News: Graduate College
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From softball player to mentor, the Academic Success specialist helps UNLV's student athletes prepare for life after sports.
A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
Master’s student Shivangi Khurania launches business and continually adapts to serve unmet food and beverage industry needs.
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UNLV Boyd Law School has 13 top 100 programs, including No. 1 ranking for legal writing.
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Vladislav Zhitny, an emigrant from the Ukraine, has had 18 papers appear in a variety of publications.
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Findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
Ukraine native, chemist, and policy researcher Mary Blankenship explains how one aspect of the Russia-Ukraine war is being fought online, on TV, and on social media platforms.
Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship recognizes immense impact of late UNLV professor, seeks next generation of public policy leaders.
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As someone who initially left the school system in eighth grade and was abused and homeless, a young Sharon Jalene never would have guessed she would end up earning three college degrees.
James Skelly, a master of electrical engineering student, came out on top at this year’s Rebel Grad Slam, and the impact of his research reaches far beyond the event.
Katherine Luebke’s success in UNLV’s radiochemistry doctoral program stems from a lifelong passion for the niche area of study.
Doctoral student Melissa Schofield stepped out of her bubble to explain her work with bacteria and build connections with other students.