Shaping the Future of Science
Education. Discovery. Innovation.
$
26,481,450
AWARDS RECEIVED IN FY 2023
1,988
Students
88
%
1st year retention rate of Fall 2022 student cohort
In the News
EWTN
Two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, are being closely monitored by flight surgeons after spending nine months in space.
Michael Pravica
Professor, Physics
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it will soon save the amount of water it takes to support 3,000 homes in a given year.
Five years ago, Covid-19 drastically changed lives all over the world. The pandemic also presented unique challenges for Las Vegas. We discuss how Nevadans continue to be impacted in a special collaboration with KNPR’s State of Nevada. We then meet Libby Hausrath, a UNLV professor and lead researcher on a Mars project. She explains what samples being collected now may tell us about the Red Planet.
Megan Rauch Griffard
Assistant Professor, College of Education
Accomplishments
Arumugam Jayaraman’s (Chemistry and Biochemistry) research engagement with researchers in Germany led to a publication in Wiley’s Angewandte Chemie International Edition journal. The work presents our endeavors to replicate the organometallic chemistry of transition metals using a boron-…
Satish C. Bhatnagar (Mathematical Sciences) presented a paper, "Primes and Pyramids: A Pedagogical Perspective," at the annual meeting of the South Eastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America on March 1, 2025.
Experts
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
An expert in ecology, fire management, and U.S. National Parks.
Professor of Life Sciences
An expert in insect physiology and evolution.
Assistant Professor of Physics
An expert in physics and chemistry.