News: Division of Research

Colorado River 2026
People |

Longtime UNLV soil, water, and plant scientist Dale Devitt shatters sustainability myths and shares lawn care tips and tricks to maximize water conservation for desert living.

Center for Urban Water Conservation plants
Research |

As allocations from the Colorado River further squeeze the Las Vegas Valley’s water resources, innovation from UNLV's Center for Urban Water Conservation may ease the burden on plants and communities.

Minerva Massis inside the fRMI lab
People |

While her fMRI journey has stretched nearly around the world, the chance to return to the university that helped shape her path was a no-brainer.

UNLV researchers looking at brain scan peer through glass at fRMI machine
Research |

UNLV boasts Nevada’s only MRI facility dedicated to university research. Here’s what our professors hope to discover with it.

Riana Durrett sits on desk in library
People |

The director of UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute helps students get in on the ground floor of a growing industry.

engineering professor Eakalak Khan holds up three tubes of water
Research |

An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.

Joy Ramiro smiling, wearing a blue shirt
People |

The Administrative Faculty of the Year honoree brings nearly a decade of experience to the careful work of protecting participants and guiding responsible progress.

cannabis plants
Business and Community |

UNLV Cannabis Policy Institute expert explains how two pieces of federal action may impact marijuana research, sales, transport, and consumption in Nevada and beyond.

Close up image of a medical IV drip bag
Research |

UNLV-led research team uses wastewater surveillance to suss out C. auris strains with greater precision, paving way for potential new therapeutic development.

UNLV Science and Engineering Building at night
Research |

Interdisciplinary team will perform computational modeling, experimental design, and develop AI database to identify natural materials for rapid construction in challenging environments.

Dice on a craps table
Research |

Report reveals operators and regulators with high ambitions but significant gaps in governance, oversight, and AI maturity.

Taylor Garson in Wing lab using research equipment
Campus News |

New Ph.D. graduate Taylor Gerson credits faculty for putting her on the path toward graduate research.