News: Department of Geoscience
Eight UNLV Students Honored With 2020 Lance and Elena Calvert Awards For Undergraduate Research across a wide spectrum of research topics.
Las Vegas Valley rock layer matches that of a famous interval of rocks at the Grand Canyon; findings reported in the journal Geology.
Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.
New UNLV research provides context for climate history of Guatemalan rainforests.
A collection of stories highlighting UNLV faculty and students who made the news in 2019.
A collection of stories featuring interesting discoveries driven by UNLV that have made news in 2019.
Libby Hausrath is one of just 10 scientists selected for NASA’s returned sample science team; will help decide which samples return to Earth from Mars 2020 mission.
Studying rocks from space replaced this geoscience professor's original career choice of being an astronaut.
Researchers from the College of Sciences showcase the artistic side of science by featuring their most captivating research images.
A collection of news stories capturing the excitement of UNLV’s campus in June, July and August.
UNLV received a nearly $700,000 National Science Foundation grant to house ‘multicollector’ device, the first of its kind in Nevada.
Nevada is the nation’s third-most seismically active state and neighbors quake-prone California, which experienced two temblors in early July felt in Las Vegas. UNLV geoscientist Wanda Taylor explains why, and what we can do to prepare.