News: College of Sciences

An artist’s impression of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e.
Research |

Super-Earths might have cleaned the inner regions of the solar system and then been swallowed by the sun.

Dr. Tony Alamo
People |

Dr. Tony Alamo’s wildly varied career started with a simple realization: He’d misdiagnosed 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

Tanvi Patel collects a pollen sample
Business and Community |

The student who directs the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ/CCSD Pollen Monitoring Program dishes on allergy relief tips, common misconceptions about pollen, and why technology can’t replace the human eye.

Boo Shan Tseng
People |

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ community she is pleased to have joined.

Lawrence Walker
People |

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

Elisabeth Hausrath
People |

Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.

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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

Bernajane Palisoc works in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ'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.

Kenneth Czerwinski works with students in lab
Research |

Radiochemistry program teaming with universities, national labs for research and development in nuclear science and security; five-year grant funded by U.S. Department of Energy.

crows at commencement
People |

Three 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduates were recognized by President Len Jessup during Winter Commencement Dec. 15 for their academic and research excellence.

World AIDS Day ribbon
Campus News |

From law to health to advocacy to science, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.

Biochemistry professor David Hatchett in his lab
Research |

Our high-tech marvels demand rare earth metals and oxides. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ researchers are working to make extracting them less toxic and more efficient.