Desert Research Institute

Science that matters now. @NSHE campuses in Reno and Las Vegas • Environmental science on all seven continents ✨🌍 #DiscoverDRI

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

What secrets lie beneath Lake Mead?

This #SpookySeason, explore long-hidden remains, a lost WWII-era aircraft, and vanished settlements at #CuriosityLab on Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

🎟️ https://t.co/h1YI63KT1q

🔎 Free @AtomicMuseum admission, 5–6:30 p.m. for attendees

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Thanks to everyone who joined us for #CuriosityLab in Reno! We’re grateful to Dr. Vera Samburova, Kim Abeles, and Jim English for sharing their perspectives on wildfire smoke, art, and changing industries.

Up next: Vanishing Point in Las Vegas, Oct. 28!
https://t.co/h1YI63KT1q

[DRI STEM Education Program @DRISTEMEdu]

Free professional development training on classroom tech! Join us Sat, Nov 7th from 8am-1pm to learn how easily you can incorporate Makey Makey's, Snap Circuits and Micro:Bits into your classroom!

Register here: https://t.co/IX4l25072O

#DiscoverDRI #STEMeducation #DRISTEMedu

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

DRI archaeologist Megan Stueve presented to Nevada’s Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation on her Virtual Outdoor Experiences, free digital tours that let people explore remote cultural and natural sites across #Nevada.

Learn more: https://t.co/VKnjv4oadU

#DiscoverDRI #VOE

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

.@NevadaRobotics completed a 3 day drone training workshop with Douglas County School District teachers thanks in part to support from @SciNVtech. The teachers received drones and other supplies for their classrooms and clubs. https://t.co/irof3ZEDUj

[Nevada System of Higher Education @NSHE]

ICYMI: From microbes to whales, Antarctic life is getting a much closer look. 🧬❄️

Congratulations to @DRIScience, where Alison Murray will lead an $18.4 million @NSF-funded project to sequence more than 250 Antarctic species and build an open genomic data resource for researchers. @UNLV’s Allyson Hindle is also part of the research team.

See how this Nevada-led project could shape the next generation of Antarctic research: https://t.co/omTkAxnOSq

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

New research co-led by Austen Lorenz and DRI’s Bea Gordon, alongside colleagues including fire managers, examined #wildfire perimeter data and found that #cropland serves as a landscape-scale buffer to wildfire.

Read full release: https://t.co/pKf50C2evx
#ScienceThatMattersNow

[World Vision Zimbabwe @WorldVisionZim]

Theory meets practice in Gwanda!

Students from the DRI WASH Capacity Building Program, a partnership between @DRIScience, @unevadareno, @DrexelUniv, @WorldVision🇿🇼 & @nustzim, explored sustainable water solutions in water-scarce communities.

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

DRI is joining the rest of #NSHE for the Great Nevada ShakeOut today, October 15, at 10:15 AM, and we want you to join us.

Practice these lifesaving steps:
Drop, Cover, and Hold On

Learn More: https://t.co/QHx4FsGPrh

#GreatNevadaShakeOut #2026GreatShakeOut #DiscoverDRI

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

DRI is participating in the Great Nevada ShakeOut, tomorrow, October 15th! It is a drill that encourages you to learn what to do in the event of a large earthquake and how to get prepared.

#DiscoverDRI #SouthernNevada #EarthquakeDrill #ScienceThatMattersNow

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Join us on Oct. 14 for DRI's #CuriosityLab event, Reading the Burn: Stories of Distance, Discovery & Aftermath where storytellers, Dr. Vera Samburova, Kim Abeles & Jim English delve into the unexpected forms of resilience that emerge from destruction.

🎟️ https://t.co/Hs1xUbJ3Nc

[DRI STEM Education Program @DRISTEMEdu]

Interested in learning more about Truckee River water management, conservation, and infrastructure?

Sign up for our Meeting the Future of Water in Northern Nevada EPD training in Reno 10/17!

Register here: https://t.co/IX4l25072O

#DiscoverDRI #STEMeducation #DRISTEMedu

[Nevada Department of Agriculture @NVAgriculture]

Join NDA and @DRIScience on Dec. 2 at DRI's Las Vegas campus for the Southern Nevada Native Seed Forum! Learn more about native seeds, attend in person or virtually, and participate in an optional field trip. RSVP by Nov. 30 at [email protected] with your name.

[Nevada System of Higher Education @NSHE]

News Alert: NSHE Launches “Eyes Open” Safety Campaign Across Nevada’s Public Higher Education System. Read more on our website: https://t.co/tO15xFwGo4

@unevadareno @unlv @NevadaStateU @CSNCoyote @tmccnevada @gbcnevada @WNCnevada @DRIScience @UPDSouth

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

In a remote corner of the driest state in the country, Anne Heggli's team has been keeping watch over the Earth’s oldest trees. Since 02012, Heggli’s @DRIScience NevCAN network has recorded conditions at the Long Now Nevada Bristlecone Preserve every eight minutes. The result is more than 120 million data points and a high-resolution portrait of how a bristlecone pine thrives.

Accompanied by artist/philosopher Jonathon Keats and paleoclimatologist Adam Csank, Heggli made the case for long science: patient, continuous observation that will help us answer the future’s most urgent climate questions. 

Watch the full Talk on YouTube here: https://t.co/F70NP8XcnG 
Or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://t.co/utpxn7UojS

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Join us on Oct. 14 for DRI's #CuriosityLab event, Reading the Burn: Stories of Distance, Discovery & Aftermath where storytellers, Dr. Vera Samburova, Kim Abeles & Jim English delve into the unexpected forms of resilience that emerge from destruction.

🎟️ https://t.co/Hs1xUbJ3Nc

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

#DRI scientists Ariel Choinard and Cayenne Engel presented at Clark County’s Extreme Heat Coordination meeting. The event brought together city, county, state, DRI, UNLV, and medical providers, among others, to talk about #ExtremeHeat response efforts in Southern Nevada.

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Join us on Oct. 14 for DRI's #CuriosityLab event, Reading the Burn: Stories of Distance, Discovery & Aftermath where storytellers, Dr. Vera Samburova, Kim Abeles & Jim English delve into the unexpected forms of resilience that emerge from destruction.

🎟️ https://t.co/Hs1xUbJ3Nc

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Congratulations to our DRI participants for placing 2nd overall in our division for the 2026 City of Reno Corporate Challenge, taking on varying tests in both athleticism and academia. From trivia, to bowling and more, there was an event for everyone.

#RenoCorporateChallenge

[Desert Research Institute @DRIScience]

Join us on Oct. 14 for DRI's #CuriosityLab event, Reading the Burn: Stories of Distance, Discovery & Aftermath where storytellers, Dr. Vera Samburova, Kim Abeles & Jim English delve into the unexpected forms of resilience that emerge from destruction.

🎟️ https://t.co/Hs1xUbJ3Nc