News: School of Life Sciences
A collection of news stories featuring the people and programs of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
A collection of stories featuring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s continued flexibility and adaptability in the face of COVID-19.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ microbiologist Brian Hedlund among 119 to join consensus statement published in the journal Nature Microbiology.

Undergraduate Francisco Valenzuela spearheaded drives that resulted in the donation of more than 7,500 pairs of socks and underwear to The Shade Tree.

The university recognizes faculty and student for their work to improve the wellbeing of Southern Nevadans.

As daily life around the country came to a sudden halt in March, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ rapidly reconfigured the rhythms of its day-to-day operations and lent its considerable expertise to fighting the virus in Nevada.

The budget analyst on the reasons she and husband Robert are now 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ lifers.
An enduring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

School of Life Sciences grad used fruit flies to study the nature of obesity.

In her transdisciplinary Honors College thesis project, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ senior Kendahl Servino investigates how our regard for our hands can reveal far more than we might expect.

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ microbiologist Brian Hedlund on the science of germs, where they like to lurk, and how to effectively get rid of them.