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Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Faculty Mentoring Awards
Supporting effective faculty mentoring of graduate students is a top priority of the Graduate School. Outstanding mentors guide students throughout their professional training with respect and concern, serving as advisor, teacher, advocate, sponsor, and role model. To...
Introducing the 2017-2018 Barbour Scholars
On March 28, 2017, eight graduate students joined the Barbour Scholar community. The new cohort, accompanied by their faculty advisors and several Barbour alumnae, celebrated their inclusion into this prestigious group and shared their research interests over lunch....
Why You Should Attend Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week
Did you know that across the nation (and in Canada too!) that the week of April 2-8 marks Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW)? Every year the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students asks campuses to acknowledge and appreciate the...
Mellon Mini-Course: Understanding Research Career Pathways Through Health Humanities
This is the first in a new series of blog posts by participants in Mellon Public Humanities Mini-Courses. Learn about 2017 mini-course offerings and register to participate! I decided to go to grad school because I wanted a research career. When I began my program, I...
Which Seminar Attendee Are YOU?
The types of people you find at seminars: That guy in the front row who is always sleeping, head nodding off to a distinct rhythm That guy who sits in the center of the room with his laptop open, alternating between Facebook and Google chat The prof who sits five rows...
Alumni Spotlight: Charles Betsey
Charles Betsey spent most of his childhood in Detroit. His family moved to Ann Arbor the summer before 9th grade and like many local kids, he had aspirations of becoming a Michigan Wolverine. “I still remember the joy I felt the day I received my acceptance letter to...
Student Spotlight: Jihyeon Yeom
Before coming to Michigan, Jihyeon worked at the Argonne National Lab in Chicago, but she knew she shouldn’t stay put. “It was while working at Argonne that I realized to do more important or precious research, I need to know more about whatever field I’m in.” She...
Alumni Spotlight: Yildiz Bayazitoglu
Rackham alum Yildiz Bayazitoglu has been shaping graduate students in mechanical engineering at Rice University for four decades. Her distinguished research and exceptional teaching and mentoring are hallmarks of her illustrious career, one that showcases the...
What do YOU do when you’re not writing?
We all know graduate students are very busy and spend most of their hours writing. But what do graduate students do in those rare moments when they are not writing? See what Rackham graduate students on Instagram have submitted to our 'When I'm Not...
Dear Fellow Graduate Student…
Did you just have planned a weekend that was full and enriching, with just the right balance between work and play, so you could start the week with an empty to-do list and plenty of spirit in the tank? Good for you! Oh no, did you oversleep by 3 hours, and have now...