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Grad15: How to prepare to defend your online thesis or dissertation defenses
Grad15 is a new weekly mini-webinar series tailored to address topics and challenges faced by graduate students in a timely manner.
In this week’s Grad15 mini-webinar, Amanda Athey and Janet Duke shared some timely advice and tips for…
ASU Spring 2020 Commencement moves to virtual online ceremony
The following message was released by ASU President Michael Crow on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies have been combined and will take place the week of May 11. To see the most updated…
ASU graduate students learn how to prepare teaching portfolios in PFx workshop
The second workshop of the Spring 2020 Preparing Future Faculty and Scholars PFx program* offered valuable tips to future faculty as they prepare their teaching portfolios.
The goal of teaching is learning, and your teaching…
Graduate College launches Grad15 Mini-webinar series and the GradConnect Community
Grad15 Weekly Mini-webinar Series
Grad15 is a new weekly mini-webinar series tailored to address topics and challenges faced by graduate students in a timely manner…
Grad15 mini-webinar series gives graduate students tips for productivity
Grad15 is a new weekly mini-webinar series tailored to address topics and challenges faced by graduate students in a timely manner. In our inaugural session, Work…
The Postdoc Office turns “2”
When the Postdoc Office was established two years ago, we had three goals: To establish communication, to provide professional development and to develop community among ASU postdocs.
It has been tremendously rewarding…
Dr. Chinedum Ojinnaka named keynote for Postdoctoral Career Conference
Dr. Chinedum Ojinnaka will be the keynote speaker for the 2020 ASU Postdoctoral Career Conference. Dr. Ojinnaka will share tips on transitioning from being a postdoctoral scholar to a professor.
Postdoc Career Conference goes virtual
On behalf of the Graduate College and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, we cordially invite you to attend the 2nd Annual ASU Postdoctoral Career Conference on Tuesday, March 31 at 12 p.m. (noon). All postdocs, final-year PhD students…
What we can learn from “The Surprising Science of Meetings”
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Tom Chanter for giving his permission to republish a portion of his Medium post, “How to Fix Unproductive Business Meetings.”
By Tom Chanter
Introducing Grad15 webinar series
The Graduate College is hosting weekly webinar series via Zoom, to support graduate students through the unusual challenges posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The new Grad15 series is topic-focused to provide helpful advice for…
Wellness, caring and connection in the time of COVID-19
ASU’s Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience is offering the ASU community an hour of contemplation every day from 12:00 noon – 1 p.m. Billed as “Caring and connection in the time of COVID-19,” the sessions are open and free. As noted…
How graduate students can stay productive working from home
While we are all feeling challenged by the uncertainty in response to the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), that challenge can be multiplied if you have to put our research/data collection “on pause”.
Are there ways to stay…
Policy change: Use Zoom for all spring thesis and dissertation defenses
We are currently in peak season for students defending theses and dissertations. As you know, graduate policy dictates that:
We are prepared for COVID-19
As we cope with the demands and challenges stemming from the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), I want to reassure you that ASU and the Graduate College are prepared for this challenge. You are too!
Our first…
ASU graduate scholars showcase research in action at Knowledge Mobilization Awards
For the fourth year in a row, ASU graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from across all disciplines presented at the Knowledge Mobilization Awards (KMA) ceremony on Wednesday, March 4. The awards are a showcase and celebration of those…
We are prepared to contain the Coronavirus
As we cope with the demands and challenges stemming from the spread of the Novel coronavirus, I want to reassure you that ASU and the Graduate College are prepared for this challenge. You are too!
Our…
ASU PhD student Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes is cleaning drinking water with light
At 19, Mariana Lanzarini-Lopes found herself far from home in the Republic of Zambia, a south-central African country named after one of the longest rivers on the continent.
She was there through an undergraduate international…
ASU Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentors take center stage
For the past 33 years, the ASU Graduate College has hosted the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards to celebrate the time and effort that faculty members give to support students through mentorship.
The 2019–20 recipients…
Three ways PhD students can prepare for future careers
To support the careers of current and aspiring PhD holders, we need a better understanding of t
Even introverted graduate students can learn to build professional networks in PFx workshop
Preparing Future Faculty and Scholars (PFx), a course designed to help doctoral and MFA students and postdoctoral fellows transition successfully to employment in academic and nonacademic fields, kicked off its 2020 Spring events with the…
ARCS Scholar creating test capable of rapidly detecting infectious diseases
A PhD student at Arizona State University’s School of Molecular Sciences is working on some potentially life-saving advances in the field of genetic editing.
Studying under Dr. Alexander Green at ASU’s Biodesign…
ASU library workshops for graduate students
ASU Library is offering a full slate of workshops for graduate students and other interested students, faculty, and staff this semester.
The importance of mindfulness for graduate students
Mindfulness is so important that ASU created the Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience in 2017. But what exactly is mindfulness and why is it so important?
“The simplest definition of mindfulness is to be present,” said Teri…
Know the facts about Novel Coronavirus at ASU
The ASU Health Services website is Arizona State University’s official source of information about the Novel Coronavirus, the current exposures at ASU and important tips and precautions you can take to stay healthy. Given the global nature of…