Join leading researchers, artists, and scholars at the Â鶹´«Ã½AV at Lake Tahoe for The Tahoe Series. This collection of events, performances, lectures, and seminars welcomes the community to the University's Wayne L. Prim Campus in Incline Village to be enlightened and inspired.
The Tahoe Series: Faculty Showcase features professors across disciplines presenting as experts on new topics in their fields of study.
October 16, 2025 from 6-7:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
The term ‘news desert’ has become widely used in recent years to describe communities that lack local news coverage, including some around Lake Tahoe and in rural Nevada. A recent study ranked Nevada last among the 50 states for the number of professional journalists as a percentage of population.
There are promising developments, however, in revitalizing local journalism in Nevada, some of which are driven by Reynolds School of Journalism faculty and students. Join Reynolds School professor Al Stavitsky for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities for news media in meeting the information needs of the Silver State.
Dr. Stavitsky served as the Reynolds School’s dean for 12 years, the longest term in School history, before returning to its faculty in 2024 to teach the introductory course in media and society and direct the RSJ’s Project for the Revitalization of Local News. He was named a Distinguished Scholar by the Library of Congress for his body of research on broadcast policy and history.
Insights from the Highest Weather Stations in the World
On the trail of the Jackalope with Michael Branch
Living on the edge: How food-caching chickadees survive harsh winters with Vladimir Pravosudov
This doesn't happen on Earth! Crazy things at the South Pole of Mars with Wendy Calvin
Lake Tahoe: A Rephotographic History with Peter Goin
The World Doesn't Stop at the Skin: Figure, Landscape, Art, and Ecosystem with Chris Lanier
June Saraceno, Author and Director of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program
Legacy of James E. Church’s snow science research preserved with Dr. Carlos Ramirez-Reyes
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Meeting the Tides of Life Through the Practice of Poetry
Monster Fish with Zeb Hogan