University of Nevada

University of Nevada, Reno

Former names	State University of Nevada (1874–1881) Nevada State University (1881–1906) University of Nevada (1906–1969)
Motto	Omnia Pro Patria (Latin)
Motto in English	All For Our Country
Type	Public Flagship Land-Grant Space-grant
Established	October 12, 1874; 142 years ago (1874-10-12)
Endowment	$302.7 million (2016)
President	Marc Johnson
Provost	Kevin Carman
Academic staff	1,528
Students	21,353
Undergraduates	17,794
Postgraduates	2,887
Location	Reno, Nevada, U.S. 39°32′45″N 119°49′00″W / 39.54583°N 119.81667°W / 39.54583; -119.81667Coordinates: 39°32′45″N 119°49′00″W / 39.54583°N 119.81667°W / 39.54583; -119.81667
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue & Silver
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Mountain West
Nickname	Wolf Pack
Mascots	Alphie, Wolfie Jr. and Luna
Affiliations	Nevada System of Higher Education APLU ORAU
Website	www.unr.edu
University of Nevada Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Virginia St., Reno, Nevada
Area	290 acres (117.4 ha) (entire campus) 40 acres (16 ha) (historic district)
Built	1906
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Empire, Jeffersonian Revival
NRHP Reference #	87000135
Added to NRHP	February 25, 1987

The University of Nevada, Reno (also referred to as Nevada, the University of Nevada or UNR) is a public research university located in Reno, Nevada. Founded October 12, 1874, Nevada is the sole land grant institution for the state of Nevada.

According to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the University of Nevada is a research university with high research activity (RU/H). The campus is home to the large-scale structures laboratory in the College of Engineering, which has put Nevada researchers at the forefront nationally in a wide range of civil engineering, earthquake and large-scale structures testing and modeling. The Nevada Terawatt Facility, located on a satellite campus of the university, includes a terawatt-level Z-pinch machine and terawatt-class high-intensity laser system – one of the most powerful such lasers on any college campus in the country. It is home to the School of Medicine, with campuses in both of Nevada's major urban centers, Las Vegas and Reno, and a health network that extends to much of rural Nevada. The faculty are considered worldwide and national leaders in diverse areas such as environmental literature, journalism, Basque studies, and social sciences such as psychology. The school includes 16 clinical departments and five nationally recognized basic science departments. It is also home to the School of Journalism, which has produced six Pulitzer Prize winners.

The Nevada State Constitution established the State University of Nevada in Elko, Nevada, on October 12, 1874. In 1881, it became Nevada State University. In 1885, the Nevada State University moved from Elko to Reno. In 1906, it was renamed the University of Nevada and finally, University of Nevada, Reno in 1969 soon after University of Nevada, Las Vegas was granted full autonomy.