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Graduate students spend a significant amount of time reading, yet it is common to reach the end of a page only to realize the content has not fully registered. Developing strong critical reading skills helps turn those moments into opportunities for deeper engagement.

The bold word I chose for this month is balance. Balance is the intentional practice of making space for restoration, connection, and fun alongside effort and ambition. That idea can feel bold and even counterintuitive.

There’s an urgent need for life-saving blood right now, and the Graduate College is hosting our first blood drive of the Spring 2026 semester on Tuesday, February 10th, 2026.

Grad school isn’t just about mastering your discipline, it’s about mastering your mindset.

Johnathan Lok is a first-year PhD student, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) researcher, and the second-place winner of the 2025 Change the World competition for his Rescue Swarm Project.

When Aliyah Egan stepped onto the stage as a master’s student in last year’s Graduate College Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, she faced a challenge familiar to many researchers: explaining complex, specialized work to an audience with little or no background in her field.