Graduate School Announces Three Minute Thesis Winners
The Graduate School sponsored the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition yesterday, in which graduate students explain the significance of their research to a general audience in just three minutes. Competitors were selected from College or School-wide competitions held earlier in the semester. The winners were: Master’s and pre-candidacy doctoral students: Liang Liang, civil and environmental engineering, “Low Impact Development Mixture Evaluation for Heavy Metal Removal”
Graduate School Celebrates Its Centennial
The Graduate School was established on March 14, 1919 with just 13 students. At yesterday's Centennial luncheon, over 200 people joined the celebration and discussed the future of graduate education at Maryland. President Wallace Loh, Brit Kirwan, Alan Leshner, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Kim Griffin, Amy Gardner, and Amy Steele headlined the event.
Your Story is Our Story
Graduate School Celebrates Its Centennial
The Graduate School was established on March 14, 1919 with just 13 students.
Whether you attended UMD recently or decades ago, we invite you to share a story or photograph about your graduate experience. It could be a walk on campus, a remarkable conversation with a colleague/friend or an event related to your academic life. By sharing your stories/photographs with our entire graduate community, we hope to archive the diverse voices that existed in the last 100 years.
Make Small Talk at Weekly Grad Writing Center Series
By Anna de Cheke Qualls Small talk can be awkward, but it is often the first step to building relationships and networking. It is an essential skill that international graduate students and postdocs on the campus have been asking to practice in a safe space.
The Job Search: Dr. Karthik Sankararaman
The Job Search is a series for international graduate students. By Anna De Cheke Qualls
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
Psych Grad Student Wins National Research Service Award
Lauren Oddo, a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program, recently won a Ruth L.