News: Graduate College
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U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate and professional schools ranks 26 UNLV programs within nation’s top 100.
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After pandemic delays, about 50 students on Team Las Vegas gear up for UNLV's third showdown in the international Solar Decathlon sustainable homebuilding competition.
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MFA film student lands major screenwriting prize from Humanitas.
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New interdisciplinary degree looks at long-term solution to thwarting cybercrimes
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Her love for all things sci-fi has shaped her outlook on leadership, life, and being a strong woman.
Online master’s program for School of Nursing ranks 7th overall and College of Education earns highest-ever placement at 35th; Liberal Arts’ online bachelor’s in psychology debuts at 26th.
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Best Teaching Practices Expo leans into a new way to offer hospitality internships to students.
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Sustained recruitment efforts lead to increased diversity of students and faculty.
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Alumnus and former professor acknowledges role UNLV had in his career through planned gift.
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With a gaming-centered master’s degree newly in hand, UNLV Hospitality grad Margaret Simpson is bringing powerful leadership to her tribe’s Oregon casino.
Grant from state of Nevada extends university partnership with Southern Nevada Health District, allows 200 UNLV students to continue vital contact tracing services.
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