News: School of Life Sciences
Advice from Dr. Kate Martin, Honors College Alumna of the Year
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.
An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive ÐÔÊӽ紫ý professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.
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.
The new Office of Undergraduate Research helps students engage in and celebrate their research and creative activity.
Three ÐÔÊӽ紫ý graduates were recognized by President Len Jessup during Winter Commencement Dec. 15 for their academic and research excellence.
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.
Three ÐÔÊӽ紫ý scientists will present their work during an Alzheimer's research symposium Nov. 13 on campus.
Microbiology professor Penny Amy leads a formidable team in honeycomb warfare.
Why ÐÔÊӽ紫ý researchers bred their fruit flies to be obese — and what their work reveals about heart disease.
ÐÔÊӽ紫ý personalized medicine researchers seeking patent on potential HIV cure. Their technique uses a plant protein widely used in agriculture industry.
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.