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Develop Professional Skills with the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
May 17, 2021 By Katya Hrichak Experts say that investing time in graduate student governance can benefit your future career. Subject-matter expertise can make you a strong candidate for employment,…
Barn Hosts Virtual Game Nights for Graduate Fields
May 10, 2021 By Katya Hrichak A vaccinated nation is on the horizon, but remote and hybrid lifestyles remain the norm for many Cornellians. To connect students with peers, the…
Graduate School Reaffirms Commitment to Student Mental Health and Well-being
May 3, 2021 Reports of student mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, and stress, increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even before then, higher education institutions, like Cornell, were…
Five Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
April 12, 2021 By Katya Hrichak Five Cornell doctoral candidates have been selected for induction into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The Bouchet Society…
‘Lights Along the Path’: Bouchet Alumni Give Back
March 29, 2021 By Katya Hrichak Character. Leadership. Advocacy. Scholarship. Service. Excellence in these five areas are a prerequisite for induction into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, but…
Grants Help Students Present Research Online
March 22, 2021 By Katya Hrichak Travel plans might be on hold but professional development doesn’t have to be. Andrew Foley planned to attend the 2020 Academy of Management conference…
Nearly 1,000 Gather for Conversation on Safer Fieldwork
March 8, 2021 By Katya Hrichak It all started with a question: “What do you do to stay safe in the field?” Witnessing incidents of violence against people of color…
Students, Alumni Celebrate Black Graduate Excellence
By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. Earning a doctorate involves years of long days and dead ends, but finding a community can smooth the path.…
Jumpstart Your Career with These Tips
Want to get a head start on planning for your future? Look no further. The Winter 2021 Pathways to Success Symposium series showed graduate and professional students and postdocs how…
Students’ Viral Videos Educate about Vaccines
February 5, 2021 By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. To Rob Swanda, a doctoral student in the field of biomedical and biological sciences, it was…