News: School of Life Sciences

Dr. Kate Martin
Campus News |

Advice from Dr. Kate Martin, Honors College Alumna of the Year

Boo Shan Tseng
People |

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

Lawrence Walker
People |

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

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 ÐÔÊӽ紫ý.

Bernajane Palisoc works in ÐÔÊӽ紫ý'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.

crows at commencement
People |

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

four portraits
People |

Our Alumni of the Year tell us what the learned when they dealt with deadly viruses, used a crate for a desk, and faced a life-altering medical crisis.

Nora Caberoy
Research |

Three ÐÔÊӽ紫ý scientists will present their work during an Alzheimer's research symposium Nov. 13 on campus.

Penny Amy speaks to assistants
Research |

Microbiology professor Penny Amy leads a formidable team in honeycomb warfare.

Allen Gibbs
Research |

Why ÐÔÊӽ紫ý researchers bred their fruit flies to be obese — and what their work reveals about heart disease.

Marty Schiller
Research |

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý personalized medicine researchers seeking patent on potential HIV cure. Their technique uses a plant protein widely used in agriculture industry.

dry grass at red rock canyon
Research |

82 percent of America’s three largest national parks are infested with at least one type of foreign foliage that’s ripe for becoming brushfire kindling.