News: School of Life Sciences
UNLV takes on another school semester with precaution and discovery.
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Seeing opportunities to meet needs during the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 summer Ph.D. graduate stepped in to help.
A collection of news stories featuring the people and programs of UNLV.
A collection of stories featuring UNLV’s continued flexibility and adaptability in the face of COVID-19.
UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund among 119 to join consensus statement published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
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Undergraduate Francisco Valenzuela spearheaded drives that resulted in the donation of more than 7,500 pairs of socks and underwear to The Shade Tree.
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The university recognizes faculty and student for their work to improve the wellbeing of Southern Nevadans.
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As daily life around the country came to a sudden halt in March, UNLV rapidly reconfigured the rhythms of its day-to-day operations and lent its considerable expertise to fighting the virus in Nevada.
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The budget analyst on the reasons she and husband Robert are now UNLV lifers.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
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School of Life Sciences grad used fruit flies to study the nature of obesity.
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In her transdisciplinary Honors College thesis project, UNLV senior Kendahl Servino investigates how our regard for our hands can reveal far more than we might expect.