Ziyong studies aging, specifically age related changes in human cognition, a field she’s been interested from a young age. “I grew up in China with my grandparents, and living in an Asian community where there is a positive association with aging made me very...
“I remember college being a life changing time, so I’m excited to teach at a college and give other students the same experience. My experiences drew me to humanities and social science classes because they made me think in new ways about my place in my country and...
Michael performed in a dance company in Kalamazoo for two seasons after completing his undergraduate degree at Hope College, but it wasn’t fueling him in the ways he needed. He explains, “I felt I wasn’t satisfying my artistic desire and hunger.” Coming to U-M fixed...
Kennedy Turner, Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Public Policy, Rackham Merit Fellowship Kennedy first came to U-M the summer after her junior year at Howard University to spend seven weeks in the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Institute, a program...
Maryam Arbabzadeh, Ph.D. Candidate, Natural Resources and the Environment, Predoctoral Fellowship Maryam was studying electrical engineering at home in Iran when she got the itch. Many of her classmates were applying to big universities abroad, mostly in the U.S. and...
For Mauro Rodriguez, a first generation high school student, college seemed like an impossible dream. The idea of attending – let alone graduating – was so far removed from his experience that it didn’t seem possible. Now a doctoral candidate in Mechanical...
What happens when two dedicated alumni, a dean committed to expanding graduate access to marginalized populations, and three of those students enter a conference room? It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but that can’t be farther from the truth. An amazing and...
Spring is award ceremony for us at Rackham. There are no red carpets, no paparazzi, no fashion do’s and don’ts. But we do have ceremonies to acknowledge some of the most stellar doctoral students on campus at the Predoctoral Fellow reception. Read about the...
Jordan is not your typical nursing student. Supporting himself and his new bride as a self-taught software developer, he could easily continue and build his established business. He smiles as he says, “In case you can’t tell, I’m a people person. I don’t want to be...
Linda’s first visit to scope out graduate programs at U-M was a doozy. “I spent a year in the social psychology program on scholarship from my undergraduate institution in Germany and I really loved getting a glimpse of graduate student life. I was the same age as...
