The Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science holds a conference every year. In 2013, The 94th Annual Meeting was held on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 16-19 June 2013. The Arizona/Nevada Academy of Sciences and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, joined us.

Organized loosely around the theme “desert science,” the meeting covered a broad range of scientific topics. Several of the symposia and lectures focused on desert, water and climate issues while others explored cancer research, science and feeling in the arts, STEM education and more.