News: College of Sciences

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider and Alison Deng
Research |

A faculty-and-student research team is shining a light on white blood cells to better understand what their location implies about their role in muscle repair.

Eric Chronister
People |

Eric Chronister, a noted researcher, administrator, and longtime professor of chemistry at UC Riverside, will join UNLV July 1.

Student measures a cup of Rice Crispies
Campus News |

Rebel Science Camp uses hands-on learning — and cereal — to get kids involved with STEM education.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
People |

Chemistry grad Nancy Washton aims to get more girls into science in STEM-focused #SitWithMe campaign.

Supernova 1987A
Research |

University Forum lecture looks back 30 years to the first time anyone since the days of Queen Elizabeth I was able to see a supernova with the naked eye.

Erika Torres teaches a fifth-grader
Business and Community |

Education policy experts explore how to grow interest among students in highly technical industries and what that means for Nevada’s economy.

artwork from Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery
Arts and Culture |

“Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery” shows the beauty of science and the artistic side of even the most lab-bound of scientists.

Zhaohuan Zhu
Campus News |

Zhaohuan Zhu is the first UNLV scientist to earn fellowship for early career scholars considered ‘next generation of scientific leaders.’

Signage with the UNLV logo on campus
Research |

Four faculty researchers have been turning heads in their fields and well beyond.

Kepler-47
Research |

Exoplanet discoveries have opened up brash new ways to think about the way systems operate in distant galaxies, and challenged how we approach own galactic neighborhood.

Slide of a Martian meteorite
Arts and Culture |

"Inquiry: The Art of Scientific Discovery" brings College of Sciences together with UNLV Galleries for an exhibit of images and objects related to UNLV research.

Students planting with shovel
Business and Community |

Students pitch in on a project to restore native vegetation around the drought-stricken Lake Mead. View the photo essay by UNLV photographer Josh Hawkins.