Knuth on Advisory Board for AAU PhD Education Initiative Graduate School Dean Barbara A. Knuth has been appointed to the Association of American Universities (AAU) Ph.D. Education Initiative Advisory Board. Funded by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation, the Ph.D. Education Initiative aims to make “diverse Ph.D. career pathways visible, valued, and viable”…

By Elizabeth Ellis Graduate School Dean Barbara A. Knuth has been appointed to the Association of American Universities (AAU) PhD Education Initiative Advisory Board.  Funded by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation, the PhD Education Initiative aims to make “diverse PhD career pathways visible, valued, and viable” by encouraging institutional changes,…

By Katya Hrichak “Why do you feel you’re not ready to write?” Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Jan Allen asked participants of the Graduate School’s Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation Writing Boot Camp. “Do you feel like you haven’t read enough, like you haven’t done enough experiments, you haven’t run enough analyses? One of…

Important Policy Update: Cornell Consensual Relationships Policy Cornell believes that every student and postdoc should have the freedom to pursue their academic and professional interests in an environment without preferential or unfair treatment, discrimination, or bias. In addition, we believe that romantic or sexual relationships between instructors and students can jeopardize the integrity of that…

By Katya Hrichak Research shows that students with strong mentoring relationships leave graduate school more satisfied with their programs, more involved in professional organizations, and with a more developed professional identity than those who do not, according to an American Psychological Association article. So when graduate students face conflicts with their mentors, it can make…

Seven Graduate Students Receive Wu Scholarships Seven graduate students were recently awarded Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships, which provide recipients with non-designated funds intended to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from research expenses or conference travel to personal living expenses. The 2019 recipients are Yingjie Bi, electrical and computer engineering; Tinyi Chu,…

By Katya Hrichak Seven graduate students were recently awarded Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships, which provide recipients with non-designated funds intended to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from research expenses or conference travel to personal living expenses. The 2019 recipients are Yingjie Bi, electrical and computer engineering; Tinyi Chu, computational biology; Pichaya…

Doctoral Student Wins MAA Prize John Wyatt Greenlee, a doctoral student in medieval studies, was recently awarded the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize by the Medieval Academy of America for his work on the Mandeville Map Project. The Medieval Academy of America awards five prizes per year, one in each of five categories. The…

By Katya Hrichak John Wyatt Greenlee, a doctoral student in medieval studies, was recently awarded the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize by the Medieval Academy of America for his work on the Mandeville Map Project. The Medieval Academy of America awards five prizes per year, one in each of five categories. The criteria for…

2019-2020 Stipend & Tuition Rates Announced Cornell’s Board of Trustees approved a 3% increase to the graduate stipend rate, effective August 16th of this year. The base 9-month academic year assistantship and fellowship stipend will rise to $27,218, up from the current $26,426. The 12-month assistantship rate, for students who have standard summer RA or…