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Graduate College News

The Graduate College supports a wide range of graduate certificate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees offered through the university's many academic units. Students are provided with a quality academic experience in their coursework, research/creative activity, and professional development opportunities.

Current Graduate College News

woman with dark hair wears red shirt that reads "Rebel Onboard"
Campus News |

Theresa Barrett Clark leads program to help new hires navigate their roles and build connections.

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Business and Community |

The collaboration unlocks global opportunities for undergraduate students to pursue advanced degrees toward careers in diplomacy and global security.

3MT 2024 winner April Contreras standing in Hines Lab
People |

Ph.D. student April Contreras presented findings on using caraway or fennel seed without the complications that can occur in current treatments for the brain disorder.

A rear view of UNLV students, dressed in red caps and gowns, filtering into the Thomas & Mack Center with the stage in the background
Campus News |

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Grace Talusan in red blouse
Arts and Culture |

The author of 'The Body Papers' visits UNLV as part of the Kwentuhan at Chikahan: Las Vegas Filipino Book Club series.

UNLV's first cohort of counselor education and supervision Ph.D. students
Campus News |

The Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services welcomes its first cohort of counselor education and supervision Ph.D. students.

Graduate College In The News

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How a national project aims to give master’s and doctoral students the same level of attention as first-year undergraduates.

Desert Companion

Nevada’s graduate assistants are blowing the whistle about exploitative pay, so why did Governor Lombardo just veto a bill that would’ve improved it?

Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,994 in funding for a student team at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program seeking solutions to environmental and public health challenges. The UNLV team, one of 21 award winners nationwide, is researching a cost-effective, simple process using agricultural waste biomass products to clean the drinking water supply.

KSNV-TV: News 3

New funding will make going to grad school a lot easier for locals. According to UNLV, the number of total graduate assistantships (GA) is set to increase.

Starts At 60

For years, scientists and dieticians have advocated the importance of maintaining a healthy gut, particularly for the benefit of our immune system. However, scientists are now also learning about the gut’s impact on our cognitive health.

Cheddar News

We know the world can be tough sometimes, so we'd like to take a moment to share One Good Thing happening in the world today. With graduation season in full swing, the reality is that some of our loved ones aren't always able to be at the ceremony in-person, but one father was willing to travel over 30 hours from the Middle East for the special day. U.S. Navy petty officer second-class Douglas Hernandez coordinated with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to surprise his daughter Pamela at graduation.

Graduate College Experts

An expert in the evolution of human nutrition, hunter-gatherer societies, and the division of labor between the sexes. 

Recent Graduate College Accomplishments

Ligia Verduga (Music) is a DMA student in the UNLV flute studio of John McMurtery. She has been invited to Sofia, Bulgaria, for the Moyse International Flute Competition on June 29, 2025, to present a lecture on her research topic "Ecuadorian Influences on the Flute Repertoire." Furthermore, the organizers of the competition have invited her to be…
Holmes Scholar Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was featured in the spotlight reflection piece for her participation in the AACTE Holmes Dissertation Retreat 2024. In the article, Marquez-Mendez shares the significant impact of the retreat on her research journey, emphasizing the vital role…
Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College), vice provost for graduate education and Graduate College dean, participated in a plenary session at the National Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) 2024 Annual Meeting, held from Dec. 4-7 in St. Louis, Missouri. The panel focused on the expansion of national surveys collecting data on graduate enrollment,…
Associate professor of mathematics education Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) gave the opening keynote, "Who is in the frame?," for the California Math Council North Annual Conference in Asilomar, California, on Dec. 6, 2024. 
S. Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with Shengtian Wu (Illinois State University), Dan Florell (Eastern Kentucky University), and Sara Whitcomb (University of Massachusetts), published aTechnical Assistance Brief for the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) with the title…
Linc Johnson's (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) paper, "Exploring the Nexus of Language, Culture, and Identity: Insights from Interdisciplinary Perspectives," has been published in the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal as part of the 11th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Linguistics…