News: Department of Geoscience

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Arts and Culture |

Researchers from the College of Sciences showcase the artistic side of science by featuring their most captivating research images.

A group of four U.N.L.V. nursing students work on a manikin at the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas.
Campus News |

A collection of news stories capturing the excitement of UNLV’s campus in June, July and August.

A photo depicting the exterior of the Science and Engineering Building on UNLV's campus.
Campus News |

UNLV received a nearly $700,000 National Science Foundation grant to house ‘multicollector’ device, the first of its kind in Nevada.

graphic depiction of seismograph during earthquake
Business and Community |

Nevada is the nation’s third-most seismically active state and neighbors quake-prone California, which experienced two temblors in early July felt in Las Vegas. UNLV geoscientist Wanda Taylor explains why, and what we can do to prepare.

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Research |

UNLV geoscientist, student among international research team behind discovery of ancient monkey species that lived in Africa 22 million years ago.

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Research |

In 2018, faculty and students collaborated with one another and international colleagues on scientific exploration that sought to help people make sense of themselves and the world around them.

"bathtub ring" around Lake Mead
Research |

Climate change researcher Matt Lachniet explains the impacts of hotter temperatures.

Rose Shillito
People |

Scholarship fuels research that could save communities from floods.

Shaimaa Abdelhaleem
Research |

Most kids want to be doctors, vets, police officers, or teachers when they grow up. Shaimaa Abdelhaleem had different ideas.

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People |

As geologist Peg Rees heads to retirement, the 4,000 pounds of rocks she collected go to the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.

UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith
Research |

How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history.

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Research |

Scientific analysis of diamond impurities - known as inclusions - reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth's crust.