News: Graduate College
![Keith Rogers and Rebecca Rogers, wearing graduation robes, pose overlooking a pathway on the UNLV campus.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D72511_003.jpg?itok=5IdehQHx)
She's daring and he's diverse. Both are committed to helping UNLV students achieve their dreams.
![Saeed Vayghan](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/HospGradStudents.jpg?itok=Uhd_Im94)
For these students, from all corners of the globe, the common goal is a pursuit of top-level career, academic goals.
![A portrait of doctoral student Michael Issacs](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/issacs.jpg?itok=mr-6Xv6r)
Ph.D. student Michael Isaacs goes back to the basics to helping people with disabilities walk.
![Portrait of Sarah McCarthy](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/McCarthy_D72526_002.jpg?itok=Fv2uv81d)
Ph.D. student Sarah McCarthy didn’t want to follow in her family members’ footsteps — until the day she visited a classroom.
![Student John Olawepo stands in front of the UNLV bus station.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Olawepo_D72521_001.jpg?itok=RiACTUfo)
What do Nigeria, England, and the United States have in common? They were key marks in Ph.D. student John Olawepo’s journey to improving public health.
![Caesars Palace sportsbook](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/CaesarsSportsbook.jpg?itok=EdB0w-X3)
From sports to themed casinos, UNLV researchers push the boundaries of hospitality scholarship.
![Greg Lull leans against a wall](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Greg%20Lull.jpg?itok=DgjOmrMr)
UNLV grad brings an engineering mindset to his role as chief marketing officer for Credit Karma
![Asian elderly man with two medical providers](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/palliative_shutterstock.jpg?itok=kNCwj1-2)
Through progressive grant funding, researchers from three UNLV schools encourage greater use of palliative care among Southern Nevada’s Asian communities.
![A student stands in front of a presentation](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/HospitalityInnovation.jpg?itok=oRArcy3z)
Tech-savvy and constantly connected, today's Hospitality College students have some big ideas on how to move the industry forward — and executives are listening.
The UNLV anthropology student Trevor Pollom's research in nutrition took him to Africa as a tribe transitions to cultivated crops.
Master's student Henry Castillo turns personal experiences into research to help others feel empowered through public speaking.
![Bhagya De Silva portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/BhagyaDeSilvaD72431_001.jpg?itok=WgLIehUl)
Doctoral student Bhagya De Silva traveled more than nine thousand miles to mine for better Alzheimer's Treatments.