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Welcome to the School of Life Sciences!

Research Experience for Undergraduates: Mechanisms of Evolution

The goals of this program are to provide undergraduates with hypothesis-based projects that investigate one or more mechanisms of evolution, promote careers in science, reinforce the connection between genetics and evolution, and highlight the accomplishments of evolutionary scholars.

GAANN: Biological Sciences Doctoral Program

The UNLV School of Life Sciences in conjunction with the US Department of Education offers up to seven scholarships to support graduate training in Biological Sciences for highly qualified students with financial need.

Strengthening the Skill and Will to Succeed in STEM Scholarship Program

This scholarship program provides up to four years of support to low-income, academically talented students pursuing undergraduate degrees in Life Sciences at UNLV.

What's Happening

Drew Peltier in lab with tree samples

Life Sciences professor Drew Peltier explores how trees grow, survive, and reproduce despite poor conditions — and when they might not recover.

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Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

A rear view of UNLV students, dressed in red caps and gowns, filtering into the Thomas & Mack Center with the stage in the background

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

man in sweater and glasses in front of shelves inside lab

Life Sciences professor Prasun Guha has the 'guts' to explore the connections between gastrointestinal health and disease.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

EXPERTS

  • Executive Director, Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine
  • Professor of Life Sciences
  • Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The School of Life Sciences is one of the schools in the College of Sciences.