When teaching meets research … and when research meets teaching The magazine of the University of Nevada, Reno Copyright © 2016 by the University of Nevada, Reno. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Nevada Silver & Blue (USP # 024-722), Summer 2016, Volume 33, Number 4, is published quarterly (fall, winter, spring, summer) by the University of Nevada, Reno, Development and Alumni Relations, Morrill Hall, 1664 N. Virginia St., NV 89557. Periodicals postage paid at Reno, NV and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Nevada Silver & University President Marc Blue, University of Nevada, Reno Foundation/ Johnson in the Earthquake MS 0162, Reno, NV 89557-0162 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Engineering Laboratory CONTACT US 1 Jamie Kingham ’93 Nevada Silver & Blue Magazine Morrill Hall Alumni Center are not just impacting their respective research University of Nevada, Reno / 0007 Reno, NV 89557-0007 or our faculty, research and teach- fields through cutting-edge discovery and innova- fax: (775) 784-1394 ing are mutually inclusive terms. tion. They are changing how students experience ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Without one, the other cannot learning on our campus. truly exist. They are both abso- This experiential immersion – in world- Class Notes / Mates / Pups: lutely essential to the success of class facilities from our Earthquake Engineering (775) 784-6620;
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