News: School of Life Sciences

As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor Scott Abella explores the conservation challenges officials face.

Biochemist Ron Gary's enzyme research seeks to defeat cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

A first-generation student, she hopes to pave the way for her immigrant family.

The office of undergraduate research helps 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students learn, grow, and shine.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor Scott Abella on why national parks matter more than ever to everyone from foodies to Civil War historians to the average Joe sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

How alumnus Jordan Shiraki's degree in biology fueled his career as a commercial photographer for Lamborghini and Dodge.

A fascination with tissue restoration inspires a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor and undergraduate student to team up to understand how frogs might impact the fate of humankind.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has a commencement tradition for the president to honor a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Advice from Dr. Nora Vinh Svihl, School of Dental Medicine Alumna of the Year

Advice from Dr. Kate Martin, Honors College Alumna of the Year

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community she is pleased to have joined.

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.