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The Graduate School is now running a virtual office environment until further notice. 

 Brandon Garcia explains how the Summer Institute impacted his first semester of graduate school and how his journey drew him to the University of Minnesota.

How Graduate Students and Faculty Influence One Another’s Research

Winners of six collegiate competitions took part in the University-wide Three-Minute Thesis competition on November 8, 2019.

Bring your laptop and come write with other graduate students in a quiet space

The purpose of the Fulbright program is to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Approximately 1,900 grants are available to over 140 countries.

One graduate student from each of four groups – arts and humanities, biological and life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and social sciences and education – was chosen by faculty from the broad disciplinary area. Selections were based on the originality and importance of the research, as well as the potential for the student to make an unusually significant contribution to their field. 

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Graduate and Professional Scholarly Excellence in Equity and Diversity (SEED) Awards

Two students from the Graduate School Diversity Office's Community of Scholars Program recently presented their work at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education in Portland, Oregon.