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Rackham 2025 Honors and Awards
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.
Announcing the 2025-2026 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Awards
The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral candidates working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious, and impactful.
Equitable Engagement in Environmental Journalism
Three Rackham alums bring their student capstone project to the public.
A Student’s View of Research, STEM Mentorship, and More
Rackham student Mahnoor Gondal offered her perspectives in a recent U-M Medical School Q&A.
The Hidden Costs of Tax Havens
Rackham Ph.D. student Simon Rakei studies tax havens and their impacts on local communities.
Announcing the 2024 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Winners
The Rackham Graduate School is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards.
Introducing the 2025 Bouchet Society Inductees
Named for the first African American doctoral recipient in the United States, the Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education.
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Faculty Mentoring Awards
The Faculty Mentoring Awards recognize faculty with records of excellence in mentoring master’s and doctoral students across the University of Michigan.
Announcing the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards recognize the efforts and accomplishments of GSIs who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and excellence as teachers.
The Art of Seeing the World
Ph.D. student Caroline New explores the interconnectedness of the natural world through art, poetry, and her anthropological studies.