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What it means to be unstoppable
This month’s bold word is “unstoppable” — a reflection on persistence, adaptability and the courage to keep moving forward. Dean Wentz explores how empathy and determination work together to help us adapt today to shape tomorrow, with insights from ASU faculty and a preview of the upcoming Distinguished Lecture featuring Anthony Robles.
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The best ways to search for an industry job
What are the best ways to approach the search for an industry job? Natalie McIntyre, Career and Industry Specialist from ASU’s Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS), joined the Grad15 team to share some suggestions…
New Coverdell Fellows bring Peace Corps experience to ASU
Each Fall, Arizona State University welcomes returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCV) as they continue their service in underserved communities through a partnership with their academic units. Currently, ASU has a total of 18 fellows,…
ASU PhD candidate hopes research leads to new treatments for depression
With a record number of Americans reporting mental distress and depression, an Arizona State University PhD candidate and ARCS Scholar hopes her research might one day lead to new treatments.
Five questions with Mukul Sonker
1. Where are you from and how did you get into Science?
Writing tutoring and workshops available through Graduate Academic Support Center
The University Academic Success Programs Graduate Academic Support Center has tutoring across all ASU campuses.
ASU celebrates National Postdoc Appreciation Week
For the second year, ASU’s Postdoctoral Affairs Office participated in National Postdoc Appreciation Week in partnership with the National Postdoc Association.
The Office planned activities for each day of the week to show…
iPOS, the graduate degree tracking software is getting more than just a facelift
Tracking your graduate program progress is about to become a breeze not just for students, faculty and support staff.
Free membership to the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning Network
ASU has joined the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning as a member institution.
Astrophysics PhD candidate studies first stars, dances dissertation
With a light switch, candle and three balls of decreasing sizes to represent the sun, the Earth and the moon, Nivedita Mahesh’s father demonstrated eclipses.
IEW Profile: Irfan Zamzami
Irfan Zamazmi is an international graduate student from Indonesia who came to ASU to study Literature at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He expects to graduate in August 2024 after receiving the Fulbright Foreign Student Fellowship and the…
Presidential scholar strives to create identity safety cues in healthcare research
Introducing Kadeeja Murrell, a Presidential Research Scholar whose work centers on Black maternal mortality. In this Q&A, she discusses following your aspirations over anything else, creating identity safety cues and the importance of community…
Parenting and grad school: the real talk about meeting this challenge
This month's featured guest blogger is Professor Leila Ladani, a Faculty Fellow at GC. In this conversation, Leila shares her experiences as a student and a new mother and how she balanced coursework with raising a family!
Five Questions with Luiza Maria Teophilo Aparecido
1. Tell us about yourself.
Best Practice: Graduate College Dashboard Questions
The Graduate College Dashboard is a collection of interactive, visual tools that deliver insights into graduate student enrollment, degree resources and program trends to leadership data.
The questions below are meant to be used as a guide for…
Water is a human rights issue for ASU PhD student Maria Maldonado
Maria Maldonado decided to pursue a career in engineering when she was 17 years old.
In her home country of Guatemala, this was out of the ordinary for a woman. But, from a young age, it was something her father…
PhD candidate Jerome Clark is using Navajo storytelling to imagine a better future for his people
For Jerome Clark, stories are not just for bedtime. They are tools that can be used to imagine, and eventually help create, a future for the Navajo nation, his nation.
Clark is a PhD candidate in English Literature…
Grad Life at ASU: How COVID-19 has changed the classes and social lives of graduate students
In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has upended our society, effectively shutting down the economy as governments and healthcare workers battle the unforeseen pandemic flooding the nation. In particular, students have faced unexpected and…
Five questions with Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence, a Postdoctoral Researcher with School of Human Evolution and Social Change, focuses on craniofacial variation in modern humans and in the early hominin fossil record and the methods used to study morphological diversity.
Associate Dean Enrique R. Vivoni promotes graduate degrees and institutional design in Chihuahua
By invitation from the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua (UACH), Associate Dean of the Graduate College Enrique R. Vivoni led a workshop on Sustainability and Convergence that promoted the trajectory of Arizona State University as an…
Awards and recognitions
Congratulations to:
Tamal Roy received the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for working in Germany. Tamal also was awarded the Seal of Excellence Certificate by the European Commission for his proposal…
National Postdoc Appreciation Week is coming, September 17-21
For the second year, ASU’s Postdoctoral Affairs Office will be participating in National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
The key takeaways from the latest Lunch 'n' Learn workshops
The first of two Lunch ‘n Learn workshops in June kicked off the summer for ASU Postdocs. The purpose of the Lunch 'n Learn program at the ASU Postdoc Affairs Office is to provide opportunities for postdocs to learn professional skills to help…
Highlights from the 2022 Graduate College town hall event
On Feb. 17, the Graduate College hosted its third annual Graduate Student Town Hall to address the most pressing concerns facing Arizona State University’s graduate students.
Postdoc Profile: Leonard Mukosi
Dr. Leonard Mukosi is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar for the Research on Violent Victimization Lab within the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Dr. Mukosi uses a solution-focused approach to address the problem of missing and murdered…