Home About News News Stories illuminating the experiences of graduate life, recognizing student achievements, and highlighting the impact of research and scholarship from our students and alumni. Featured Stories No Margin for Error: Submitting a Dissertation Through the Years May 29, 2026 | Truly Render Look back at the dissertation submission requirements of yesteryear to trace how Rackham and the U-M Library have preserved graduate scholarship over time—and how today’s Unlocking Dissertations Project is helping that knowledge reach readers around the world. 150 Years of Doctoral Research Coming of Age in the Diaspora May 21, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham alumna, assistant professor, and sociologist Sadiyah Malcolm-Wallace shares her research on teenage milestones of the African Diaspora, from prom send-offs in Philadelphia to the experiences of Black teenage girls attending high school in Jamaica. Alumni Spotlights All Stories Story Results No results found. Please adjust your search and try again. 2026 Campus Juneteenth Events June 5, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The following campus-wide events are public and open to the broader university community. News Symposium Features Student Research on AI May 29, 2026 | Matt Nelson More than 100 graduate students and postdocs participated in a Rackham program to explore the benefits and risks of AI in research, academic writing, creative production, graduate education, and more. News Rackham Alumna Gabriela Lena Frank Wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music May 27, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Frank (Ph.D. ’01) credits her U-M professors and mentors with helping shape the artistic curiosity that has guided her career. Alumni Spotlights Funding the Final Frontier May 19, 2026 | James Dau Rackham history Ph.D. student Renny Hahamovitch considers how—and why—the American space program has changed, and what that can tell us about meeting today’s most urgent challenges. Student Spotlights Economics for a Better World May 6, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham Ph.D. candidate David Van Dijcke uses alternative data sets to help understand the impacts of some of the world's most complex problems, including internet shutdowns, air raid alert system functionality, and polarized American politics. Student Spotlights Early Graduate Education at U-M May 6, 2026 | Truly Render As Rackham Graduate School celebrates the 150th anniversary of the University of Michigan’s first awarded doctoral degree, records at the Bentley Historical Library reveal the evolution of graduate education at U-M. 150 Years of Doctoral Research Rackham 2026 Honors and Awards April 21, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Each year, Rackham is proud to honor exceptional student research and outstanding instructors and faculty mentors. Browse the awards below to learn more and see this year’s recipients. News Announcing the 2026-2027 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Awards April 21, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral candidates working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful. News Load More Results 1 2 … 50 51 Next Last
No Margin for Error: Submitting a Dissertation Through the Years May 29, 2026 | Truly Render Look back at the dissertation submission requirements of yesteryear to trace how Rackham and the U-M Library have preserved graduate scholarship over time—and how today’s Unlocking Dissertations Project is helping that knowledge reach readers around the world. 150 Years of Doctoral Research
Coming of Age in the Diaspora May 21, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham alumna, assistant professor, and sociologist Sadiyah Malcolm-Wallace shares her research on teenage milestones of the African Diaspora, from prom send-offs in Philadelphia to the experiences of Black teenage girls attending high school in Jamaica. Alumni Spotlights
2026 Campus Juneteenth Events June 5, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The following campus-wide events are public and open to the broader university community. News
Symposium Features Student Research on AI May 29, 2026 | Matt Nelson More than 100 graduate students and postdocs participated in a Rackham program to explore the benefits and risks of AI in research, academic writing, creative production, graduate education, and more. News
Rackham Alumna Gabriela Lena Frank Wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music May 27, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Frank (Ph.D. ’01) credits her U-M professors and mentors with helping shape the artistic curiosity that has guided her career. Alumni Spotlights
Funding the Final Frontier May 19, 2026 | James Dau Rackham history Ph.D. student Renny Hahamovitch considers how—and why—the American space program has changed, and what that can tell us about meeting today’s most urgent challenges. Student Spotlights
Economics for a Better World May 6, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham Ph.D. candidate David Van Dijcke uses alternative data sets to help understand the impacts of some of the world's most complex problems, including internet shutdowns, air raid alert system functionality, and polarized American politics. Student Spotlights
Early Graduate Education at U-M May 6, 2026 | Truly Render As Rackham Graduate School celebrates the 150th anniversary of the University of Michigan’s first awarded doctoral degree, records at the Bentley Historical Library reveal the evolution of graduate education at U-M. 150 Years of Doctoral Research
Rackham 2026 Honors and Awards April 21, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Each year, Rackham is proud to honor exceptional student research and outstanding instructors and faculty mentors. Browse the awards below to learn more and see this year’s recipients. News
Announcing the 2026-2027 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Awards April 21, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral candidates working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful. News
