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A ‘Discovery’ for Graduate Students

Take a Virtual Tour of Housing Community Opening This Summer
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UMD Launches Inaugural Grand Challenges Graduate Communities

Interdisciplinary Teams of Students to Live, Conduct Research Together in New Discovery House
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UMD to Launch Grand Challenges Graduate Communities

New Graduate Student Housing Will Accelerate Interdisciplinary Research, Mentorship and Professional Impact
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News Articles

  • We Value Our Global Community: Statement from Dean Fetter

    Dear Graduate Students and Members of the Graduate School Community, The U.S. Department of Education has recently requested documents and reports from the University of Maryland related to gifts from and contracts with foreign sources and entities.  Other institutions of higher education are being similarly investigated.

  • Join the Graduate Writing Fall Lunchtime Series!

    Graduate Writing Lunchtime Series For Fall 2019, the Graduate Writing Lunchtime Series takes place on the following upcoming Tuesdays from 12-1pm  in 2113 McKeldin. No advance registration is required, and feel free to bring your lunch!

  • Graduate Pathways Conversation Series: Let's do the timeline!

    Join the Graduate School on October 23, 2019 from 10:30-12noon in the Maryland Room (0100 Marie Mount Hall) for the Graduate Pathways Session "Let's Do the Timeline!". Set your goals! Make a plan! You’ve heard it before: Make a timeline for your graduate studies that considers deadlines and target dates for coursework, exams, advancing to candidacy, etc.

  • My Story: Grad School and Chronic Illness

    Stories from our graduate students, in their own words. By Alterra Sanchez

  • Grad Students Join Dean Fetter for Breakfast

    By Laurie White  Students gathered in the Graduate Student Life lounge one morning last week may have overheard the Dean of the Graduate School asking two students about their chicken research.  Sometimes it really pays to get up early. 

  • Accessible Research at October Grad Terp Exchange

    By Laurie White  UMD graduate students who like a side of research with their happy hour found the perfect spot at Tuesday’s Grad Terp Exchange at Milkboy Arthouse. Organized by Graduate School Director of Academic and Professional Development Linda Macri, the monthly series features three grad students, a stage and 20 minutes of research in a relaxed setting. October’s theme was “The Body.” 

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