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UMD Recognized for Innovation in Graduate Education
We have been presented the 2024 ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education! The award recognizes promising, innovative proposals to enhance student success and degree completion at the master’s and doctoral levels while promoting inclusiveness.
The Graduate School Receives 2024 HEED Award
We have been honored with the 2024 HEED Award! This recognition highlights our ongoing commitment to fostering a supportive community for all students, faculty and staff.
New Year, New Knowledge: Pathways to Progress
Join us January 21-24, 2025 for the New Year, New Knowledge: Pathways to Progress Symposium. This series of virtual workshops and in-person sessions will be led by Graduate School staff who work directly with graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the areas of wellbeing, professional and career development, mentoring, and writing support.
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.
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