News: School of Life Sciences


Nine students, including a mother of two who after years of working as a dental hygienist received her dental degree and became class valedictorian, are being honored as spring 2012 Outstanding Graduates.

A new species of scorpions nearly squirmed past a couple of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduate students. The story behind the Death Valley arthropod's discovery.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ employees recently were honored at the 2012 Academic Recognition Ceremony with systemwide and universitywide awards for notable research, teaching, and service.



51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ ecologist Scott Abella says full recovery of desert ecosystems can take up to 65 years.

Biology and Honors College graduate Emily Tamadonfar was the recipient of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's 100,000th degree.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ biologist Dennis Bazylinski and international research team first to isolate and grow greigite-producing bacterium; Findings in Dec. 23 issue of Science

Research is Largest Effort To Date To Examine High-Temp Ecosystems and Their Potential Contributions To Science; Funded Through $3.75 Million NSF Award

Microbiologist Brian Hedlund goes prospecting in Nevada's hot springs for new sources of clean energy.

NSHE Faculty, Special Guests Address Current Issues in Renewable and Clean Energy Research and Technology