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Announcing the 2020-2021 Barbour Scholars
Among the oldest and most prestigious awards granted by the University of Michigan, the Barbour Scholarship funds exceptional female graduate students from Asia and the Middle-East.
U-M Graduate Programs Maintain High Rankings
University of Michigan graduate programs continue to be ranked highly in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Graduate Schools.
Introducing the 2020 Bouchet Society Inductees
Named for the first African-American doctoral recipient in the United States, the Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education.
ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award Winners
Rackham Graduate School is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards.
Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
A mentor and a graduate student offer their perspectives on maintaining mental health—and a healthy degree of productivity—amid our current challenges.
Animating Public Health
Through a new program, Rackham alum and former Barbour scholar SeoHyun Bae is empowering local people in Ethiopia to help their own communities.
Rackham seeks input from current U-M graduate students who experience disabilities
The focus groups will address the needs of graduate students who experience disabilities.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Her Degree
Linguistics Ph.D. candidate Emily Sabo hopes to advance our understanding of how multilinguals produce and process language. She also really wants to crack you up.
Exploring New Careers for Ph.D. Graduates
Kirsten Elling, Rackham’s new embedded career counselor, talks about resources available to doctoral students, their job-search priorities, and the upcoming Ph.D. Connections conference.
Rackham Alum Wins Dissertation Award
The CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award honors a graduate whose dissertation improves the educational process in composition studies.