News: College of Sciences

Michael Pravica talks to Marshawn Lynch
People |

Physics professor Michael Pravica teams up with Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch in Bleacher Report web series.

Portrait of Elizabeth Stacy.
People |

Excited about UNLV’s diversity and upward trajectory, this new life sciences professor is looking forward to involving more undergraduates in her research.

Scientist lifting test tubes.
Campus News |

The university won a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to house a new multiphoton laser-scanning microscope, the first of its kind in Nevada.

Students examine flasks of fluid.
Campus News |

UNLV welcomes inaugural SEA-Phages class, a two-semester, discovery-based undergraduate research course.

researcher in lab
Research |

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.

senior Amber Turner and alumna Lisa Danielson
Research |

UNLV geoscientists and students like undergraduate Amber Turner (left, with alumna Lisa Danielson) are studying our planet and others to understand the impacts humans are having on Earth and the possibilities of life beyond it.

Alyssa Crittenden portrait
Research |

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.

Image of an eclipse
Research |

Get ready for the sun to go dark during the day, but don't grab your shades. UNLV astrophysicist Jason Steffen on being humbled by the universe.

UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research's Becky Boulton, Nicole Thomas, and Liam Frink.
Research |

The UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at UNLV has to offer.

Ka-Voka Jackson is working to restore native plants in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. (Courtesy Photo)
Arts and Culture |

Native American master's student Ka-Voka Jackson is working to protect the environment and preserve her Hualapai culture.

Solar panels in the Eldorado Valley
Research |

Researchers investigate the environmental footprint of solar facilities to guide future design.

Jonathan Baker and colleagues examine stalagmite in a cave
Campus News |

UNLV Ph.D. candidate’s research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history; study appears in latest issue of top journal Nature Geoscience.