Environmental studies major Naomi Lewis finds a practical application for her passion at a nonprofit.

Undergraduate Mike Vardakis couldn’t settle on his academic path until an internship showed him the possibilities.

Why two Saltman Center experts say mediation is key to resolving the water woes of the American West.

As water leaders contend with unprecedented drought and demand, will the river people of the Colorado band together as regional citizens? Water policy expert Patricia Mulroy weighs in.

The new architecture professor on the importance of sketching and what it will take to make Las Vegas "sustainable."

Students to build sustainable, “age-in-place” home with consumer appeal for U.S. Department of Energy contest; UNLV team finished second overall in 2013.

Christmas tree recycling begins Dec. 26 at more than 30 locations in Southern Nevada.

Microbiology professor Penny Amy leads a formidable team in honeycomb warfare.

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

New partnership brings one of the largest research library collections in the world to UNLV and Southern Nevada community.

82 percent of America’s three largest national parks are infested with at least one type of foreign foliage that’s ripe for becoming brushfire kindling.

Leading authority on public policy issues related to water, natural resources joins Boyd and its Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution; Mulroy also holds appointments with Desert Research Institute and Brookings Institution.