The Graduate School is hosting the fifth annual Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition during Graduate Research Appreciation Day (GRAD) on April 4. The 3MT competition challenges doctoral students to communicate the significance of their research projects to an educated, non-specialist audience in just three minutes. The nine finalists for the UMD competition will present live on April 4 from 11:30-12:30 pm in the Charles Carroll Room of the Stamp Student Union. The finalists for the 2018 contest are:

The Graduate School again will provide in-person income-tax preparation, formerly the Tax Assistance Program (TAP) services for graduate students at the University of Maryland, College Park.  In-person income-tax preparation assistance will be provided to graduate students between the end of March to mid-April in Room #5101F McKeldin (this is the Graduate Student Lounge on the 5th floor). In-person income-tax preparation assistance through TPAP is meant to help guide students through Glacier Tax Prep: 

The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) recently recognized Dr. Kimberly Griffin as its 2018 Outstanding Mentor to Graduate Students.

By Anna De Cheke Qualls Jenny Jinzhi Chen (‘03 PhD, Chemistry) was a first-time donor on Giving Day last month, and that’s a big deal. When something like this happens, we get to meet the international alum who, through an act of generosity, decided to support graduate education very directly.

When motivation meets curiosity, the results can be rewarding. Yajun Yan's fascination with the world of finance began when he was younger.  By the time he was 16, he saved about $5000 and used these funds to buy a corporate bond issued by the company his mother worked for.

University of Maryland doctoral candidate Samuel Ramsey has wanted to be an entomologist since he was seven years old, but his first introduction to insects had a less than auspicious beginning. 

Contact: Mary Carroll-Mason, mcmason@umd.edu, 301.405.7792

'Internships are essential' is Rohan Bondili’s message.