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In the News
Daily Express
Gardening and bird watching often go hand-in-hand with the feathered visitors bringing joy to many a British home, but experts say there are six things to avoid if you want to attract more avians.
Willamette Week
One way to make money is to get your planes back in the air quickly, but another way is just to torture your passengers until they give it to you directly.
Martha Stewart
Foxes are vital to ecosystems, helping reduce rodent and rabbit populations. However, they can also dig holes in yards, get into trash, tear up fencing, and steal fruits and vegetables from gardens. While they certainly are important, you may not want them in your yard all the time. Fortunately, there are ways to naturally and humanely deter them—here, we spoke with experts about a few go-to methods.
Accomplishments
Fabian Vargas Rowan, a prospective Ph.D. student at UNLV, has been awarded the 2026 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Beginning in fall 2026, he will join Yan Zhou’s group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy to work on developing novel quantum sensors aimed at…
Ph.D. candidate Renee Olney (Radiochemistry) has been awarded a prestigious fellowship with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). As a member of the Class of 2026-27 NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP), Olney will begin a 12-month appointment in Washington, D.C., within the…
Experts
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
An expert in genetics and neurological diseases.

Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
An expert on bacterial gene regulation and bacterial pathogens, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella.

Professor of Life Sciences
An expert on mutagenesis, DNA repair, and bacterial genetics.


