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Behind the Scenes with Graduate Student Participants in CAPS Mental Health Video Campaign
On March 15 of this year, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) launched a video series entitled Real Stories of Leaders at Their Best to help our campus see day-to-day examples of mental health and resilience. CAPS in Action, the student group of CAPS, was the...
Your Field’s Big Meeting Isn’t Pointless
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting in San Diego. The ACS meeting happens twice a year, once on the west coast and once on the east, and about 20,000 chemists from all over the world come to participate. The...
Alumni Spotlight: George Oser
George Oser didn’t have a plan. Most doctoral alums have a set of goals to accomplish or a career plan to embark upon, but George views things differently. “I’ve never had goals. I just look around and see what is the most interesting for me at the time. I’ve never...
Student Spotlight: David Carruthers
“This has been a transformative experience. I’m falling in love with research, this school, and this community. I’m excited with these opportunities and I want to move forward with them in a constructive way.” With a background steeped in hard sciences, David is...
Legacy of Levi Barbour
The Barbour Scholarships are among the oldest and most prestigious awards granted by the University of Michigan, offering funding to female students from Asia since 1917. They are named for their founder, Levi Barbour, who received both his undergraduate and law...
You Can Make Your Graduation Unique & Meaningful, Even if You’re Really Tired.
If you’re in grad school, chances are this ain’t your first rodeo. You’ve graduated before (maybe even a couple of times before) and under different circumstances. And, if you’ve been here for years and years, working at the “marathon-not-a-sprint” pace means that...
Non scholae sed vitae 3: What will I be when I grow up?
I have been writing about my experiences both in engaged pedagogy and non-profit internships as I simultaneously work on my dissertation and explore the world beyond academia. In my previous post, I promised to talk more about career exploration and resources in...
A Very Venomous Field Season, Part 2: Back in the Lab
In Summer 2016, Andrew Wood received the Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant to research fish-eating snails in Japan. He wrote about his experience, and is checking in now to share how his research has progressed in the months since he conducted his fieldwork. A...
Explore Michigan: Spring Fever in Southeast Michigan
Places to visit. Winter is over! I know, it's a bold statement in Michigan, but I'm going to make it. As much as I love winter (and I don't mean that sarcastically), there's nothing better than a Michigan spring. The grass is greener, the flowers...
Student Spotlight: Katherine Prater
After finishing her undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Scripps College, Katie worked in a neuroscience lab at Stanford for a few years. She recalls, “I developed my own ideas of what I wanted to do. I knew as I entered graduate school I needed faculty who would...