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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Graduate students attend career-boosting workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

The students took training courses related to neuroscience

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Tiny bacterial motions could provide big help in medical diagnosis

Statisticians trained a machine learning model to classify bacterial states

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Student intern at Idaho National Laboratory contributes to metallurgy science

Undergraduate student supports critical mineral research efforts

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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