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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.
Worst Day on Earth
Recent Rackham alum Molly Range helped model the tsunami that contributed to the downfall of the dinosaurs.
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.
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds
Alumna and MacArthur Fellow Shannon Lee Dawdy is collaborating with a documentary filmmaker to explore recent changes in how Americans approach the topic of death.
Announcing 2019–2020 MSI Outreach and Collaboration Grant Competitions
As part of a broader, campus-wide strategy of complementary efforts, Rackham will offer two related funding opportunities through the MSI Outreach and Collaboration Grant competition. These grants seek to increase access of diverse students from MSIs to U-M.
Love and Robots
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we look at the research of alum Sven Nyholm, whose work includes exploring the possibilities and ethics of robot romance.