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The Graduate School Receives 2024 HEED Award for Excellence in Diversity
We are proud to announce that The Graduate School has been honored with the Insight Into Diversity 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award! This recognition highlights our ongoing commitment to fostering a diverse, inclusive and supportive community for all students, faculty and staff.
HEED Award - Read the Press Release
Communicating the Science of the Stars
Rising Graduate Scholar Jordan Elay explores the hidden universe of small stars. Her work bridges astronomy and community, aiming to inspire and create inclusive spaces in science.
Driving the Research
Rising Graduate Scholar Ann Ramirez combines her childhood dream of becoming a doctor with her passion for math through biomedical engineering. She investigates how engineering solutions can improve the overall immune system function by studying structural changes in lymph nodes.
3MT Research Spotlight: Sarah Rothman
Sarah Rothman, Doctoral candidate of the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, won the UMD 2022 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), for her presentation titled “Mosquitoes and Urban Green Space across Socioeconomic Gradients.”
This fall, she is representing the University of Maryland in the international Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Video Competition and is in the running for the 3MT People’s Choice Award.
Our 10,000 GradTerps are part of a broad community of scholars, researchers, practitioners, and teachers who are among the best and the brightest from around the world. As you pursue your graduate degree, we want you to feel connected, engaged, and supported, and encourage you to take full advantage of the breadth of our campus opportunities and resources. We value the creativity, persistence, curiosity, and drive you bring to our campus.
- Dr. Stephen Roth, Associate Provost and Dean, the Graduate School