by Sheila Waterhouse | Jul 18, 2014 | Student Spotlights
“I want to meet people who incorporate diversity and fairness into their work in non-traditional ways. Reconciling differences is a personal mission for me,” Nicolette says when talking about her goals as a member of the Bouchet Honor Society. An inductee this year,...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jul 11, 2014 | Student Spotlights
Few people use Rackham funding for a trip to Disney World, but Gen Creedon did. And to the zoo – fifty of them, in fact. Her research focuses on a comparative literature and cultural study of national parks, zoos and Disney theme parks to consider the history of...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 28, 2014 | Student Spotlights
There will be two openings in The Solonators, a band comprised largely of U-M grad students and faculty, when Andrew Goodman-Bacon and his wife, Ph.D. candidate in Public Health, Sayeh Nikpay, move to Berkeley soon for postdoctoral fellowships. “The band has been...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 20, 2014 | Student Spotlights
Graduate students know the critical need for funding, but few can hold a candle to the urgency experienced by Luciana. “I came to Michigan from Romania with my parents in 1999. They wanted more for me than what Romania seemed to offer at the time. I finished high...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 13, 2014 | Student Spotlights
It’s a good thing Robin likes to travel. Her graduate studies have taken her to conferences around the globe – from Germany to South Africa to Australia to Mexico. Out of one conference on “Diversity in Philosophy” at the University of Dayton, sponsored by the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 6, 2014 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, News
Hector Garcia is passionate about increasing the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in engineering. Robin Zheng wants to help kids think critically and ethically, framing the lenses through which they see the world. Alana LeBron is trying to...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Student Spotlights
Hector’s downtime is active. He spends much of his time playing with his three boys, a 7 year-old and 4 year-old twins. His interest in reading non-fiction has slowly morphed into a love of comic books shared with his sons. While his boys are growing up in lovely Ann...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
“It gets under your skin.“ Richard D’Souza admits. “I didn’t know what it was, but I learned American football at the zenith of the Bo and Woody rivalry. I was an athlete and loved any kind of sport. The first game against Northwestern was just so-so, but as the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Student Spotlights
U-M grad students are dedicated, and Sarah Suhadolnikis no exception – on many levels. She has a two-word answer for what she does for fun: Michigan sports. “My advisor teases me about my sports addiction. We’ll be at a conference and he’ll find me in a corner...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | News
Brian DeVree’s research on intended binding sites for pharmaceutical drug targets contributed to the Nobel Peace Prize. Yan Long collected enough research on the emergence of AIDS and AIDS advocacy in China for three dissertations. Kerry Ard’s research on the...
