Archives: Announcements
Grad School Gears up for Third Pathways to Success Symposium
By Sally Kral With nearly 200 graduate students and doctoral scholars in attendance at the second Pathways to Success Symposium held in early June, the Graduate School is gearing up…
Alumna Addresses Importance of Mentoring
By Katya Hrichak “If you had given me the opportunity to participate in today’s seminar [when I started graduate school], I would have said, ‘I don’t need a mentor, I’ve…
Grants help graduate students to do research around the world
By Katya Hrichak Revised 11/28/18 Twenty-six Cornell graduate students have won more than $42,000 in Fall 2018 Research Travel Grants, which provide students up to $2,000 to conduct thesis or…
Grad Students Prepare for Community-Engagement Experiences
By Katya Hrichak Revised 11/29/18 To help fulfill what Cornell President Martha E. Pollack describes as Cornell’s determination to serve the greater good through public engagement, the inaugural Engaged Graduate…
Cornell GPSA Hosts Ivy+ Summit
By Katya Hrichak Mutual respect in a trusting environment between student leaders and administrators was one of the themes at this year’s Ivy+ Graduate Student Leader’s Summit on Oct. 26-28.…
‘A voice at the table’: graduate students on governance
By Katya Hrichak “Everyone had a voice at the table,” said Motasem Kalaji, a doctoral student in communications, about his first meeting as the newest representative on the General Committee.…
Fellowship workshops aid student success
By Katya Hrichak New and current awardees of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) gathered at the Big Red Barn for a reception on Oct. 3. This…
De-emphasize GREs, look broadly for new Ph.D. students: expert
By Katya Hrichak Revised 10/10/18 Keivan Stassun, professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University, shared lessons learned from transforming admissions processes to overcome barriers to diversifying graduate fields in…
Graduate Students Selected as 2018 Forbes Under 30 Scholars Attend the Summit in Boston, MA
By Alexandria Maloney This year a number of current and alumni Cornell graduate students were selected as Forbes Scholars to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston, MA from…
Students recognized at second annual Dean’s Scholars Pinning Ceremony
By Katya Hrichak The Graduate School Dean’s Scholars Pinning Ceremony might have celebrated its inaugural year in 2017, but the 2018 ceremony was not without its firsts. The Pinning Ceremony…