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. All Stories Story Results No results found. Please adjust your search and try again. Are You Not Entertained? February 3, 2026 | James Dau Rackham classical studies Ph.D. candidate Alanna Heatherly looks at how ancient athletes used pain to shape their identities—and how we can still learn from their experiences today. Student Spotlights Pioneering Accessibility: Early Computing, Screen Readers, and New Tech January 28, 2026 | Truly Render-Wagner Brought together at U-M in the early 1960s, Rackham alumni Jim Thatcher and Jesse Wright went on to create IBM’s first screen readers for blind and low-vision computer users. Over six decades later, a Rackham alum and his faculty mentors are preparing the next leap in accessible computing. Alumni Spotlights Rackham Alumna Helps Lead Development of World’s First Mass-Produced Microreactor January 26, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Rita Baranwal serves as chief nuclear officer of Radiant, a start-up developing small, portable nuclear reactors. Alumni Spotlights News Rackham Strategic Evaluation and Assessment Team (R-SEAT) GSRA Job Posting January 20, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Rackham Graduate School Job Posting Job Posting Communities of Care January 7, 2026 | Truly Render-Wagner Rackham Ph.D. candidate Theresa Norpeli Lanyo researches ways to effectively address maternal mortality rates through group prenatal care. How Rackham Helps Student Spotlights Internship Connections: Healthy Futures November 21, 2025 | Truly Render-Wagner With the goal of improving people’s everyday lives, Jadie Moon strives to advance therapeutic research in the lab and at her intern fellowship at Merck & Co., Inc. Internship Connections Professional Development Student Spotlights Game On: Hobby Arcade Supports Community Fundraising November 11, 2025 | Rackham Graduate School Rackham alum, engineer, and vintage arcade game collector Mitch Rohde recently launched Otto’s Arcade and Club, with hopes to fundraise for his community. Alumni Spotlights Exploring a Lost Maritime Legacy November 10, 2025 | Rackham Graduate School John U. Bacon, who received his master’s degree from the Marsal Family School of Education, releases his new book, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Alumni Spotlights Load More Results First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 51 52 Next Last
Are You Not Entertained? February 3, 2026 | James Dau Rackham classical studies Ph.D. candidate Alanna Heatherly looks at how ancient athletes used pain to shape their identities—and how we can still learn from their experiences today. Student Spotlights
Pioneering Accessibility: Early Computing, Screen Readers, and New Tech January 28, 2026 | Truly Render-Wagner Brought together at U-M in the early 1960s, Rackham alumni Jim Thatcher and Jesse Wright went on to create IBM’s first screen readers for blind and low-vision computer users. Over six decades later, a Rackham alum and his faculty mentors are preparing the next leap in accessible computing. Alumni Spotlights
Rackham Alumna Helps Lead Development of World’s First Mass-Produced Microreactor January 26, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Rita Baranwal serves as chief nuclear officer of Radiant, a start-up developing small, portable nuclear reactors. Alumni Spotlights News
Rackham Strategic Evaluation and Assessment Team (R-SEAT) GSRA Job Posting January 20, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Rackham Graduate School Job Posting Job Posting
Communities of Care January 7, 2026 | Truly Render-Wagner Rackham Ph.D. candidate Theresa Norpeli Lanyo researches ways to effectively address maternal mortality rates through group prenatal care. How Rackham Helps Student Spotlights
Internship Connections: Healthy Futures November 21, 2025 | Truly Render-Wagner With the goal of improving people’s everyday lives, Jadie Moon strives to advance therapeutic research in the lab and at her intern fellowship at Merck & Co., Inc. Internship Connections Professional Development Student Spotlights
Game On: Hobby Arcade Supports Community Fundraising November 11, 2025 | Rackham Graduate School Rackham alum, engineer, and vintage arcade game collector Mitch Rohde recently launched Otto’s Arcade and Club, with hopes to fundraise for his community. Alumni Spotlights
Exploring a Lost Maritime Legacy November 10, 2025 | Rackham Graduate School John U. Bacon, who received his master’s degree from the Marsal Family School of Education, releases his new book, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Alumni Spotlights
