News: Graduate College
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How UNLV’s School of Public Health took center stage in the coronavirus crisis.
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Jenna Heath's work on peer mentoring and other programs earns her high honor from university.
School of Nursing grad student Erika Kimble finds success as an entrepreneur in the dermatology field.
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Engineer’s research on improved flood control for Las Vegas led to a flood of research publications and a bright future.
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The university recognizes faculty and student for their work to improve the wellbeing of Southern Nevadans.
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As daily life around the country came to a sudden halt in March, UNLV rapidly reconfigured the rhythms of its day-to-day operations and lent its considerable expertise to fighting the virus in Nevada.
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Pair of geoscience professors at the forefront of UNLV’s contributions to Mars exploration, but plenty more academics are involved in the Red Planet.
The full effect of the crisis won't be known for some time, but right now donors are helping the university pivot to focus on emergency needs and mental health.
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Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word “cloud” no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings.
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Master's student Kylies Fung encourages fellow grads to reflect on how far they've come during their time at UNLV.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
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School of Life Sciences grad used fruit flies to study the nature of obesity.