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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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September 21, 2019

The Job Search: Dr. Pan Xu

The Job Search is a series for international graduate students. By Anna De Cheke Qualls
September 20, 2019

Symposium Highlights Postdoc Research, Career Opportunities

By Laurie White
September 06, 2019

Former Flagship Scholar Joins American University

Tabitha Kidwell ('19 PhD) joins American University's TESOL program this fall as a professiorial lecturer in World Languages and Cultures.  As a former Flagship Scholar, Kidwell earned her doctorate in Applied Linguistics and Language Education.  Her research interests continue t
August 27, 2019

The Bracero and the Bioengineer

By Anna De Cheke Qualls
August 24, 2019

Neuroscientist Spends Summer Teaching Buddhist Monastics

It’s common practice for universities to empty out in the summer as researchers go out in the field. Dr. Jeremy Purcell, a research scientist at Maryland’s Neuroimaging Center, did something a little different.