Home About News News Stories illuminating the experiences of graduate life, recognizing student achievements, and highlighting the impact of research and scholarship from our students and alumni. Featured Stories The Brown Bear Next Door July 10, 2026 | Truly Render In Sanjiangyuan, China, Ph.D. student Anna Yue Yu studies how Tibetan herders navigate a fast-changing relationship with brown bears—and how communities and wildlife can best co-exist. Barbour Scholars Student Spotlights Sharing Michigan Research with the World June 8, 2026 | Truly Render The Unlocking Dissertations Project, a partnership between the University of Michigan Library and Rackham Graduate School, is working to turn 150 years of graduate scholarship into an open, usable, and measurable public resource. 150 Years of Doctoral Research All Stories Story Results No results found. Please adjust your search and try again. Manoj Puthenveedu Appointed Rackham Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives June 30, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Puthenveedu is a professor in the U-M Medical School whose research focuses on addiction, pain medication, cancer, and heart disease. News 2026 Campus Juneteenth Events June 5, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The following campus-wide events are public and open to the broader university community. News AI for Humanity: Interdisciplinary Insights on AI, Ethics, and Equity June 1, 2026 | Nigel Melville An Exploration of Four Key Issues Jointly Authored by Rackham’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Equity Research Group AI Watch News Symposium Features Student Research on AI May 29, 2026 | Matt Nelson More than 100 graduate students and postdocs participated in a Rackham program to explore the benefits and risks of AI in research, academic writing, creative production, graduate education, and more. News No Margin for Error: Submitting a Dissertation Through the Years May 29, 2026 | Truly Render Look back at the dissertation submission requirements of yesteryear to trace how Rackham and the U-M Library have preserved graduate scholarship over time—and how today’s Unlocking Dissertations Project is helping that knowledge reach readers around the world. 150 Years of Doctoral Research Rackham Alumna Gabriela Lena Frank Wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music May 27, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Frank (Ph.D. ’01) credits her U-M professors and mentors with helping shape the artistic curiosity that has guided her career. Alumni Spotlights Coming of Age in the Diaspora May 21, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham alumna, assistant professor, and sociologist Sadiyah Malcolm-Wallace shares her research on teenage milestones of the African Diaspora, from prom send-offs in Philadelphia to the experiences of Black teenage girls attending high school in Jamaica. Alumni Spotlights Funding the Final Frontier May 19, 2026 | James Dau Rackham history Ph.D. student Renny Hahamovitch considers how—and why—the American space program has changed, and what that can tell us about meeting today’s most urgent challenges. Student Spotlights Load More Results 1 2 … 51 52 Next Last
The Brown Bear Next Door July 10, 2026 | Truly Render In Sanjiangyuan, China, Ph.D. student Anna Yue Yu studies how Tibetan herders navigate a fast-changing relationship with brown bears—and how communities and wildlife can best co-exist. Barbour Scholars Student Spotlights
Sharing Michigan Research with the World June 8, 2026 | Truly Render The Unlocking Dissertations Project, a partnership between the University of Michigan Library and Rackham Graduate School, is working to turn 150 years of graduate scholarship into an open, usable, and measurable public resource. 150 Years of Doctoral Research
Manoj Puthenveedu Appointed Rackham Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives June 30, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Puthenveedu is a professor in the U-M Medical School whose research focuses on addiction, pain medication, cancer, and heart disease. News
2026 Campus Juneteenth Events June 5, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School The following campus-wide events are public and open to the broader university community. News
AI for Humanity: Interdisciplinary Insights on AI, Ethics, and Equity June 1, 2026 | Nigel Melville An Exploration of Four Key Issues Jointly Authored by Rackham’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Equity Research Group AI Watch News
Symposium Features Student Research on AI May 29, 2026 | Matt Nelson More than 100 graduate students and postdocs participated in a Rackham program to explore the benefits and risks of AI in research, academic writing, creative production, graduate education, and more. News
No Margin for Error: Submitting a Dissertation Through the Years May 29, 2026 | Truly Render Look back at the dissertation submission requirements of yesteryear to trace how Rackham and the U-M Library have preserved graduate scholarship over time—and how today’s Unlocking Dissertations Project is helping that knowledge reach readers around the world. 150 Years of Doctoral Research
Rackham Alumna Gabriela Lena Frank Wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music May 27, 2026 | Rackham Graduate School Frank (Ph.D. ’01) credits her U-M professors and mentors with helping shape the artistic curiosity that has guided her career. Alumni Spotlights
Coming of Age in the Diaspora May 21, 2026 | Truly Render Rackham alumna, assistant professor, and sociologist Sadiyah Malcolm-Wallace shares her research on teenage milestones of the African Diaspora, from prom send-offs in Philadelphia to the experiences of Black teenage girls attending high school in Jamaica. Alumni Spotlights
Funding the Final Frontier May 19, 2026 | James Dau Rackham history Ph.D. student Renny Hahamovitch considers how—and why—the American space program has changed, and what that can tell us about meeting today’s most urgent challenges. Student Spotlights
