UNLV faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking.

Tiny quagga mussels are clogging water pipelines, attaching to boats and lake structures, and causing big problems at Lake Mead.

Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

UNLV’s School of Public Health conducts a variety of research projects to help address pressing community health concerns.