News: School of Life Sciences

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People |

Seeing opportunities to meet needs during the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 summer Ph.D. graduate stepped in to help. 

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories featuring the people and programs of UNLV.

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Campus News |

A collection of stories featuring UNLV’s continued flexibility and adaptability in the face of COVID-19.

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Research |

UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund among 119 to join consensus statement published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

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Campus News |

Undergraduate Francisco Valenzuela spearheaded drives that resulted in the donation of more than 7,500 pairs of socks and underwear to The Shade Tree.

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Business and Community |

The university recognizes faculty and student for their work to improve the wellbeing of Southern Nevadans.

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Campus News |

As daily life around the country came to a sudden halt in March, UNLV rapidly reconfigured the rhythms of its day-to-day operations and lent its considerable expertise to fighting the virus in Nevada.

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People |

The budget analyst on the reasons she and husband Robert are now UNLV lifers.

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Campus News |

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

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People |

School of Life Sciences grad used fruit flies to study the nature of obesity.

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People |

In her transdisciplinary Honors College thesis project, UNLV senior Kendahl Servino investigates how our regard for our hands can reveal far more than we might expect.

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Business and Community |

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.