3MT® People's Choice Finalist Shares Groundbreaking Lactation Research
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.”
Enter the U21/PwC Innovation Challenge
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 UMD iSchool's Fiona Jardine in U21 3MT® 2019 People's Choice Competition
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."
Next Grad Terp Exchange Oct. 8 at MilkBoy Arthouse
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."
An Archivist in Mexico: The Road Less Traveled
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.”
The Job Search: Dr. Pan Xu
The Job Search is a series for international graduate students. By Anna De Cheke Qualls
UMD and UCC Doctoral Students Collaborate on Frederick Douglass
What do Talbot County, Maryland, and County Cork, Ireland have in common? Frederick Douglass, the distinguished nineteenth-century writer, orator, and major figure in abolition and emancipation in the United States and abroad. Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Douglass travelled and spoke widely on Emancipation in the US and Home Rule in Ireland.
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