College of Sciences E-newsletter

July 2008

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Professor Wanda Taylor Appointed Interim Dean

In an announcement to the UNLV community, Neal J. Smatresk, Executive Vice President and Provost announced the appointment of an interim dean for the College of Sciences.

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Wanda Taylor, Professor of Geoscience, will serve as Interim   Dean of the College of Sciences, effective July 1, 2008, for the next year while the search for a new dean continues. Dr. Taylor holds a Ph.D. in structural geology and tectonics from the University of Utah.  She has been a member of the UNLV faculty since 1991, and has served as the Chair of the Geoscience department from July 2004 though July 2007.  Dr. Taylor is a  professor in the Geoscience Department.

A search committee, which began its work in the fall 2008 semester, identified four finalists who we brought to campus in May and June of this year. Each of these finalists had many strong   attributes; however, the feedback from the campus community indicated that no one candidate provided the right fit. We all want the strongest dean possible to lead the faculty and staff during this important time in UNLV’s history; therefore, we will plan to begin a new search during the upcoming academic year.

I appreciate the hard work of the search committee and extend my sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to the search process.  Together we will be successful in finding the right person for this critical leadership position. I am confident that Dr. Taylor will bring able leadership to the College in this transitional period and ask that you join me in congratulating her for her service to the College of Science and UNLV.

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Inspire Integrity Awards

Associate professor of Chemistry Clemens Heske is a regional finalist, one of only fifteen faculty selected in a national competition for the Inspire Integrity Awards. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ Inspire Integrity Awards are the only national student-nominated faculty awards program. These awards are presented to full-time university faculty who have, through their lessons and actions, made a significant impact on the lives of their students and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.

The 2007-2008 Inspire Integrity Awards take place in five regions throughout the United States.
Regional selection committees select three finalists from each region, each of whom receives a $250 stipend for being a finalist. Once finalists are submitted from all regions, those 15 applications are distributed to the national selection committee members who review all finalists’ applications, select one runner up and one national recipient. The national recipient will receive a $3,000 personal stipend, as well as $2,500 toward his or her university’s scholarship fund. The national runner-up will receive $750.

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UROP Program and Website

http://sciences.unlv.edu/urop/

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) cultivates and supports research partnerships and invites undergraduates to work as the junior colleagues of faculty.

The program offers the opportunity to work on cutting edge research—whether you join established research projects or pursue your own ideas. As participants, undergraduates engage in each phase of standard research activity: developing research plans, writing proposals, conducting research, analyzing data, and presenting research results in oral and written form.

The projects take place over the summer, and research can be done in any academic department or interdisciplinary laboratory. Projects can last for an entire semester, and many continue for a year or more. Students use their experiences to become familiar with the faculty, learn about potential majors, and investigate areas of interest.

Participants gain practical skills and knowledge they eventually apply to careers after graduation or as graduate students. Most importantly, they become involved in state-of-the-art research.

UNLV Independent Summer Research Studies Students


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2008 College of Sciences Graduate Students Theses

Se Hye Kim, Chemistry, M.S.
Thesis: POST-MODIFICATION OF POLYSULFONE USING TRANSITION METAL CATALYZED C-H ACTIVATION AND SUZUKI-MIYAURA CROSS COUPLING REACTION
Mentor:  Chulsung Bae, Assistant Professor

Kelly McGrath, Chemistry, M.S.
Thesis: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOBEL ASYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED BISPHENAZINES AND THEIR SELF-ASSEMBLING PROPERTIES
Mentor:  Dong-Chan Lee, Assistant Professor

Nicole Millick, Chemistry, M.S.
Thesis:  SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROMCHEMICAL POLYANILINE/PALLADIUM COMPOSITES 
Mentor:  David Hatchett, Associate Professor

Jade Morgan, Chemistry. M.S.
Thesis:  CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ANLINE BASED PALLADIUM COMPOSITES AND COMPLEXITIES
Mentor:  David Hatchett, Associate Professor

Todd Arrowood, Geosciences, M.S.
Thesis:  DETERMINING THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF THE ACRYLAMIDE MONOMER (AMD) IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS
Mentor:  Jong Bo Yu, Associate Professor

Matthew McKelvey, Geosciences, M.S.
Thesis:  GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN REVEILLE RANGE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA  
Mentor:  Gene Smith, Professor

Maureen Yonovitz. Geosciences. M.S.
Thesis: PEDOGENESIS OF VESICULAR HORIZONS IN DISTURBED AND UNDISTURBED SOILS
Mentor:  Patrick Drohan, Assistant Professor (former)

Nathan Suurmeyer, Geosciences, M.S.
Thesis:  BASIS ANALYSIS OF THE CENTRAL GRAND WASH THROUGH, NW ARIZONA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO A MIOCENE EXTENSIONAL BASIN 
Mentor:  Andrew Hanson, Associate Professor

Aaron Harris, Mathematics, M.S.
Professional Paper: The Effects of Verbal and Written Communication in the Mathematics Classroom
Mentor:  Carryn Bellomo, Associate Professor

Scott MacDonald, Mathematics, M.S.
Professional Paper: Algorithms of the Chinese Remainder Theorem
Mentor:  Peter Shiue, Professor

Joshua Wertheimer, Mathematics, M.S.
Professional Paper: Trends in the Accommodations of Students with Math Learning Disabilities at Post-Secondary Institutions
Mentor:  Carryn Bellomo, Associate Professor

Patricia Kalita, Physics, M.S.
Thesis: TITANIUM HYDRIDE UP TO 90 GPA: SYNCHROTRON X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES 
Mentor:  Andrew Cornelius, Associate Professor

Stephanie Labahn, School of Life Sciences, M.S.
Thesis: MICROBIAL-MEDIATED REMOVAL OF ACRYLAMIDE FROM CANAL SYSTEMS 
Mentor:  Eduardo Robleto, Assistant Professor

Nita Tallent-Halsell, School of Life Sciences, Ph.D.
Dissertation: IMPACTS OF AN INVASIVE SHRUB, "BUDDLEJA DAVIDII" (BUTTERFLY BUSH) ON PLANT SUCCESSION OF NEW ZEALAND FLOODPLAINS  
Mentor:  Lawrence Walker, Professor

Anne Lockett, Water Resource Management, M.S.
Professional Paper: Quantifying the Impact of Reuse Water on the Soil and Turf grass Quality of Golf Courses
Mentor:  Dale Devitt, Professor


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Most-Accessed Article, Chemical Reviews

Composites of Intrinsically Conducting Polymers as Sensing Nanomaterials
David W. Hatchett and Mira Josowicz, Chem. Reviewa; 2008; 108(2) pp 746 - 769; (Review) DOI: 10.1021/cr068112h

This article is featured on the ACS Publications website:  http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/most_accessed/index.html as a Most-Accessed Article for the first-quarter of 2008.  Most-Accessed Articles listed are based on article web view data collected following COUNTER-compliant ACS Usage Reports.

 Introduction:

Composites of intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) are materials that utilize conjugated polymers and at least one secondary component that can be inorganic or organic materials or biologically active species. The goal is to produce a new composite material that has distinct properties that were not observed in the individual components. This may include either new or improved chemical properties that can be exploited for chemical or biological sensing. For example, adding carbon nanotubes tends to drastically influence the electrical and thermal conductivity of ICPs. A secondary aspect concerns the stabilization of the secondary component in the polymer matrix. Enhanced optical, electrical, or mechanical properties such as stiffness and strength are common. In some cases, the physical and chemical properties of the secondary component are much different after composite formation. For the purpose of this review we will primarily focus on the ICPs such as polyaniline, polypyrrole, and polythiophene and their derivatives. The resonance-stabilized structure of ICPs allows, for example, incorporation of ions, nanoparticles, or nanowires of metals, metal oxides, carbon, or molecular species such as metallophthalocyanines or biologically active components such as enzymes, antibodies, and antigens.1 In some cases, the ICP will simply act as a template for the incorporation of the secondary component. In that case, the secondary component will impart the chemical properties required for chemical sensing. In other cases the materials are linked through electrostatic interactions which influence the electronic and physical properties of the materials used to prepare the composite.

The combined physical/chemical properties of the components are exploited for chemical sensing when the materials are joined. Differences in the properties of composites containing similar components are often tied to the method of preparation. Therefore, preparation methods will be discussed in more detail with respect to the "how" the secondary component is incorporated in the ICPs. The major advantage of ICP composite materials over the ICP alone is based on the increase in active surface area and ability to form good electronic contact between the composite components and the transducer. The parent polymer provides high dispersion and high surface area for the secondary components to be integrated and creates templates for chemical reactions and interactions. The inherent stability and symbiosis between the two components used to create the composite material is often superior to the bulk components alone.

This review is organized as follows. First, we briefly summarize the properties and limitations of the most frequently used materials in chemical and biological sensors. Then different approaches to combine them with ICPs are discussed. The methods have been broadly classified as polymerization, dispersion, redox reactions, and electrostatic interactions. When applicable the strategies used to control the size, shape, and distribution of the secondary component in the composite are emphasized. When relevant the catalytic applications of the composite materials are examined. The advantages of using these composites as sensing material can be expressed with respect to increased surface area, higher numbers of analytical recognition sites, lower detection limits, low resistivity or faster response times, and improved environmental stability. The mechanical properties of the material are often improved which leads to more robust sensors.

In summary, the aim of the review is to explore a fundamental and technological incentive for ICP composite sensors, the sensing properties, and how molecular ICP composites are made. The behavior of the secondary component relative to the primary component and how the combined properties of the composite improve sensing applications is also examined. The references selected in the text do not reflect the chronology of the advances in the research field within the last 7 years, and we do not claim to present every possible reference for completeness. Rather the references are meant to highlight specific aspects and applications that are important in the synthesis and application of ICP composite to chemical and biosensors.

 

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Jack and Fay Ross Family Fellowship Recipient

Colin Robins, Ph.D. Student, Awarded the First Jack and Fay Ross Family Fellowship

Article by Colin Robins, April 2008 (published the Geoscience Department Newsletter)

I am extremely honored to be the first ever recipient of the Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship. This fellowship presents a truly wonderful opportunity for PhD students in the UNLV Department of Geoscience to significantly advance both the progress and level of detail of their research. I will take full advantage of this incredible and exciting chance to improve my research efforts, publish my findings in international scientific journals, and to ensure a strong, thorough execution of my studies at UNLV.

Specifically, I plan to use my time on the Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship to complete my PhD dissertation research with Dr. Brenda Buck on A Novel Approach to Arid Soil Dating: Extraction and 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Pedogenic Sepiolite and Palygorskite. If successful, this innovative project will greatly advance geoscientists’ ability to constrain arid region landform ages, and to understand implications of those ages for climate change, landscape evolution, and rates of surficial processes around the world.

Funding from the Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship will also allow me to attend and present results at (1) the 13th International Conference on Soil Micromorphology (held only every four years) in Chengdu, China, and (2) the first joint meeting of the Soil Science Society of America and the Geological Society of America in Houston, TX. The timing of this fellowship is truly ideal: these unique conferences are the most prestigious forums in my field of study, and the costs of attendance and logistics of travel are simply not feasible on most graduate assistantships.

The Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship will allow me the freedom to assist with collaborative, undergraduate research projects in my department, and to gain greater breadth and depth of experience in geoscience research. It will also help to support my collaboration with Dr. Buck on a separate, invited paper on arid soil systems, which we will submit for review during the upcoming year.

In summary, the Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship will not only help me disseminate scientific knowledge and receive valuable feedback for improved future studies, but will also help me network with renowned scientists, build a competitive professional resume, and prepare myself for a postdoctoral career in the geosciences. I am extremely fortunate to have the support of the Jack and Fay Ross Fellowship and am eagerly looking forward to the upcoming academic year.

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Research Infrastructure Award (RIA) Program

Michelle Elekonich, associate professor, school of life sciences, is one of multiple co-principal investigators on a collaborative grant deigned to establish a clinical research core laboratory to support a diverse group of UNLV scientists.

“Establishing a Clinical Research Core Laboratory,” ($100,000). Principal Investigator: Deborah E. Keil, MT(ASCP), Ph.D., DABT, Department: Nutrition and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College: School of Allied Health Sciences

Co-Principal Investigators include: Janice M. Klaassen, MT(ASCP), MS (School of Allied Health Sciences), Merrill Landers, Ph.D. (Physical Therapy) and a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Life Sciences, Michelle M. Elekonich, Ph.D. (School of Life Sciences); J.W. McWhorter (Chair, Physical Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences), M. Peden-Adams (Medical University of South Carolina; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

UNLV is strategically poised to address human health issues associated with an expanding residential population, emerging diseases, and a need for resident/public health surveillance.  However, no clinical research infrastructure is available to serve faculty in the School of Allied Health Sciences and colleagues across the main UNLV campus.  The Clinical Laboratory Science program is approached monthly with inquiries requesting clinical assistance and direction to support UNLV research on campus.   For instance, fellow colleagues in the Department of Anthropology required assistance in the measure of prolactin and prostate specific antigen (PSA) in human subjects; School of Nursing to measure serum cytokines in long-term care-givers or inflammatory markers in patients with chronic back pain; Department of Psychology for IL-6 levels in human subjects; Department of Nutrition for serum markers to assess nutritional status in human subjects; Department of Kinesiology for measurement of creatine kinase and myoglobin in human exercise subjects; and the School of Life Sciences to measure chemistry analytes in blood.  

The proposed a state-of-the-art Clinical Research Core (CRC) Laboratory will support colleagues on campus, thereby growing UNLV clinical research studies.  The CRC Laboratory will consist of laboratory analyzers that will assess blood cell populations (Horiba ABX Micros) or perform serum chemistries including the quantitation of therapeutic drugs and drugs of abuse, as well as hormone, lipid, nutritional, inflammatory and tumor markers (StanBio Sirrus; Beckman Access Immunoassay System). This investment can provide a cost-effective and research-interactive resource available for numerous programs on campus such as clinical researchers in anthropology, nursing, nutrition, clinical laboratory science, physical therapy, kinesiology, life sciences and others.  This will enable an UNLV researcher to generate competitive pilot data for NIH or related proposals with minimal cost investment.  Furthermore, this will provide a clinical training platform for UNLV graduate students who will have a unique opportunity to expand their expertise and develop skills for future careers in clinical research.  The menu of tests provided for clinical researchers will enable over 200 blood and urine analytes (described in equipment addendum).  Projects requiring long-term monitoring of subjects will also be available through this facility.  Thus, an investment in this project can truly have a large impact on UNLV’s mission and graduate education as to meet research-intensive goals and the development of Biomedical and Health Science Initiatives.

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In Memoriam

David L. WeideDavid L. Weide, Professor Emeritus in the Geoscience Department passed away on June 25, 2008. David earned his B.S. degree in geology from California State University, Los Angeles, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974.

David L. Weide joined the faculty of the UNLV Department of Geoscience in 1973, when there were only four faculty members in the department.  His leadership, knowledge, commitment, and unique style of spirited and overt enthusiasm helped to create an internationally recognized department of twenty cohesive full-time faculty that continues to demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching, research and service.  Dave had many positive impacts on the department, and a particularly appreciated one was his generosity in sharing all his teaching and research resources with beginning faculty to help them get started in their new careers, and his genuine curiosity and interest in the work of others helped to make new faculty and students feel welcome.  He served the department in innumerable ways including as Chair from 1989-1993, and at some point served as chair or member of nearly every standing committee.  He was a very active participant in creating the Master’s graduate program in the department beginning in 1984 and later the Doctoral program.  He helped build camaraderie, particularly amongst faculty, student, and staff in the Department of Geoscience and celebrated that effort by holding one or more barbeques at his house and at his expense every year.

Dave taught geology and geography at all levels, but was renowned for his teaching style in the introductory classes where he engaged students in learning and drew upon his background in theater to keep their attention.  His acting ability as well as his knowledge garnered him the spokes person for the university on radio and television whenever an earthquake occurred or a flood event hit the area.  During his 31 years at UNLV he taught some 5,279 students, including 4,022 in Geography 101; 748 in Geology 101; 306 in Geomorphology; and many more in 15 other courses.   David Weide was the recipient of the UNLV College of Sciences' Distinguished Teaching Award for the 1997/98 academic year.  His contributions to his students, colleagues, university, and community reached far beyond mere numbers.  David Weide was a vital part of those academic pioneers who worked diligently to establish UNLV as a fixture in our community and a major entity in higher education.

Dr. Weide’s research interests included urban geologic hazards including flood hazards, unstable soils, tectonic-seismic hazards, and mass movement.  In these subject areas, Dave mentored graduate students that not only completed theses but also co-published maps and papers with him.  He authored many peer-reviewed scholarly articles, government and consulting reports, and over twenty-five geologic maps.  These maps are still primary research data across much of the United States and many are used currently here in southern Nevada.  Dave brought a breadth of knowledge and experience to UNLV by serving as a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, as Senior Museum Scientist at UCLA Department of Geology, a geologist with the University of California Archaeological Survey Office, and with the National Science Foundation European Projects.  He was a consultant to the State of Nevada Governor’s Office and served on the State of Nevada Earthquake Safety Council.

David Weide was honored as an elected member of Phi Kappa Phi, elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a member of American Quaternary Association, and a member of Society for Archaeological Sciences. He served the profession as a reviewer for National Science Foundation proposals, a member of the Editorial Board of Geology, Secretary/ Treasurer of Society for Archaeological Sciences, and Chair of a Geological Society of America regional meeting, and representative on the Geological Society of America National Council on Geology and Public Policy.

Among David’s many passions was folk music. This interest was kindled in 1951, when, at the age 15, he attended a Los Angeles concert by the legendary Pete Seeger. He soon began collecting the (then) new 33 1/3 rpm recordings of American and British folk music.  Some 53 years later, he donated his collection to his alma mater, UCLA, and it’s  Ethnomusicology Archive. His collection included some 3,535 LPs (vinyl), 2,426 compact discs, and 1,690 cassettes.  In 1984, he was invited to produce and host a radio program on KNPR, the Las Vegas public radio station. On September 10, 1989, he moved the program to KUNV (the FM radio station operated by UNLV) until June 2001).

David reflected upon his long and distinguished career at UNLV, writing in the Fall 2005 Geoscience Department Newsletter.

Once upon a time back in the fall of 1973, a new Geoscience faculty member arrived on campus and was assigned four new courses, no start-up funds, no release time, and a tiny cubicle in the third oldest building on campus; then shared with the Biology department. That new professor was Dave Weide. At the             start of that Fall semester in 1973, the geoscience faculty consisted of 3 people: John Wilbanks, Chairman; Bill McClellan, paleontology and “soft rocks”; and Anne Wyman, mineralogy and petrology. For Weide it was to be a brand new adventure!

On the first day of the first meeting of my first class I calmly announced to the 105+ students who had signed up for Geography 101: “This will be an adventure for all of us; not only have I never taught THIS class before; I have never taught anything to anybody before this! We shall learn together.”

On July 1, 2004, Dave Weide; older, grayer, somewhat wiser, but in no way more subdued, retired from the Faculty of the Geoscience Department. What a long, strange, but wonderful trip it has been.

At this date information on services is unavailable. The Geoscience Department will hold a memorial service in the Fall 2008 semester.

 

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2008 Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology

The 52nd annual Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology took place on June 11-15, 2008, in Wind River, Colorado The Conference provided a forum for scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and most importantly, students to informally and openly discuss their most recent findings in prokaryotic molecular biology, physiology, and genetics. Students, some for the first time in their careers, present their work and gain valuable new insights and ideas for their research endeavors. This conference focuses on the biology of diverse prokaryotic and lower eucaryotic systems. It is the major annually-occurring international meeting devoted to this subject area and is often a conference where "emerging" genetic systems as well as "novel model systems" are first described. The meeting has always been open to all researchers working in the field of genetic exchange, prokaryotic biology and related areas, including DNA repair, restriction-modification systems, recombination pathways, thermophilic biology and Archaeal biology.

Contributions offered by UNLV participants included:

Oral Presentations:

“ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTION IN STATIONARY PHASE MUTAGENESIS IN B. subtilis,” Holly Martin, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Eduardo Robleto, University of Nevada Las Vegas

“AN Inducible Allele under Selection IS Prone to Mutation in Bacillus subtilis,” Christine Pybus, Christian Ross, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Eduardo Robleto, University of Nevada Las Vegas

 

Poster Sessions:

“development of genetic tools to test transcription-associated mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis,” Alessio Luinetti, Holly Martin, Mario Pedraza-Reyes, Christine Pybus, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Eduardo Robleto, University of Nevada Las Vegas.

“REGULATION OF THE Shigella flexneri icsP PROMOTER,” Dustin Harrison, Jen Smith, and Helen Wing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“THE Shigella flexneri VIRULENCE PLASMID ENHANCHES SURVIVAL IN DISTILLED WATER MICROCOSMS,” Amber J. Howerton and Helen Wing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“THE EFFECTS OF HOST PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON THE EXPRESSION OF icsP. In Shigella flexneri,” Karen Levy and Helen Wing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

“ERROR-PRONE DNA POLYMERASES YqjH AND YqjW ARE EXPRESSED DURING B. subtilis SPORULATION AND PROTECT THE SPORULATING CELL FROM DNA DAMAGE” Andrea M. Rivas, Institute of Research in Experimental Biology, Guanajuato, Mexico, Ronald E. Yasbin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wayne L. Nicholson, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Space Life Sciences Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center, M. Pedraza-Reyes, Institute of Research in Experimental Biology, Guanajuato, Mexico.

 

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Undergraduate Majors in the College of Sciences, Fall 2007

Number of majors in the college of sciences

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Geoscience Newsletter

The Spring 2008 Geoscience Department Newsletter is available at:

http://geoscience.unlv.edu/Geoscience%20Newsletter%20Spring%202008%20(Web).pdf

Among the articles and feature items in the issue are:

UNLV Geoscience Department Hosts 2008 GSA Meeting

Letter from Our Chair

Research Labs & Facilities

            Environmental Soil Analytical Laboratory (ESAL)

            LVIS is in the HOUSE!

The 3rd Annual GeoSymposium Showcases Student Research Within the Geoscience Department!

Spotlight on Faculty Research: Dr. Brenda Buck

Buck Wins Top International Award!

Department Welcomes New Faculty

Geoscience Stars

            Kelly Robertson

            Jennifer Mercadante

            Corinne Griffing

            John Beyers

            Kevin Donahue

My Experience in the UNLV Geoscience Department

Colin Robins, PhD Student, Awarded the First Jack and Fay Ross             Family Fellowship

Spotlight on Graduate Research: Robyn Howley, PhD Student

Selected Student Awards & Honors

Selected Faculty Awards, Grants, & Significant Publications

Alumni News

Recent Graduate News

Thank You Donors!

 

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Fall 2008 Textbook List

The Fall 2008 Textbook list is available at the following link:

http://sciences.unlv.edu/pdf/booksfall2008.pdf

The College of Sciences provides this list to students in order to assist in the acquisition of required readings for upcoming courses

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Upcoming Seminars

The College of Sciences has established a listserve to better publicize and promote scientific seminars offered throughout the academic year. For more information on upcoming seminars and to subscribe to the listserve, please visit: http://cmse.unlv.edu/seminar/.

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Submit Your News Stories

The College of Sciences E-Newsletter is published on or about the first of each month. Please submit news items via email by the fifteenth of each month, for consideration. You may send your submissions to: Bill Brown, Director of Planning and Communication william.brown@unlv.edu.

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