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Wendy Ascione

International Research Awards

December 17, 2010 | By Wendy Ascione, Annual Giving Officer, Rackham Graduate School

Jessica Goldberg, Ph.D. student in Public Policy and Economics, used a Rackham International Research Award to conduct field experiments in Malawi Anthropology students are headed for Bulgaria, Japan and Sierra Leone. Ph.D. candidates in history will be working in the Marshall Islands, Russia and Azerbaijan. A nascent scholar pursuing a joint degree in social work and political science is bound for Haiti. Other than being Rackham students, they have one other thing in common: none of them would be able to make these journeys without a Rackham International Research Award. “Rackham has as its goal supporting the work of truly…

Published in: Alumni Updates

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Rackham Alumna Wins MacArthur Fellowship

December 17, 2010 | By Wendy Ascione, Annual Giving Officer, Rackham Graduate School

Shannon Dawdy at work in St. Anthony’s Garden in the French Quarter, New Orleans, 2009 Shannon Dawdy was on a city bus in Chicago, en route to an appointment with her hairdresser, when her cell phone rang. Even though the screen said “unknown caller,” she answered. “The person calling said, ‘This is Daniel Socolow,’ a name that at that time I didn’t recognize,” she recalls. “There was lots of noise on the bus and it was a bad connection. He asked if could get off the bus and call him back, so I stood on someone’s stoop and called him…

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Rackham Alumni and Donors Making a Difference for Graduate Students

December 17, 2010 | By Wendy Ascione, Annual Giving Officer, Rackham Graduate School

When Mary Rackham and the Rackham Fund made a gift to endow the Graduate School back in 1935, they established a philanthropic precedent that continues to this day. Rackham alumni and donors provide the support our students need to pursue their studies, investigate scholarly questions, and prepare for meaningful careers both within and beyond academia. In addition to the critical funding we receive each year from thousands of alumni and friends, we have received several gifts from members of the Rackham Graduate School community that support the emerging needs of our students. Marilyn Knepp and Paul Jaronski (left to right)…

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