by Carlos Puentes Mestril | Nov 8, 2016 | Student Voices
I made my way to a room in the Taubman Health Sciences Library where the other Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) board members had been preparing the welcoming social, a small introduction to SACNAS and an...
by Deanna Montgomery | Oct 31, 2016 | Student Voices
If you’ve been in or around the world of academia for long enough, you’ve probably heard the analogy that joining a research group is like getting married. I’ve even heard research rotations explained as akin to dating. So, at the risk of stretching this metaphor too...
by Kyle Hanquist | Oct 25, 2016 | Student Voices
While packing my one backpack for a conference in Europe last summer, I received an email from the College of Engineering. It said that Wilson Golf is looking for contestants for their driver design competition to air as a reality television show on the Golf Channel...
by Elina Salminen | Oct 12, 2016 | Student Voices
I am a somewhat finicky and fickle person. This also extends to study spaces. What works for me one day might be unbearably distracting the next, and what helps me focus on grading might not work when I’m trying to write my dissertation. As a result, I can often be...
by Bithia Ratnasamy and Teona Williams | Oct 5, 2016 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Voices
Over the past year and a half, the Multicultural Leadership Council, a coalition of graduate student leaders committed to the well-being and success of students of color at the University of Michigan, has met with key stakeholders to discuss and address concerns over...
by Postcards from the Field | Sep 29, 2016 | Student Voices
My colleague, Jill Matthijs, watering our recently transplanted flower seedlings at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens greenhouse before the field season. The loss of flowering landscapes is known to contribute to pollinator decline, so my study asks how many flowers are...
by Postcards from the Field | Sep 21, 2016 | Student Voices
View of the Blue Danube. My project took me to Budapest, Hungary where I researched the conflicting notions of identity and nationhood present in Hungarian literature. I spent the majority of my time brushing up on my Hungarian language skills and sifting through...
by Jallicia Jolly | Sep 15, 2016 | Student Voices
I was 15 years old when I discovered my love for words. My arms swung loosely and bones shook on the Brooklyn spoken word poetry stage. As I faced the fear of performing untold stories, the gates of my heart opened. Etched along the walls of my mind, were the tales of...
by Ben Derby | Sep 9, 2016 | Student Voices
Just when you’re about to lose attention from your project in the utter significance of the atomic city – Los Alamos, NM – or the stunning beauty of the tent rock canyon, the excitement of working with top researchers in the field of materials physics...
by Postcards from the Field | Sep 8, 2016 | Student Voices
The dirt turns everything red, but the walk to my office is always worth the view. I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Nursing and I am examining the real world impact of computerized training for child survivors of severe malaria in Uganda. To do this, I am looking...
