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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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People |

UNLV radiochemistry alumni — from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens — are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation’s top nuclear science labs.

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Research |

The institute prepares a stronger cybersecurity workforce and supports local industry needs by expanding hands-on training and interdisciplinary learning.

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Campus News |

A UNLV-record 33 graduate and professional programs rank among the nation’s top 100 in their discipline, including 15 in law and 6 in business.

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People |

Education alumna Jessica Maloy teaches in a tech-free environment, where incarcerated students are preparing for life beyond prison.

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Athletics |

Long after their playing days end, UNLV hockey alumni carry the program’s values into their careers.

Virginia Smercina stands at entrance of Graduate Commons
People |

The soon-to-be two-time UNLV alumna is helping graduate students find their voice and advocate for themselves.

Graduate College In The News

Las Vegas Sun

More than a dozen UNLV graduate programs ranked among the top 100 in their respective disciplines in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Graduate Schools rankings released today.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The project is part of the HUNDRED Plan, an acronym for Historic Urban Neighborhood Design Redevelopment. In 2016, residents worked with graduate students from UNLV to create a vision for what they wanted to see on the Historic Westside.

Sausage of Science Podcast

Join us for a conversation about decolonizing research, rethinking education, and building institutions that actually serve the communities at their center. Chris sits down with Dr. Alyssa Crittenden, who returns to the show, this time as Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College at UNLV.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Researchers have documented the pervasiveness of bullying, which one study estimated could cost a large university $93 million a year in employee disengagement. Anti-bullying advocates have urged colleges to tackle the problem head-on. 

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How a national project aims to give master’s and doctoral students the same level of attention as first-year undergraduates.

Desert Companion

Nevada’s graduate assistants are blowing the whistle about exploitative pay, so why did Governor Lombardo just veto a bill that would’ve improved it?

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

Suheyla Sarisahin, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Alain Bengochea (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), and Tracy Spies (Teacher Education at Wyoming University) presented a paper titled, "Shifting teachers' beliefs and practices to support multilingual learners with disabilities," at the American Educational Research…
Doctoral student Alexis Rice (Psychological and Brain Sciences) has been awarded multiple competitive honors from the UNLV Graduate College. She is the recipient of the 2026 Patricia Sastaunik Scholarship and the Janine Lee Memorial Scholarship, recognizing her academic excellence and contributions to research. Rice was also awarded the 2026…
On April 11, 2026, Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented “Scripted to Teach: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Scripted Curricula in Science Education” in a paper session on Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting…
Doctoral students Alexis Rice and Shanika Wickramarachchi (both Psychological and Brain Sciences) presented a roundtable at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Convention in Los Angeles, CA. Their presentation, titled “Feeling Out of Place: A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Imposter Phenomenon Among BIPOC and LGBTQ…
Adjoa Mensah (Online Education), Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning), and David Ko (Teaching and Learning) presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting. Adjoa presented research examining K–8 science teachers’ ICT planning and implementation practices using the PIC-RAT framework to understand technology…
On April 8, 2026, Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented “'Easily Distracted': A Thematic Analysis of College Students’ Attentional Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning” in a paper session on motivation, belonging, and help-seeking at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The…