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Exploring the U.S. Through Road Trips
During the Spring Break most students at U-M would go home, go on ASB (alternative spring break), sit in the lab or go to Cancun - but the adventurous ones go on a road trip. On one Spring Break four zesty girls decided to explore America from a different perspective...
For Rackham Students with Extraordinary Emergency Financial Needs
Last week I wrote about Rackham’s Emergency Fund. I want to follow up by noting that, at some time during your graduate career, you may experience a significant financial emergency that does not meet the eligibility requirements for the Rackham Graduate Student...
Grad School and ADHD
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 4.1% of the U.S. adult population has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I’m one of that 4.1%; in August, I was diagnosed with ADHD, primarily inattentive. Like most adults diagnosed with ADHD, I had ADHD as...
Faculty Connections: My Relationship With My Advisor
"What is it like working for/with your advisor?" I am often asked this question when we compare notes among friends on our relationships with our advisors. My advisor amazes me with the amount of energy and creativity he brings to every meeting. I see him...
Balance: Sanctuary
I remember the first couple of weeks of my first semester, being bombarded with a constant stream of assignments and homework, moving from class to class and defining the start of my week by the day on which I hand in the homework. Towards the middle of the semester I...
Rackham’s Resolution Officer for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Is Here to Help You
My role as Rackham Resolution Officer is to help graduate students and postdocs resolve concerns, problems, or conflicts with regards to University policies, procedures, and decisions. The services of the Resolution Officer are available to all Rackham graduate...
Meet the Bloggers: Laura Fernandes
Coming to the U.S. for the very first time from India was exciting. I had a sheltered childhood growing up in Goa, one of the tiniest states in India colonized by the Portuguese up until 1961. This information has been one of the best icebreakers in the U.S. – “tell...