Live a Life of Discovery.

At the College of Science, our accomplished faculty, inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about.

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Happening at the College of Science

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Expansion and opportunities for Nevada INBRE Tribal Academy of Health and Science

Nevada Tech Hub funding helps program expand to all degrees starting in spring 2025

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Nevada Seismological Laboratory continues making waves

The lab has expanded its mission to provide 24/7 wildfire monitoring

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Global Water Center makes local and international impacts

Water research on campus buoyed by the center is far-reaching

Building a future of discovery, together

We are a college of accomplished faculty and inventive students, leading researchers and scientific pioneers. Every day, these great minds take on complex challenges and unearth groundbreaking solutions for problems we all care about. Imagine where we could go if we work together to support them. Will you join us?

The Mackay School

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

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Mackay statue in front of the Mackay Mines building on the University campus.