Positive Communication in Your Career Conversations
Rackham professional and academic development director Laura Schram highlights six actions you can take to improve your professional relationships through positive communication.
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Announcing the 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Winners
Through the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, Rackham recognizes scholars who have been nominated by their program for teaching excellence.
Introducing the 2019-2020 Barbour Scholars
On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the Rackham Graduate School honored the 102nd cohort of Barbour Scholars—eight high-achieving women who come from a vast array of backgrounds and fields of study.
The Active-Shooter Alert: Lessons and Next Steps
Dean Mike Solomon shares thoughts and updates in the aftermath of U-M’s March 16 active-shooter alert.
ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Winners
The ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes exceptional and unusually interesting work produced by doctoral students. Each year, Rackham invites faculty to nominate outstanding dissertations produced in their programs. The nomination dossiers submitted are read and discussed by a review panel of faculty members who identify the finalists.
Announcing the 2019 Mellon Public Engagement and the Humanities Grantees
The Summer Program in Public Engagement and the Humanities affords a group of six faculty and six graduate students the opportunity to learn the tools of public engagement, explore why those tools matter for humanists, and apply their new knowledge and shared...Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week 2019
This year, the Rackham Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week will take place April 1–5. The week’s activities will feature a number of events aimed at showing our appreciation for graduate students with breakfasts, social events, and networking opportunities.
U-M Graduate Programs Maintain Strong Rankings
The “Best Graduate Schools” rankings are based on expert opinions about program excellence and on statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school’s faculty, research, and students.
Exploring Diversity in STEM
Diversity in STEM fields has been a challenge for decades. To better understand the dynamics involved, one Rackham alum looks at the experiences of those entering and engaged in STEM study.
Q&A: Grad-Student Well-Being
Rackham’s embedded counselor, Laura Monschau, talks frankly about issues she sees among graduate students and shares resources for those who feel that they’re struggling.