NEWS
Science news by students in UNR’s Reynolds School of Journalism. If you are interested in writing for the Hitchcock Project or if you have a news story you would like us to cover, please contact Kelsey Fitzgerald, kmfitzgerald@unr.edu.
OneWater Nevada's new regional facility will provide advanced purified water to the Truckee Meadows region as early as 2029. By Vanesa de la Cruz Pavas.
Do water slides, roller coasters, and artificial rivers have a place in Olympic Valley's future? Two Tahoe nonprofits and thousands of local citizens weigh in on a proposed development. By Hannah Truby.
A new bill seeks to give the Nevada Department of Wildlife the ability to protect insects. By Sophia Holm.
Why the Turkey-Syria earthquake of 2023 was so damaging, and what Nevadans should know about our own earthquake risk. By Robert Rincon.
Could this prickly desert species be the answer to our sustainable energy needs? By Lupe Alvarez.
The Hitchcock Project's Science Reporting class asked UNR scientists and science students how climate change is impacting their work. Here's what they learned.
The first speaker of UNR's Energy Solutions Forum, Chris Field, gave an introduction to climate change-related problems and possible solutions. By Vanesa de la Cruz Pavas.
How can poetry help us understand science (or scientists) in ways that other genres might not? An interview with poet Jessy Randall. By Dina Wood.
For Nevada land managers — including many with ties to local tribes — climate change is making it more difficult to put “good” fire on the ground. By Shelby Herbert and Molly Peterson.
Jerry Tiehm from the University of Nevada, Reno, has been on a 49-year quest to collect and document every plant species in Nevada. By Vanesa de la Cruz Pavas.
