School of Life Sciences News
Life sciences involves studies of living organisms and their life processes, including their evolution and relationships with other living organisms and our planet. The courses and programs offered by the School of Life Sciences are designed for those students pursuing professional careers in medicine, science, and science education.
Current Life Sciences 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.
Life Sciences professor Prasun Guha has the 'guts' to explore the connections between gastrointestinal health and disease.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.
Even well into his undergraduate studies, Chase Shropshire didn't envision a career in medicine. Now he’s the School of Medicine’s first Alumnus of the Year.
Benjy Sedano-Herrera is finding international success through his research in a UNLV Life Sciences lab and his networking outside of it.
Professor Marty Schiller talks about his business and how UNLV made it possible.
Life Sciences In The News
Nearly all the tall coast redwoods in California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park burned in a 2020 wildfire. But within a few months, the charred trunks had grown a fuzz of healthy green shoots. A paper documents how the trees were able to regenerate using energy reserves stored for many decades. Lead author Drew Peltier teaches at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and joins Host Jenni Doering to explain the science behind this stunning recovery.
The devastating wildfires tearing across Southern California are being exacerbated by climate change, according to Drew Peltier, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
You dry pots with it, wipe your hands on it, and use it to swab the counter, but when you’re done—if you’re like me—you probably hang your trusty kitchen towel right back on the oven or dishwasher door handle. And this cycle repeats for days, weeks, maybe even months with a single dish rag.
Bullfrog removal at Pakoon Springs, by multiple parties including the University of Arizona and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, began in 2010 and was completed in 2019, when the last bullfrogs were removed. After repeated surveys confirmed the bullfrogs were gone, Relict Leopard Frogs, raised in a captive breeding program at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, were finally released at Pakoon Springs in 2022. Follow-up surveys confirm that a self-sustaining population now thrives at Pakoon Springs.
Coyotes are common throughout North America. Like other wildlife, they tend to adapt to their environments and might become bolder in urban or suburban neighborhoods. Still, people can easily coexist with coyotes if they follow experts’ tips on coyote behavior, protecting pets, and avoiding feeding coyotes or other wildlife.
Coyotes are common throughout North America. Like other wildlife, they tend to adapt to their environments and might become bolder in urban or suburban neighborhoods. Still, people can easily coexist with coyotes if they follow experts’ tips on coyote behavior, protecting pets, and avoiding feeding coyotes or other wildlife.
