Research and Graduate Studies

  • CAREER Achievement

    Life sciences professor Brian Hedlund is one of several recent UNLV recipients of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, a highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.

  • Bodies in Motion

    Foreign languages professor Catherine Bellver examines the rich cultural milieu of Spain’s equivalent of the Roaring Twenties in her book, Bodies in Motion: Spanish Vanguard Poetry, Mass Culture, and Gender Dynamics.

  • Silver State Scholar

    Community health sciences professor Shawn Gerstenberger, the most recent winner of the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, examines the effects of a variety of contaminants on environmental and human health. 

  • Beautiful Science

    The path to discovery can be painstaking, complex, and … aesthetically beautiful. This photograph of wing cells developing inside a fruitfly larva is one of several striking images UNLV scientists have examined as part of their research. Learn how these fascinating photos were captured and what they represent.

  • What Does It Mean to be a Father?

    UNLV anthropology professor Peter Gray explores the nature of fatherhood from many perspectives – the biological, evolutionary, anthropological, and sociological – in his book Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior.

Welcome

UNLV's Division of Research and Graduate Studies is committed to creating a campus environment that supports and promotes the performance of superior research and innovative scholarly pursuits.

The division is dedicated to helping university faculty, staff, and students continue building UNLV's reputation as a nationally recognized research institution. It is our intent to help "open the doors" to research for all who wish to recognize their full creative and intellectual potential.

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