Communication
Three Minute Thesis Info Session
Join us in early 2026 for UMass's 10th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! This popular event challenges graduate students to communicate the...
A Topic is Not a Question: How to Design a Research Question
Determining a field or concentration for your research may be easy enough, but how do you transform a topic of interest into a specific and compelling...
Communicating Your Expertise Quickly
Communicating your research effectively can be tough, and it can be even tougher when your audience doesn’t share your expertise. Success hinges on your...
Fall Shut Up & Write Tuesdays
Writing alongside others is a best practice for academic writing! This weekly drop-in provides time and space to write while caffeinated - come late or leave...
Fall Shut Up & Write Tuesdays
Writing alongside others is a best practice for academic writing! This weekly drop-in provides time and space to write while caffeinated - come late or leave...
Three Minute Thesis Info Session
Join us in early 2026 for UMass's 10th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! This popular event challenges graduate students to communicate the...
Crafting Slides for Engaging Presentations
Do you ever envy a presenter’s slick presentation? Do you wish you could convey your data simply and tell a great story that engages your audience? Join us...
Writing Literature Reviews
Many dissertations, research proposals, and articles require a literature review. But many grad students get stuck on this deceptively simple genre of...
Beyond Book Reports: Critically Engaging the Literature
Have you received feedback that you need to engage more critically with the existing scholarship? Do you have questions about what you need to cite, or if...
Fall Shut Up & Write Tuesdays
Writing alongside others is a best practice for academic writing! This weekly drop-in provides time and space to write while caffeinated - come late or leave...
Revision Clinic: Pushing the Draft Forward
If you have a draft, this workshop is for you! You can think of it as a revising boot camp, a place to push forward on projects, refining the argument...
Three Minute Thesis Info Session
Join us in early 2026 for UMass's 10th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition! This popular event challenges graduate students to communicate the...