by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 17, 2017 | Alumni Spotlights
Rackham alum Yildiz Bayazitoglu has been shaping graduate students in mechanical engineering at Rice University for four decades. Her distinguished research and exceptional teaching and mentoring are hallmarks of her illustrious career, one that showcases the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 9, 2017 | News
On Wednesday, March 15, please join us in the Rackham lobby for our fourth annual GRADitude at Rackham event. Join us for lunch and write a thank you note to alumni donors who give back to Rackham to support graduate students: March 15 11:30am to 1:00pm Rackham Lobby...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 4, 2017 | Student Spotlights
Carrie describes herself as ambitious. That trait manifests itself in why she ended up at U-M and what she’s done since she got here. She explains, “I came to the U.S. because I want to immerse myself in a new environment. I grew up, went to school, and pretty much...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 20, 2017 | Alumni Spotlights
Meera was drawn to U-M even while completing her master’s degree in Control Systems in India. She was studying the research of Professor Semyon Meerkov, a renowned U-M faculty member, for her masters’ thesis; she found his work and the whole domain of controls...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 20, 2017 | Student Spotlights
Not many people went to college when they were 5, but Iván did. Granted, he was in kindergarten at a lab school at the University of Puerto Rico. He was ready for a change when it came time for graduate school, but he kept going, finishing his Master’s in History...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 13, 2017 | News
The Rackham Graduate School announces a $1million gift for initiatives identified by the dean that will support graduate students across campus. The gift comes from Rackham alumna Roz Abrams who received her Master’s degree in Speech from U-M in 1971 and considers her...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 13, 2017 | Student Spotlights
“I grew up loving this place. I’ve always felt at home here.” And that makes sense: Ashley’s been wandering around Ann Arbor since she was a little kid. Growing up only an hour north of Ann Arbor and as the fifth member of her immediate family to attend U-M, she is...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 11, 2017 | Alumni Spotlights
Lisa Davis fell into a job she loves through a summer internship after her Master’s degree at U-M. “I applied to an internship pool and they placed me with this office. I had no idea what I was getting into and didn’t know anything about working for the government. ...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 4, 2017 | Alumni Spotlights
“For me, graduate school was one of the most important aspects of my life and success.” Some alumni find that sentiment centers on academic achievement or incredible mentoring from faculty. For Roz Abrams, celebrated television broadcaster and award winning...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 4, 2017 | Student Spotlights
Omari has been in school a long time. After his undergraduate degree at Howard, he pursued a Master’s in Public Health at George Washington University, two Master’s degrees at Columbia, then started a Ph.D. program at Miami. His three years at Miami got him through...
