Experience Graduate School at the University of Nevada, Reno




The road to academic and career success is rarely paved in rainbows. While we continue to be allies to all graduate students, we want to acknowledge and support our LGBTQIA+ students. The University's Queer and LGBT Advocacy Board (QLAB) website (and our mental health and wellness for graduate students page, if needed) offer resources that may aid in your wellbeing and success.
The 2022 winners in the Dissertation, Thesis and Patricia Berninsone People’s Choice categories are:
Deadline to apply for Whittell Forest Graduate Research Fellowship: Friday, May 20, 2022, by 5 p.m.
To promote research on the University’s Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area, Research & Innovation is offering three graduate research grant awards for the 2022-2023 year. A total of $15,000 is available (as three $5,000 awards) to support graduate students enrolled in any academic program at the University of Nevada, Reno, or the University of Nevada, Las Vegas who are able to leverage Whittell to advance their graduate work.
University students received seven 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awards. Congratulations to all award recipients!
The Graduate School would like to congratulate Arturo Macias Franco, one of just 30 outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants from all over the country and world to win a 2022 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for graduate education. Selected from more than 1,800 applicants, Arturo and the other fellows were chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to the United States. Arturo will receive up to $90,000 in funding over two years. Interested in applying? Learn more here.
Are you planning to graduate this May or August? In case you missed it, this workshop is for you. Watch our discussion of upcoming deadlines; required forms and approvals; and thesis and dissertation formatting and submission guidelines. The workshop was held via Zoom on Wednesday, April 6.
The Graduate Student Association is a tremendous resource for all graduate students, providing awards, need-based services, social and academic clubs, and terrific camaraderie across campus.
GSA Spring Awards honor student achievement
Almost $70,000 in awards and scholarships presented during GSA Spring Awards
Banner year for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards
An all-time high of 13 student-awardees affiliated with the University of Nevada, Reno receive the prestigious NSF fellowship
Grand (re)Opening of the Pillsbury Graduate Quiet Study (MIKC 500)
Graduate Research Assistant and Internal Vice President of the Graduate Student Association Taissa K. Lytchenko talks about the dedicated study space for graduate students
12:00 PM
Professional Development
Postdoc networking lunch with incoming Graduate Dean at JCSU 301 (Graduate Student Lounge)04:30 PM
Academic Lectures and Seminars
Dissertation Defense - Amanda Morrissey at Nell J. Redfield Building, UNR Speech Pathology and Audiology DepartmentFor the latest coronavirus updates from the University, please visit the University's coronavirus page.
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