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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

Brad Solomon stands second from right next to a UNLV slot machine
People |

Bradford Solomon credits nutrition and a healthy lifestyle as a way to make a difference on and off the field.

Emely Garcia, incoming grad student, teaches students to make plates
Campus News |

Engineering program pairs experiential learning with internships to encourage high school students to explore STEM careers.

man writing on a whiteboard
Campus News |

The Rebel Career Champions Network Showcase highlights ways departments are helping students prepare for their future careers long before graduation.

Close up image of a medical IV drip bag
Research |

UNLV-led research team uses wastewater surveillance to suss out C. auris strains with greater precision, paving way for potential new therapeutic development.

Melanie and Lusayla Romancik
People |

Common professors, life lessons, and support shaped one family's experience at UNLV.

Joyce Woodhouse in light blue blazer
People |

Joyce Woodhouse leaves Nevada better for children and families.

Graduate College In The News

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

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.

CDC Gaming

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.
 

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.

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.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Whenever another development threatens to push farther into the Mojave, the same words appear: beige, barren, empty, wasteland. But the Mojave Desert, which includes Las Vegas, is anything but. More than 50 mammalian species wander its foothills, more than 200 species of birds cross its skies, and more than 2,000 species of plants endure its extended droughts and blistering heat. It’s home to the Joshua tree, found nowhere else on Earth.

Newswise

Candida auris presents ongoing challenges for Nevada’s healthcare facilities. In 2025, the Silver State on its own accounted for 22% of the nation’s nearly 7,200 C. auris cases — reporting 1,605 infections to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and outpacing California’s roughly 1,550 cases and Texas’ 830. When adjusted for population, Nevada logged 20 times more cases per capita than its coastal neighbor.

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

Bridget K. Daleiden, Ph.D., (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), recently published an article, “Many students listen to music to focus and stay motivated while they study – but it doesn't always help,” in The Conversation. 
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented at two summer institutes for inclusive early childhood education. For the Division for Early Childhood, she shared individual, program, and systems strategies for "Building Belonging in Child Care: Creating Systems of Inclusion for Young Children with Disabilities…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) led a panel discussion at United Way's Early Childhood Education and Literacy Community Conversation along with Melissa Yarczower (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education); Elisa Cafferata, executive director at Children's Advocacy Alliance; and Denise Sidney,…
Trenton Dawson, Marcedes Butler, and Kenneth Varner (all Teaching and Learning) published “What counts as competent teaching? A systematic narrative synthesis of teacher competencies in K-12 education” in the Teaching & Teacher Education journal.
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues from University of Oklahoma - Tulsa and The University of Delaware, published "State policy predictors of child care centers’ utilization of subsidies for children from underserved groups" in Children and Youth Services Review.  This study identified…
Ph.D. student Ammrito Roy, a Ph.D. student (English) presented his paper, “Land, Story, and Community in Kanthapura: A Comparative Reading Through Critical Indigenous Theory,” at the 10th Annual Global Souths Conference. The paper applies Comparative Indigenous Theory to Raja Rao’s novel Kanthapura to examine how land, oral storytelling, communal…