News: College of Sciences
Here's a few tales from 2017 sure to make you smile.
Five 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduates will be recognized by President Len Jessup during winter commencement for their combination of academic excellence and service to the community.
Med student and community leader share a vision for a healthier Las Vegas.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Prof. Brian Hedlund is studying microorganisms in a Nevada hot spring; the results could help evaluate whether extraterrestrial life exists.
Physics professor Michael Pravica teams up with Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch in Bleacher Report web series.
Excited about 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s diversity and upward trajectory, this new life sciences professor is looking forward to involving more undergraduates in her research.
The university won a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to house a new multiphoton laser-scanning microscope, the first of its kind in Nevada.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ welcomes inaugural SEA-Phages class, a two-semester, discovery-based undergraduate research course.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ research efforts have consistently grown over its 60-year life span, setting us on track to someday becoming one of the premier research universities in the nation.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ geoscientists and students like undergraduate Amber Turner (left, with alumna Lisa Danielson) are studying our planet and others to understand the impacts humans are having on Earth and the possibilities of life beyond it.
What do a heist thriller, the evolving human diet, water quality, consumer behavior, literature, and Mars have in common? All were the foundation of research awards 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty gar-nered this year.
Get ready for the sun to go dark during the day, but don't grab your shades. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ astrophysicist Jason Steffen on being humbled by the universe.