The University of Nevada, Reno is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land-grant university. It was founded on October 12, 1874 in Elko, Nevada. It is home to the state's first medical school, the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, with a campus in Nevada's major urban center in Reno and a health network that extends to much of rural Nevada. The medical school includes 16 clinical departments and five nationally recognized basic science departments. It is also home to the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism, which has produced six Pulitzer Prize winners. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation, UNR spent $144 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 139th in the nation.
About University of Nevada, Reno
First established as the State University of Nevada in Elko, the school moved to Reno in 1885 and became the only land grant institution in Nevada.
Achievement of University of Nevada, Reno
The university is known for its journalism school which has produced multiple Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Latest information about University of Nevada, Reno updated on July 28 2021.
