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Once upon a time—a long time ago—I was sitting among some friends and acquaintances when  a heated discussion around race and antisemitism broke out.

The Graduate College will honor four ASU graduate professors at the 35th annual Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards on Feb. 28, 2022.

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Ankita Arora, PhD, is an international postdoctoral fellow in the University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO and is the communications chair of the PDA at the University of Colorado…

Congratulations to all of you for making it through one of the most difficult academic years in the modern era. 

When I was a graduate student, I faced challenges that sometimes felt overwhelming – a member of my…

The Graduate College is pleased to announce the second Graduate Student Town Hall, which will take place on Thursday, February 4 at 5:30 p.m. 

It’s your chance to engage virtually with leaders from the Graduate…

In September, the Graduate College launched the first in a series of new workshops about graduate student mentorship. Hosted in partnership with the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Mentoring Matters: Knowing…

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…

The first-ever Arizona Postdoctoral Research Conference was held in September 2019. This was the first collaborative, interdisciplinary and state-wide conference organized by the University of Arizona and Arizona State University postdoctoral…

Arizona State University graduate student Shantel Marekera has been awarded the 2019 Rhodes Scholarship, making her one of the 32 young students from the United States who receive the award each year.

The Rhodes…

The Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards showcases the importance of relationship building.

Graduate College recognizes efforts and awards outstanding faculty.

Now an executive in Chandler, Gabriela González shares her thoughts on women in STEM.

By Wiley Larsen, Program Manager

The National Postdoctoral Association convened it’s annual conference April 12-14 in Orlando with a collection of around 400 postdocs and postdoc office directors. Like last year, the split was about 1/3rd…

ASU Open Door, an annual university-wide event, invites the local community, adults and children of all ages, to experience the colleges, departments and organizations of ASU. This year, the event will be hosted virtually and begins on…

Each Fall, the ASU Graduate College welcomes the Phoenix Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)  Foundation to campus to meet with the graduate scholars that their organization generously funds and their…

In Dr. Seuss’s classic book "Oh, the Places You’ll Go!" he warns of the "The Waiting Place," a long grind for an unknown amount of time. ;When looking for an industry job after graduate school, it can feel like you have entered "The Waiting…

The NSF defines a Postdoctoral Scholar as “an individual who has received a doctoral degree and is engaged in a temporary period of mentored training to enhance their professional skills to pursue his or her chosen career path.” …

1. Tell us about yourself.

We’re excited to introduce Alexandrina Agloro, a Ford Fellowship winner and Spring ‘19 Postdoc at ASU. Alex will also be taking a faculty position with the School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) in mid-2019 in addition to…

Mentoring has been identified as one of the most effective ways of bolstering graduate student success and persistence.

For Victoria Barbosa, navigating college as a first-generation student was daunting.