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400 Miles in Their Shoes
On the eastern coast of the island of Cyprus lies what may well be the world’s most beautiful ghost town. Home to an idyllic expanse of beach and shimmering Mediterranean views, the city of Varosha was once Cyprus’s greatest tourist attraction, where hoteliers and...
“Studenting” While Black and Immigrant
“America will make you and break you my child. Be vigilant, and walk good,” exclaimed my mother during a phone conversation. Immediately, she reminded me how the fault lines of race, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship status have shaped the Jamaican immigrant routes...
Karl C.K. Ma Makes $2.5 Million Gift to the Rackham Graduate School
Ann Arbor, MI | September 12, 2017 Karl C.K. Ma has made a gift to the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies in the amount of $2.5 million. Of that sum, $2 million will be used to establish the Karl C.K. Ma Endowed Graduate Scholarship Fund, and the remaining...
Interview with Karl C.K. Ma (Abridged)
During the 2017 Pan-Asia Alumni Reunion, Debing Su of Michigan News interviewed Ma about his experience at the University of Michigan and his continued support. Q: How did you become the chairman of TUS-International? I graduated from Michigan’s business school before...
Alumni Spotlight: Joshua Hyman
Josh Hyman is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy, the Department of Economics, and the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, so he spends the majority of his waking hours interacting with college students; however, he often...
Student Spotlight: Maryam Aziz
Maryam is a fourth year candidate in American Culture. Her research looks at martial arts during the Black power movement in 60s and 70s, how martial arts were used in other social movements and how we can use and learn from this to build social movements. She...
Learning Through Reflection: A Graduate Student’s Story of Reciprocity
My pursuit of a Ph.D. is grounded in a desire to study how research-informed school- and community-based programs can foster meaningful literacy learning for young learners. I focus mostly on how to address the needs of children who have been traditionally...
Rackham Graduate School Offers New Certificate Program for Developing Student DEI Skills
As a central part of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Plan, the Rackham Graduate School now offers a graduate student DEI Professional Development Certificate that is designed to prepare students to work in a diverse environment while fostering a...
Racist Incidents: Coming Together to Overcome
Dear Rackham Community, As the interim dean of Rackham Graduate School, I join with you and others across campus in denouncing the incidents of racism and bigotry that have continued to plague our campus over the last few weeks and mar the start of the fall term. I...
Data and the Graduate School Experience
Chances are you haven’t had much interaction with Rackham Institutional Research. We are typically behind the scenes trying to make sense of numbers and figuring out how to best communicate those numbers with our community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. But...