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Andrew Chervenak

Andrew Chervenak

Ph.D. Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Rackham International Research Award
Anurag Tripathi

Anurag Tripathi

Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering
Rackham International Student Fellowship
Tamarie Macon

Tamarie Macon

Ph.D. Student in Education & Psychology
Rackham Merit Fellow
Beverly Shangkuan

Beverly Shangkuan

D.M.A. Student in
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
Barbour Scholar
Caroline VanSickle

Caroline VanSickle

Ph.D. Student in Anthropology
Rackham Research Grant

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Pat McCune

Two Rackham Students Named Newcombe Fellows for 2012

May 16, 2012 | By Pat McCune, Senior Project Manager, Rackham Graduate School

I’m very excited to report that two University of Michigan students in Rackham programs have received the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences. On April 24 the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation announced the selection of 21 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2012. These Fellows are doctoral candidates writing dissertations on topics involving religious and ethical values. Each Newcombe Fellow receives a 12-month award…

Kerby A Shedden

Spring 2012 Statistical Consultation and Workshops

May 15, 2012 | By Kerby A Shedden, Director, Center for Statistical Consultation and Research

The Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) provides free statistical consulting to all U-M faculty, staff, and graduate students with the design, planning, analysis, and presentation of research studies. Graduate student researchers are welcome to take advantage of our walk-in service. Come to our offices in 3550 Rackham during business hours to discuss your statistical software and data analysis questions with our consultants. No appointment is needed for walk-in consultations. Upcoming Workshops CSCAR will…

Natalie Bartolacci

What’s Next for Our Student Bloggers? (And a Fond Farewell)

May 14, 2012 | By Natalie Bartolacci, Program Manager, Rackham Graduate School

Over the past month, our student bloggers wrote about what they will be doing over the summer, and for those who have graduated or will be graduating, what their next steps will be after leaving U-M. The short answer is that the bloggers will be busy! Below are some highlights of what’s next for our bloggers: Driving 2200 miles to a temporary home in the Washington desert to work at the LIGO Hanford Observatory in…

Laura Fernandes

Summer Plans

May 11, 2012 | By Laura Fernandes, Ph.D. Student, Biostatistics

As a doctoral student in the process of writing my thesis proposal the academic year is a big long blur of deadlines; spring break, summer break, winter break, graduation week, welcome week. They all seem irrelevant, it is one endless stretch with recursive events of meeting up with advisors, working on the thesis and then meeting up again! But this does not have to be something terrible - being a grad student offers me the…

Darshan Karwat

Opening Up to Inspiration By Questioning My Assumptions

May 10, 2012 | By Darshan Karwat, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering

The time has come for me to think about what life might be like after school, for I am hoping to defend my dissertation in August. As I mentioned previously, I came to Ann Arbor not knowing much about adult life in the U.S. But that does not mean I did not have assumptions about the place. I thought that America was about celebrity, materialism, and binge drinking in college. What Ann Arbor did, though,…

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