Fostering scientific talent and providing research-focused educational opportunities
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or higher education students, DRI provides a learning environment strongly focused on collaborative,
interdisciplinary research. DRI faculty members participate in numerous academic programs throughout the
Nevada System of Higher Education. Students conduct their research at DRI while earning degrees through
the universities in programs such as Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrologic Sciences, Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Environmental Science, Life Sciences, Geological Sciences and Anthropology.
DRI invested $1.6 million
in non-state funds in 2015
for support of graduate
students at UNLV, UNR,
and Nevada State College
65 graduate students
employed at DRI in 2015
EXAMPLES OF KEY COURSES
TAUGHT BY DRI FACULTY
• Atmospheric Physics
• Synoptic Meteorology
• Climate Modeling
• Mountain Meteorology
• Environmental Geochemistry
• Groundwater Modeling
• Writing in the Sciences
• Snow Hydrology Seminar
• Computer Programming in
Environmental Sciences
• Quaternary Field Exercises
• Introduction to Symbolic Logic
45% of all DRIsupported graduate
students are in
Ph.D. programs
45%
Working on the frontlines of science
education efforts across Nevada
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RI’s GreenPower K-12 outreach program
supports Nevada’s preK-12 educators in
science-based, environmental education by
providing tools, resources and knowledge
for communicating Next Generation Science
Standards to Nevada students.
2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• 264 schools participating in 2015
• 402 GreenPower schools and organizations in Nevada
• 18,938 students reached through Green Boxes in 2015
• 480 teachers trained through our teacher trainings
“The GreenPower program
does a great job providing
materials and training for
teachers to help improve
science and STEM
instructions in Nevada
classrooms.”
—DAVID CROWTHER, PH.D.,
NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHER
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR
RAGGIO RESEARCH CENTER FOR
STEM EDUCATION
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