The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates below. Contact the department for more information about exams conducted by Zoom. Exams are scheduled as follows:

The findings and recommendations summarized in Supporting Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-being are intended to provide a starting point for discussion and action for all campus groups with a vested interest in the quality of graduate education

Four current graduate students were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship to support their graduate studies at UMass Amherst. The Fellowship provides a $34,000 stipend for three years, along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance to the institution.

According to NSF, the Graduate Research Fellowship is the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind and the program “has a long history of selecting recipients who achieve high levels of success in their future academic and professional careers. The reputation of the GRFP follows recipients and often helps them become life-long leaders that contribute significantly to both scientific innovation and teaching.”