News: School of Life Sciences
UNLV research efforts have consistently grown over its 60-year life span, setting us on track to someday becoming one of the premier research universities in the nation.
What do a heist thriller, the evolving human diet, water quality, consumer behavior, literature, and Mars have in common? All were the foundation of research awards UNLV faculty gar-nered this year.
UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.
Native American master's student Ka-Voka Jackson is working to protect the environment and preserve her Hualapai culture.
Researchers investigate the environmental footprint of solar facilities to guide future design.
Vladislav Zhitny, who came to Las Vegas from Ukraine in 2006, ends undergrad studies ready to become a member of UNLV School of Medicine's inaugural class.
UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
UNLV mines its own grade books to ensure students aren’t weeded out of STEM classes.
With limited options in Nevada for top-notch scientists, two UNLV grads welcome the high-tech jobs that the marijuana industry brought.
College of Sciences Alumnus of the Year Theodore Garland has taught across the globe.
Junior microbiology major selected as a 2017 Goldwater Scholar.
“Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery” shows the beauty of science and the artistic side of even the most lab-bound of scientists.