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Doctoral Oral Exams for September 16, 2024 – September 20, 2024
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Doctoral Oral Exams for September 9, 2024 – September 13, 2024
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Doctoral Oral Exams for August 26, 2024 – September 6, 2024
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Graduate School Awards Dissertation Completion Fellowships
This summer, the Graduate School was pleased to launch a new Dissertation Completion Fellowship program for doctoral students in SBS and HFA.
Three Umass Amherst Doctoral Students Earn 2024 Mellon/Acls Dissertation Innovation Fellowships
Three UMass Amherst doctoral students have been awarded 2024 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Innovation Fellowships.
Three Umass Amherst Graduate Students Garner Boren Fellowships
Three UMass Amherst graduate students have received Boren National Security Graduate Fellowships to study languages in regions critical to U.S. interests.
Four Umass Graduate Students Travel To Washington To Advocate For Science
Four UMass Amherst graduate students were recently introduced to the federal policy-making process and strategies.
Thakshala Tissera wins Three Minute Thesis Campus Final
Thakshala Tissera, a doctoral student in the Department of English, has been named the winner of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition.
Laura Hancock Selected for Competitive Science Policy Training Program
Laura Hancock has been selected as a Science Policy Scholar-in-Residence with the National Science Policy Network (NSPN)
Breaking Down Linguistic Barriers Through Research
Claudia Matachana, a UMass Amherst PhD student in Hispanic linguistics, researches beliefs and discrimination related to language as experienced by young Puerto
Reconstructing the Identities of the Individuals in Human Anatomical Collections
In his research, Netzer Zimmer has designed methods for reconstructing the identities of individuals whose remains serve as teaching aids.
Forging a Fairer Future: How AI Can Be Used to Promote Equity
Intelligent systems are now seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives. But what happens when those technology tools are built on biased models?