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Not Just a New Name, But New Ways of Thinking: The Rackham Program in Public Scholarship
At the start of this term, I stepped into a new role as a Graduate Student Staff Assistant with the Rackham Program in Public Scholarship. One of my first official responsibilities was helping to coordinate and facilitate an event marking the renaming of...
Student Spotlight: Cat Saint-Croix
Philosophy was always part of her academic plans, but interest became infatuation when she found philosophy of science. She says, “this careful, analytical approach to foundational questions drew me in—I realized that I just wanted to keep studying philosophy.” She...
Alumni Spotlight: Garrick Hu
Most students never know just how much that first job out of college can influence your career. For Garrick Hu, the University of Michigan played a central role not only in advancing his academic journey but shaping his industry focus with that one first job....
Announcing a Restructure of Rackham’s Programming for Graduate Students
Rackham’s Office of Graduate Student Success has been integrated into the Dean’s Office under a new unit: Graduate Student Programs. The two new units and their titles reflect strategic program priorities as outlined by Dean Carol A. Fierke: 1) Professional and...
Scenes from the Dean’s Office
Carol finds time to maintain her research lab in the chemistry department. Her lab researches the chemical mechanism and structure-function relationships of important biological molecules. There, she supports and mentors research scientists, postdoctoral fellows,...
Alumni Spotlight: Roy Hudson
Roy Hudson didn’t start out with aspirations to be a university president. He didn’t consider executive management a potential career option. He figured his options were fairly straightforward, hoping he could extend his GI bill to cover most of a Master’s degree...
In Search of the Perfect Study Space
I am a somewhat finicky and fickle person. This also extends to study spaces. What works for me one day might be unbearably distracting the next, and what helps me focus on grading might not work when I’m trying to write my dissertation. As a result, I can often be...
Student Spotlight: Gail Gibson
Gail was inspired by the students she read about in Rackham’s Predoctoral Fellowship announcement this spring. She was impressed by the depth of their research and the unique accomplishments of some of the best and brightest doctoral trainees in the country. She is...
Alumni Conversation with David He, Ph.D.
“Whatever you do, do it with passion and the idea of making a contribution.” Rackham alumnus David He shared his career path and lessons learned along the way with Rackham students last week in the first session of the new Alumni Conversation series. Dr. He earned his...
A Very Barbour Summer
It was an extremely empowering summer in our department at the Rackham Graduate School, and we’d like to thank all of you for contributing to it. Our team grew by 50% for 10 weeks as we added two U-M students to our roster, both focusing on different aspects of the...