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Working to Solve our Most Challenging Environmental Problems
DRI’s research calls on the expertise and methods of scientists from multiple scientific disciplines. More than 600 highly-skilled scientists, engineers, technicians, students, and staff work collaboratively within and across three research divisions, focused on understanding and answering critical science questions about global climate change, water quality and availability, air quality, the sustainability of desert lands, life in extreme environments, education, and more.
Healthy Nevada Project participants report on COVID-19
14,000 Nevadans quickly report on signs and symptoms to enhance predictive public health models for Nevada. Reno, Nev. (April 1, 2020) – The Healthy Nevada Project, a first-of-its-kind, community-based population health study combining genetic, clinical,...
What is your COVID-19 story?
New study collecting human experiences emerging from the global pandemic Reno, Nev: (Tuesday, March 31, 2020) – As the number of people and communities impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow by the hour, a group of social scientists has turned...
DRI Hydrologist Mark Hausner Receives 2020 Rising Researcher Award
Reno, Nev. (March 5, 2020) - Today, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents awarded the 2020 Rising Researcher Award to Mark Hausner, Ph.D., of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno. This honor is given annually to researchers from DRI, the...
Nevada Gold Mines donates $100,000 to DRI’s Nevada Robotics State-wide Teaching Training Program
Reno, Nev. (Feb. 27, 2020) - Robotics clubs and competitions have become popular in many Nevada middle and high schools in recent years, but opportunities for participation at the elementary school level have so far been limited. This is set to change, thanks to a new...
Desert Research Institute to lead Nevada’s new Regional STEM Networks
Reno & Las Vegas, NV (Feb. 6, 2020): The Desert Research Institute (DRI) and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Science, Innovation, and Technology (OSIT) today announced the creation of three new Regional STEM Networks across the state. With a growing need for a...
Meet Julie Albright, DRI’s Technologist of the Year
The cutting-edge scientific research that happens at DRI wouldn't be possible without the Institute's many technologists: non-faculty employees who have special technical experience and training to support instrumentation design, laboratory and fieldwork,...
DRI Foundation Appoints New Trustees, Welcomes New Officers for 2020
Las Vegas, NV (December 6, 2019): The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents today approved the following appointments and election of officers to the DRI Foundation Board of Trustees. The DRI Foundation proudly welcomes Mrs. Starla Lacy as a new Trustee...
DRI Launches Two New Projects to Study Hydrology at The Nature Conservancy’s 7J Ranch
Scientists will investigate water quality and flow in critical desert wetland habitat LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Sept. 30, 2019) —The Desert Research Institute (DRI) is pleased to announce the launch of two new research projects to study hydrology at The Nature...
DRI Internal Award Winners 2019
At our annual Celebration of Science event in September 2019, we recognized our incredible DRI family. In addition to honoring faculty and staff celebrating service milestones with the Institute, we also presented internal awards to some of our outstanding faculty and...
Emissions from cannabis growing facilities may impact indoor and regional air quality, new research shows
RENO, Nev. (Sept. 16, 2019) - The same chemicals responsible for the pungent smell of a cannabis plant may also contribute to air pollution on a much larger scale, according to new research from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) and the Washoe County Health District...
NSHE Board of Regents Appoint Interim President of DRI
Dr. Kumud Acharya, an ecological engineer and long-time Desert Research Institute faculty member, was given a two-year contract. Media Contact: Francis McCabe, (702) 290-8971, fmccabe@nshe.nevada.edu CARSON CITY – Dr. Kumud Acharya, an ecological engineer whose...
Lead pollution in Arctic ice shows economic impact of wars, plagues, famines from Middle Ages to present
Photo: Dr. Joe McConnell and graduate student Nathan Chellman work in the ice lab at the Desert Research Institute, in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Momentum. RENO, Nev. (July 8, 2019) – How did events like the Black...