News: Graduate College

A U.N.L.V. student wearing goggles, and one wearing a hat and glasses, stare at materials in a vice.
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On-campus lab testing materials for NASA Artemis Program’s Orion spacecraft.

A woman smiles while working with scientific equipment
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Alumna Vanessa Sanders finding new paths for isotopes therapeutic and diagnostic at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Janine Barrett poses with her 10-month-old daughter, Makenzie on campus.
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Triple-alum Janine Barrett has worked her way up from student worker to executive director of graduate systems & operations at the Graduate College, but says her most cherished role is that of mother.

Ashton Ridley standing outside 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Greenspun Hall
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Once an intern in public radio, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ alum Ashton Ridley is now paying it forward.

A woman in a karate gi kicks.
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Amber Williams, a martial artist set to earn her doctorate in psychology at 23, studies stereotypes and breaks them. Here's how she got to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

Dr. Stephen Dahlem shakes hands with student Gregory Schreck.
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Medical school class president combines education and science degrees as he prepares for emergency medicine.

Woman writing math formula on a white board
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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ helps students overcome their math anxiety.

Erica Mosca seated at a table
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Through a nonprofit she founded, alumna Erica Mosca helps low-income high school students get to — and then succeed — in college.

groups of people on campus
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New research reveals how undocumented students pursue justice and joy at the nation’s most diverse campus.

A man and woman embrace at the Latinx/51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ meeting.
Business and Community |

Students conducting interviews say the project allows them to reconnect to their heritage.

Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez conducts an oral history interview
Business and Community |

Latinx oral history project gives grad student a way to up-end the misperceptions of the Las Vegas community he grew up in.

Mayan sculpture on display
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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase spoke with Salt Lake City alums as the Alumni Association launches its new Rebels Forever membership structure.