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26,481,450
AWARDS RECEIVED IN FY 2023
1,988
Students
88
%
1st year retention rate of Fall 2022 student cohort
In the News

The Nevada state reptile faces multiple threats, mostly man-made. Concerned scientists are racing to find a solution.
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Three years after a fire tore through Big Basin Redwoods State Park, once-blackened trees are showing new green growth.
Euronews
Shaving mere minutes off flight times might seem trivial on paper, but it can result in huge savings for airlines.
Accomplishments
Nov. 21, 2023
Ali Balooch and Zhijian Wu (both Mathematical Sciences) had a peer-reviewed article published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. Abstract: "Applications and findings involving the norm of the weighted Dirichlet space D_alpha are steadily being discovered. There are notable…
Nov. 15, 2023
Carrie Coppa (Physics and Astronomy) was nominated for and recently graduated the Administrative Academy Academy Path C.
The UNLV Administrative Assistant Academy is a training series designed to foster a culture of continuous improvement for all administrative assistants. The eight-week program…
Experts

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
An expert in astronomy, dark matter, and general physics.

Professor of Biology
An expert on the evolution of bird, bat, and insect species.

Professor of Geology
Lachniet is an expert in paleoclimatology, quaternary geology, climate change and stable isotope geochemistry.