Topic: science and technology

Image of an eclipse
| August 15, 2017

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.

Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand
| July 20, 2017

Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.

Kinesiology professor Brach Poston
| June 21, 2017

Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.

Dustin and Rochelle Hines
| June 8, 2017

Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.

Yoohwan Kim
| May 16, 2017

New cybersecurity minor paving the way for a new bachelor's in the field — making UNLV one of just a few universities in the nation to offer such a program.

A high school student explores a project
| May 2, 2017

UNLV mines its own grade books to ensure students aren’t weeded out of STEM classes.

Douglas Duncan and Israel Alvarado
| April 25, 2017

With limited options in Nevada for top-notch scientists, two UNLV grads welcome the high-tech jobs that the marijuana industry brought.

Theodore Garland Jr.
| April 25, 2017

College of Sciences Alumnus of the Year Theodore Garland has taught across the globe.

Lisa Danielson overlooks the lobby of the Beam Engineering building
| April 25, 2017

The career of Lisa Danielson, the Graduate College Alumna of the Year, took off like a rocket after UNLV.

Suresh Vishnubhatla
| April 25, 2017

College of Engineering Alumnus of the Year Suresh Vishnubhatla crosses continents to find his academic home.