News: College of Sciences

Allen Gibbs
Research |

Why 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers bred their fruit flies to be obese — and what their work reveals about heart disease.

Matthew Lachniet studies stalagmites
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ geoscience professor exploring the links between wet conditions starting 5,000 years ago and weather events such as El Niño in the Desert Southwest.

Jason Steffen
People |

The physics professor on astronomy, heroic efforts, and how to board a plane.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Len Jessup, left, and Tesla Motors Vice President for Business Development Diarmuid O’Connell shake hands
Research |

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval joins leadership from Tesla, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ at university event Oct.7 to mark research collaboration.

Marty Schiller
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ personalized medicine researchers seeking patent on potential HIV cure. Their technique uses a plant protein widely used in agriculture industry.

illustration of an apple that says unlv. clouds surrounding it says english, math, and special education. a magifying glass is placed above the apple and it says research.
Business and Community |

Clark County School District is ground zero for the issues rumbling in schools across the country. Here's how 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is linking research and outreach programs to help find solutions.

graduation cap and tassle
Campus News |

Among the 2,700 students expected to graduate this week, five will receive special recognition at commencement. Here's why they were selected.

Pupfish swimming
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers discover the pupfish's unique ability to go without oxygen. Unfortunately, it comes at a cost to the endangered species.

Elsabeth Hausrath
Research |

Data from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is helping Elisabeth Hausrath understand how soil and water might have once interacted on the surface of our solar system’s most-Earthlike neighbor.

Carolyn and Malcolm Graham
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s first mathematics professor reminisces about how he ended up in Las Vegas and helped build the university from the ground up.

Local students present at a science  and engineering fair
Campus News |

Hundreds of students from 72 local schools to participate in Beal Bank USA Southern Nevada Regional Science & Engineering Fair.

A bee on a flower
Campus News |

As spring gets off to an early start, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and CCSD program monitors allergen counts.