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A Campus in Winter
Whether falling on the Rackham Building or festooning the Law Quad, snow (at least for a little while) is one of winter’s charms. Take a minute to enjoy these pictures of wintertime on campus through the years.
Supporting Equity Through the Job Search
Rackham Professional and Academic Development Program Lead Deborah Willis writes about vetting prospective employers for commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Rackham Joins Multi-University Alliance to Increase Diversity in STEM Fields
The group of nine universities will address the lack of underrepresented minorities serving as faculty and postdoctoral fellows in STEM.
Coming Out
Chemistry Ph.D. student Bec Roldan shares their story of coming out as non-binary in graduate school, and the impact it has had on their personal journey.
Blue Parking Permits Temporarily Available to Graduate Students
The permits are now available to all U-M graduate and professional students.
A Sense of Place
It often conjures images of farms or forests, but what does it really mean for a place to be “rural”? Rackham student Surabhi Balachander is looking for a new definition that reflects people’s lived experiences.
Open Mike: Planning for the Winter 2021 Term
Dean Solomon addresses how the university’s recently announced plans will affect graduate students, including access to asymptomatic testing.
Rackham Student Receives Fulbright Award to Study Energy in Chile
School for Environment and Sustainability Ph.D. candidate Dominic Bednar will study energy poverty and efficiency in Chile.
Speaking Their Legacy
Over a century ago, groups of Afrikaans-speaking Boer settlers left war-torn South Africa for Argentina. Today, their descendants speak a unique blend of Afrikaans and Spanish, and a team of U-M researchers is working to document it before it disappears.
Improving Nuclear Security
New research published by Rackham student Felicia Sutanto helps researchers better understand and detect antineutrinos, particles produced during nuclear power generation.