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

Conference participants stand on the steps outside the Tahoe Blue Event Center under a blue sky with a single cloud.

Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems conference hosted at Lake Tahoe

Scientists and students spent a week on Tahoe’s south shore discussing and sharing cutting-edge physics research

Two NevadaTeach students at a table.

NevadaTeach commemorates 10 years of preparing the next generation of STEM educators

Celebration showcases the program’s contributions to Nevada schools and communities

A portrait of Ana de Bettencourt-Dias

Chemistry department chair awarded for distinguished service by American Chemical Society

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias is also a fellow of the ACS

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.

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.