International Arid Lands Consortium Provides Research Funding
DRI Foundation received a donation from the International Arid Lands Consortium for graduate students working on arid land issues.
Posts by DRI Communications
Las Vegas student celebrates Bar Mitzvah by raising funds for Nevada Robotics program
Caleb chose to give back to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah. He wanted to raise money for the Nevada Robotics program.
The William N. Pennington Foundation Supports DRI’s Cloud Seeding Program
DRI is grateful for the ongoing generous support by the William N. Pennington Foundation for DRI’s cloud seeding projects in Northern Nevada for the 2021 and 2022 winters.
Remembering Norm Dianda
Norm Dianda, Q&D Construction founder, was a great friend to DRI and provided support for DRI’s distinguished Nevada Medal Award.
Support from Kim Sinatra Funds Innovative Research Program
One of the important programs funded by generous donors, like Kim Sinatra, is the Innovation Research Program (IRP).
Wildfires Are Increasingly Burning California’s Snowy Landscapes and Colliding with Winter Droughts to Shrink California’s Snowpack
A DRI-led team examined what happens to mountain snowpacks when sunny, midwinter dry spells occur in forests impacted by severe wildfire.
Lynn Fenstermaker: Celebrating a Career in Ecological Remote Sensing and NASA Space Grant Leadership
Lynn Fenstermaker, Ph.D., recently retired from DRI after 32 years. She studied large-scale questions about environmental stressors.
DRI Opens Doors to Careers in Scientific Research with Student Internship Program
Erick Bandala's student interns studied ways to filter excess fluorides from drinking water during the fall 2022 semester.
A Changing Flood Recipe for Las Vegas
Researchers found that urbanization and climate change are changing the strength and seasonality of flooding in the Las Vegas region.
Estom Yumeka Maidu Student Teaches DIY Air Filtration Techniques to Help Reservation Communities During Wildfire Season
Many houses have no particulate filtration systems, especially on reservations. Piercen Nguyen and his colleagues have a proven solution.