Rackham Student Helps Rewrite Michigan History
Anthropology Ph.D. candidate Brendan Nash helped identify a 13,000-year-old Paleoindian camp in St. Joseph County, now thought to be the earliest archaeological site in Michigan.
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Graduate Students
Rackham Student Finds Time Outdoors Improves Youth Physical and Mental Health
In a new study, Rackham public health student Astrid Zamora finds spending time in nature has significant mental and physical health benefits for teenagers and young adults.
Welcome to the New Academic Year
Dean Mike Solomon highlights ways that Rackham and program faculty and staff can support you in 2021–22 and at every stage of your graduate education.
Why Did the Bumblebee Cross the Road?
Bees and other insects are crucial for the reproduction of many plant species, but roads often impose obstacles to this vital function. Rackham students Gordon Fitch and Chatura Vaidya studied this problem and proposed some solutions.
Announcing the 2021 Rackham Public Scholarship Grants
The Rackham Program in Public Scholarship supports publicly engaged scholarship through mutually beneficial projects created between Rackham students and community partners that co-create public goods based on community-needs and interests.
Rackham Student Headed to Tokyo Olympics
Statistics Ph.D. student Mason Ferlic will join Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics to compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Evening the Scales
Some of the most widespread sources of information on the planet, Wikipedia’s articles are praised for their neutrality, but show significant biases in whom they cover. Rackham political science student Samuel Baltz spent most of 2020 working to change that by writing an article on women in political science every day.
Open Mike: A Message of Support for Our Asian and AAPI Community
Dean Solomon addresses aggression against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
Unequal Treatment
New research led by Rackham public health Ph.D. student Delvon Mattingly shows Black COVID-19 patients in Michigan have nearly double the number of hospital stays and worse experiences with testing and care than their white counterparts.
Rackham Student Receives Mental Health Advocacy Award
School of Public Health Ph.D. candidate Sara Abelson was recognized for her advocacy, education, and research around student mental health.