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Student Impact

Niveditha Muthukrishnan designs wearable technology to improve lives of Parkinson’s patients

By Emily Carman on March 23, 2021

Niveditha Muthukrishnan traveled to ASU all the way from Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu in India to pursue her PhD for three reasons.

For one, you can’t beat the weather in Arizona.

Best Practices

6 Tips on Writing a Diversity Statement for Graduate Admissions

By Amanda Athey on March 11, 2021

Diversity statements aren’t just for organizations or for faculty job postings. Many law schools and some graduate programs may ask applicants to provide a short statement about their personal background and potential contributions to the school or program.

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Awards and Funding Opportunities

Apply for a Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight Grant focused on innovation around issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion

By Emily Carman on February 16, 2021

Applications are now open for the Graduate College’s new round of Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight Grants.

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Student Impact

ASU Graduate Student Katreena Thomas wants to make engineering education more diverse and inclusive

By Emily Carman on January 5, 2021

Being an engineer has always made sense for Katreena Thomas. She has always been good at math and science, her mother encouraged her to pursue engineering by enrolling her in STEM camps and classes, and she always loved the idea of being a problem solver.

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Postdocs

President Crow’s diversity initiative funding 30 postdoctoral fellowships

By Wiley Larsen on October 6, 2020

In response to events surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor, ASU President Michael Crow published a 25-po

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Dean's Message

Building a more resilient graduate community through diversity

By Elizabeth Wentz, Enrique Vivoni and Tamara Underiner on September 15, 2020

Over the past several months, the Graduate College has conducted a series of listening sessions with a large and diverse sample of graduate students and faculty communities. These sessions allowed us to observe how diversity aids this generation’s resiliency.

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Professional Development and Events

Grad15: How to write a diversity statement for your job search

By Amanda Athey on September 14, 2020

Crafting a Diversity Statement

Many graduate students preparing for career entry understand the importance of a well-crafted teaching philosophy or research statement.

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Professional Development and Events

UCLA’s Dr. Sylvia Hurtado to deliver 2020 Graduate College Distinguished Lecture: “Civic Learning for a Diverse Democracy”

By Keith Chandler on September 10, 2020

The Graduate College is pleased to present Dr. Sylvia Hurtado, the featured speaker for this year’s Distinguished Lecture, now taking place in a virtual format. Dr.

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Student Voices

New mentoring circles support graduate students

By Zachary Reeves-Burton on September 8, 2020

If you’re a graduate student looking to connect and create community around common identities and interests, join a mentoring circle!

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Novel coronavirus information

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