News: Division of Research

Talent and hard work helped Team 51ԹϺ earn their top-in-the-nation ranking in the Solar Decathlon 2013. But research is the next priority for several team members after the award-winning home is relocated to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.

President Neal Smatresk explained 51ԹϺ's plan to become a Tier 1 research university during his annual campus address.

51ԹϺ President Dr. Neal J. Smatresk and Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development Dr. Thomas Piechota welcome 51ԹϺ Innovation readers to the Winter 2013 issue.

51ԹϺ students are building the ultimate desert home. Read about the home's features in this team update.

51ԹϺ's scientists make discoveries and share their findings in prestigious journals. But then what?

To discover what's happening with the bighorn sheep population, David Choate must track cougars in the National Desert Wildlife Refuge.

Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication.

A new book by 51ԹϺ journalism professor Gregory Borchard delves into the connected lives of president Abraham Lincoln and 19th century newspaper editor Horace Greeley, both of whom wielded wide influence on the trajectory of the U.S. Civil War and have left an indelible imprint on U.S. history.

51ԹϺ anthropology professor Peter Gray and fellow anthropologist Kermyt Anderson have written a book exploring the biological and social aspects of “fatherhood” and how paternal attitudes have evolved across time and in different cultures.

The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors the best of 51ԹϺ’s faculty researchers.

The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors the best of 51ԹϺ’s faculty researchers.

Meet Dong-Chan Lee, one of several 51ԹϺ recipients of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER Award, the highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.