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Graduate College News

The Graduate College supports a wide range of graduate certificate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees offered through the university's many academic units. Students are provided with a quality academic experience in their coursework, research/creative activity, and professional development opportunities.

Current Graduate College News

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Lee Business School alumna Krishna Jayasankar Menon overcame injury to earn All-American honors and a national title. Now she's eyeing the Olympics as she works on a master's degree.

Christina Schlazer
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With a science bachelor's and MBA, the Lee Business School Alumna of the Year honoree built a career at the intersection of technology and business.

Shipra De
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The Engineering Alumna of the Year leads data and business intelligence analysts at the Nevada National Security Sites while helping connect UNLV students with industry opportunities.

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Created by a multidisciplinary team of UNLV students, R.2X Cosmic Expedition takes the campus community beyond the classroom and into the solar system.

Laurie Hartig and Lisa K. Habighorst
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The College of Education Alumnae of the Year co-founded Spread the Word Nevada, expanding access to books and literacy resources for young readers across the state.

Ali Caliendo
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Urban Affairs Alumna of the Year founded Foster Kinship to support relatives raising children in foster care. The nonprofit has since helped nearly 24,000 Nevada children.

Graduate College In The News

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A pair of UNLV graduates, Sarah Galera and Sophia Lorenzana, are helping preserve the Wetlands through a tree monitoring project with Clark County. 

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When Sophia Lorenzana took an ornithology class at UNLV as an undergraduate student, she never imagined it would spark a love for one of the area’s most underrated natural resources: Wetlands Park.

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A unique feat for a father and daughter here in Las Vegas, finishing school at the same time with perfect 4.0 GPAs. Ebenezer Belete graduated with his PhD from UNLV while his daughter, 16-year-old Tracy Belete, graduated from high school.

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The land-based casino industry has fallen behind when it comes to using artificial intelligence, but the potential is there to transform gaming and the guest experience.
 

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Regeneration has long been the stuff of science fiction. At UNLV, researchers are now studying frogs that can regrow their eyes in days — work that could bring that idea closer to reality for human patients.

Las Vegas Sun

Regeneration has long been the stuff of science fiction. At UNLV, researchers are now studying frogs that can regrow their eyes in days — work that could bring that idea closer to reality for human patients.

Graduate College Experts

An expert in the evolution of human nutrition, hunter-gatherer societies, and the division of labor between the sexes. 

Recent Graduate College Accomplishments

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood Special Education) was part of the research and writing team for the 2026 position statement from national organizations Division for Early Childhood/National Association for the Education of Young Children--Early Childhood Inclusion. First published in 2009--this statement is used…
The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) has granted provisional recognition to the M.Ed. in Special Education with an Emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis. The program met more than 50 rigorous standards across nine areas, including mission, curriculum, outcomes assessment, resources, and faculty. ABAI is the…
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published research examining whether asking people for more information following responses to the General Health Questionnaire could affected subsequent responses. It can. Respondents gave fewer psychologically concerning responses when presented with selective and predictable…
Madeline Clark and Heather Dahl-Jacinto (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Service) published their text "A DSM-5-TR Companion for Counselors: A Trauma-Informed and Socially Just Model for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning."
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) received a $300,000 award from the Stranahan Foundation.  Her project will develop and test an innovative leadership model to help elementary school principals strengthen the transition from preschool to kindergarten — supporting developmentally appropriate…
Shane W. Kraus (Psychology), associate professor and director of the Behavioral Addictions Lab at UNLV, recently published six peer-reviewed articles advancing research on behavioral addictions, mental health, and public health. The publications appeared in leading journals including Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Public Health, the Journal…