Mission
The mission of Rackham Graduate School is to partner with University of Michigan graduate faculty and programs to advance excellence in graduate education, to cultivate a vibrant and diverse student community, and to impact the public good through the scholarship and discoveries of its students and degree recipients.
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Town Hall on Faculty Ideology and Responsibility to Students
Three Key Elements to Make a Positive Professional Impression
Cover Letter Writing Workshop
Professional Development DEI Certificate Information Session
Rackham Symposium: State of the Graduate School
Professional Development DEI Certificate Information Session
Mentoring Plan Workshop
Mentoring Plan Workshop
Professional Development DEI Certificate Information Session
Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation
Bouchet Fall Panel: So You’re a Professor Now?
Rackham North: Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation
Change It Up!
Rackham LGBTQ Out in the Grad School
Demystifying Work-Life Balance
Active Attacker Preparedness Training
Rackham North: Communicating and Engaging Across Disciplines
Rackham North: Rackham Professional Development DEI Certificate Orientation
Rackham North: Designing Your Life Series
Rackham North: It’s in the Syllabus and Other First-Generation College Student Experiences
Rackham North: Intercultural Development Inventory Group Session
Discover Rackham
Stories, blog posts, and more illuminating the experiences of graduate life and highlighting the impact of our students’ critical research.
Young Black Women’s Voices and the Praxis of HIV/AIDS Research
This is for graduate students committed to elevating rebellious voices, to being undisciplined interdisciplinarians, to pursuing radical ethics that set your soul on fire.
Rackham Student Interviewed by Michigan Radio
Jallicia Jolly discusses her research on how HIV-positive black women in Detroit and beyond are connecting and advocating for more resources.
Collaboration as Career Value
Writing in Inside Higher Ed, Rackham Program Manager for Public Scholarship Joseph Cialdella discusses the importance of knowing and articulating your approach to working with others.
Rackham Launches Task Force on Graduate-Student Mental Health
The task force will focus on identifying and implementing specific changes that can be made to better support graduate-student mental health at U-M.
Rackham by the Numbers
Browse statistics and interactive visualizations of the activity and culture of our graduate programs, including data on enrollment, funding, completion rates, and placement.