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Announcing the Bruce & Nora James Visiting Scholar Award for the Study of Nevada Politics and Public Service

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A graphic mock-up of the road from Nevada to Washington, D.C. that appeared in Senator Paul Laxalt's Washington Update newsletter from 1983 (83-01_5_2_1087, Special Collections and University Archives)
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This 1900 view of the University of Nevada campus from the northwest shows the historic Gymnasium, the Mechanical Arts Building, Morrill Hall, Lincoln Hall, the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Building, and Hatch Hall. ID: UNRA-P254-2

Building a State University

Part 1 of our year-long anniversary exhibit series “Celebrating Silver and Blue: 150 Years of the University of Nevada, Reno”. A university history exhibit on display October 12, 2023 to January 2024 on the third floor of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.

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Seven wild horses running on the Black Rock Desert. ID: UNRS-P1985-08-41424