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.

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!

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.

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

Lauren Oddo, a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program, recently won a Ruth L.

By Laurie White  Entering the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition was Fiona Jardine’s next step in bringing her ground-breaking Exclusive Pumping doctoral research to a wider audience.  “I’m in the last year of my PhD, so I'm trying to get my research out there,” she said. “To bring more awareness to this issue for one thing, but also to try to get my voice out there specifically.”  

University of Maryland is delighted to announce our participation in the U21/PwC Innovation Challenge. Universitas 21 (U21) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are two globally-focused organizations who have come together to offer exclusive professional development opportunities for U21’s graduate students through the Innovation Challenge. This year, three students will win an expenses-paid 7-day trip to Dubai courtesy of PwC.

Vote for Fiona Jardine, College of Information Studies' doctoral student & University of Maryland, College Park's finalist for People's Choice in the Universitas 21 3MT® 2019 Competition for her video: "Breastfeeding Without Nursing: The Lived Experiences of Exclusive Pumpers."

Where Fearless Ideas Drop the Mic Looking for the chance to hear more about the research your amazing GradTerp colleagues across campus are doing—all while having a drink and some food? Then join us for GradTerp Exchange at MilkBoy ArtHouse on October 8, 2019. This month's theme is "The Body." 

By Anna De Cheke Qualls This is a story about a person who, through life’s ebbs and flows, found her calling, through calling, fulfilment. As Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski describes it, work that someone finds “inseparable from their life,” without concern “for financial gain or career advancement.”