Two decades of impact

In January 2004, the College of Science became its own academic entity at the University of Nevada, Reno. In honor of the w88 casinoCollege’s 20-year anniversary and the University’s sesquicentennial celebration, we invite faculty, staff, students, community partners and supporters of science to take part in our anniversary gala on Friday, September 20, 2024.

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Students using scientific equipment for biology class in 1920.

Happening at the College of Science

A chickadee with a pink band on its leg stands on a feeder box with a seed in its mouth.

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A research study published in Science shows better spatial memory is linked to longer lifespan in food-caching chickadees

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Tracking plasma progression in a picosecond

Physicists develop a new method to study high-density plasmas using X-ray Free Electron Lasers

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Researchers use observations to remove bias in climate models in Southern Hemisphere

An unexpected cooling trend, followed by warming, threw models off

Building a future of discovery, together

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The Mackay School

Explore degree programs w88 online casinoand other opportunities within the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, an academic division within the College of Science.

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