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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...
Acknowledge the GRADitude in Your Life!
On Wednesday, March 15, please join us in the Rackham lobby for our fourth annual GRADitude at Rackham event. Join us for lunch and write a thank you note to alumni donors who give back to Rackham to support graduate students: March 15 11:30am to 1:00pm Rackham Lobby...
Student Spotlight: Carrie Wenjing Xu
Carrie describes herself as ambitious. That trait manifests itself in why she ended up at U-M and what she’s done since she got here. She explains, “I came to the U.S. because I want to immerse myself in a new environment. I grew up, went to school, and pretty much...
Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
Through the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, Rackham recognizes young scholars who have been nominated by their program for teaching excellence. Winners of this award demonstrate superb skill in teaching, mentoring and advising. They bring creativity,...
Finding Reflection Time as a Ph.D. Student – Dogsledding Edition
As Ph.D. students, we tend to have full work schedules and large writing projects to work on during every minute we don’t spend in meetings, on conference calls, running experiments, teaching, or presenting our research at conferences. It can be difficult to find...
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 the dissertations produced in their programs that were outstanding. The nomination dossiers...