News: College of Sciences

An artist’s impression of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e.
Research |

Super-Earths might have cleaned the inner regions of the solar system and then been swallowed by the sun.

Dr. Tony Alamo
People |

Dr. Tony Alamo’s wildly varied career started with a simple realization: He’d misdiagnosed UNLV.

Tanvi Patel collects a pollen sample
Business and Community |

The student who directs the UNLV/CCSD Pollen Monitoring Program dishes on allergy relief tips, common misconceptions about pollen, and why technology can’t replace the human eye.

Boo Shan Tseng
People |

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the UNLV community she is pleased to have joined.

Lawrence Walker
People |

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive UNLV professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

Elisabeth Hausrath
People |

Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.

Nemanja Novokovic
People |

A nearly native Las Vegan, Nemanja Novakovic had planned to leave Nevada when it came time for college. But that was before he discovered his academic dreams could be fulfilled at UNLV.

Bernajane Palisoc works in UNLV's neuropsychology lab with professor Daniel Allen
Research |

The new Office of Undergraduate Research helps students engage in and celebrate their research and creative activity.

Kenneth Czerwinski works with students in lab
Research |

Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science and security; five-year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.

crows at commencement
People |

Three UNLV graduates were recognized by President Len Jessup during Winter Commencement Dec. 15 for their academic and research excellence.

World AIDS Day ribbon
Campus News |

From law to health to advocacy to science, UNLV professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.

Biochemistry professor David Hatchett in his lab
Research |

Our high-tech marvels demand rare earth metals and oxides. UNLV researchers are working to make extracting them less toxic and more efficient.