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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Meagan Sundstrom is a doctoral candidate in physics from Walpole, Massachusetts. She earned her B.S. in mathematics-physics from the University of Connecticut and now studies the role of gender in physics education under the guidance of Natasha Holmes at Cornell.What is your area of research and why is it important?I am in the field of physics education research. I use social network…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Kelly Richmond is a doctoral candidate in performing and media arts from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She earned her B.A. in English drama and theatre and psychology at McGill University and now studies the role of live performance in responding to the climate crisis under the guidance of Sara Warner at Cornell.What is your area of research and why is it important?My research considers the role of…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Katherine Ally Zaslavsky is a doctoral candidate in sociology from Endwell, New York. They earned their B.A. from SUNY Geneseo and now study the value of representation under the guidance of Landon Schnabel and Filiz Garip at Cornell.What is your area of research and why is it important?I study the value of representation. When people think of representation, they usually think of democracy: a…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Jason Ludwig is a doctoral candidate in science and technology studies from Brooklyn, New York. He earned a B.A. in history and M.S. in science, technology, and society at Drexel University and now studies the role of computing in reshaping politics of racial equality under the guidance of Sara Pritchard at Cornell.What is your area of research and why is it important?My dissertation, “Automating…
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Cornell’s 2024 Bouchet Society inductees
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Eight Cornell doctoral candidates, including five connected to A&S, and two postdocs have been inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Its network of scholars exemplifies academic and personal…
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Meagan Sundstrom presents her winning Three Minute Thesis.
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
“I want you to remember a time when you were in a setting where you felt like you didn’t belong. I want you to remember how you felt in that setting, maybe isolated or out of place, and how much you felt like you wanted to continue going back to that setting—probably not much. These feelings are all too familiar for undergraduate women pursuing their studies in science, and in physics…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The Graduate School welcomed nearly 70 new Dean’s Scholars at a November event to honor students who were nominated and selected for this distinction for their demonstrated commitment to academic excellence and advancing aspects of diversity, access, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the academy and other communities.
At the ceremony, each scholar received a pin with a gold center containing…
Roger William Photography for Cornell University.
From left to right: Xuan Chen, Zachary Ulibarri, Sarah Gilbert, and Samantha Sanft. Not pictured: Alyssa Kaganer and Anusha Shankar.
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Six postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards as part of Cornell’s participation in National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 18-22.
Cornell currently employs 790 postdoctoral scholars who are appointed across nearly 90 departments where they actively participate in the university’s research, teaching, and extension missions. The Postdoc Achievement…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Eighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
NSF offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing study in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and math…
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The A. D. White Reading Room in Uris Library.
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Becoming fluent in another language can be an integral component to humanities students’ studies, but for many, juggling language classes with additional coursework requirements, teaching assistantships, and other responsibilities can prove challenging during the academic year. To support summer learning opportunities, the Graduate School offers Summer Foreign Language Grants that can help…
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Students line up for recognition at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony on May 27 at Barton Hall.
Cornell’s newest doctoral graduates have completed one significant milestone, but their journey as scholars is only beginning, President Martha E. Pollack said to nearly 350 candidates waiting to cross the stage and be recognized at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony on May 27 at Barton Hall.
“This isn’t the first time you’ve stood in a cap and gown, with an achievement behind you and new…
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Some of the recipients of 2023 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration, May 16 in G10 Biotech
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2023 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration on May 16 in G10 Biotech.
This annual event recognizes the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for demonstrating…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Two Cornell graduate students have been selected as Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Innovation Fellows, which will provide them with a stipend as well as funding for research and other activities to the fellowship year.
Chijioke Onah, a doctoral student in English language and literature, and Nic Vigilante, a doctoral student in music, were two of 45 fellows…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Eight Cornell doctoral candidates and two postdocs have been selected for induction into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Its network of scholars exemplifies academic and personal excellence, character,…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Fifty-five Cornell graduate students have been selected as 2022 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows. These new fellows join Cornell’s community of over 200 current fellows.
The NSF offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing study in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and…
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postdoctoral scholars honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Seven postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards as part of Cornell’s participation in National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 19-23.
The awards and recipients are:
Achievement Award for Excellence in Community Engagement: Elizabeth Riley (psychology)
Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership: Melanie Smee (microbiology) and Eileen…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Dory Peters and Joseph Miranda have been selected to receive 2022 Ford Foundation Fellowships. Peters, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, received a predoctoral competition fellowship, and Miranda, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, received a dissertation competition fellowship.
Honorable mentions were awarded to nine additional Cornell graduate students:…
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Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Uganda
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Doctoral students Rafid Bendimerad and Angela Nankabirwa have been selected to receive 2022 Africa Fund Fellowships.
The Africa Fund Fellowship provides one or two semesters of a stipend, full tuition, and Cornell individual student health insurance to doctoral applicants who are citizens of an African country and not permanent residents of the U.S.
Nankabirwa, a doctoral student in ecology…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2022 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration on May 12 in G10 Biotech.
This annual event recognizes the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates…
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The National Institute of Educational Studies in Brazil
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, which provide financial support for research degree students to conduct thesis or dissertation research away from campus. With a special round of funding in addition to standard fall and spring rounds, this was the largest group of Research Travel Grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
“So, this is a coin from 12th century Sri Lanka. And, like many coins, it’s inscribed with the name of the monarch who commissioned it,” began Bruno Shirley, a doctoral candidate in Asian literature, religion, and culture at the seventh annual Cornell University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
Alongside seven other finalists, Shirley presented his dissertation research in just three…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
This year’s Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation Writing Boot Camp went virtual and broke records. Nearly 400 writers from 50 institutions joined this year’s immersive Boot Camp to develop productive writing habits in a supportive environment. The previous virtual attendance record was set with over 300 students attending 2021 Writing Boot Camp; the record for in-person Boot Camp was in 2019 with…
2022 Wu Scholarship recipients. Top row, left to right: Shiping Cao, Yue Deng, and Zihan Hu. Bottom row, left to right: Hui Ji, Yubo Su, Yongjian Tang, and Hui Zhou. Not pictured: Shan-Chi Hsieh.
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Eight graduate students were awarded 2022 Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships. These awards provide recipients with funds to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from research expenses to living expenses.
This year’s recipients are: Shiping Cao, mathematics; Yue Deng, materials science and engineering; Shan-Chi Hsieh, microbiology; Zihan Hu, economics; Hui Ji, genetics, genomics, and…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Career development offices benefit from collaborations and network development with industry employers, a new study finds.
The study, “Using Stakeholder Insights to Enhance Engagement in Ph.D. Professional Development,” published January 27 in PLOS ONE.
A team of researchers including Susi Varvayanis, executive director of the Graduate School’s Careers Beyond Academia, and Conrad Smart,…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Humanities doctoral students begin their programs with an area of interest. This focus narrows as dissertation research progresses until, by the end of a doctoral program, it narrows to the point that students see only a path to a faculty or research career. To broaden their view, the Graduate School’s Careers Beyond Academia has expanded its programs to illuminate many more possible…
Forty-four graduate students have been selected as new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows. These new fellows join Cornell’s community of nearly 200 fellows currently on campus.
The NSF offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing study in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering…
Monique Pipkin and Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu have been selected to receive 2021 Ford Foundation Fellowships. Pipkin, a doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology, received a predoctoral competition fellowship, and Adwetewa-Badu, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, received a dissertation competition fellowship.
Honorable mentions were awarded to nine additional…
Public health guidelines are shifting and the country is beginning to reopen. Prior obstacles to travel, research and in-person activities are being cleared, allowing many the opportunity to resume their pre-pandemic lives. But while remote operation hindered progress and limited options for some, the ability to join a Zoom call from anywhere in the world enabled greater access for others.
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Six graduate students were awarded 2021 Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships. These awards provide recipients with funds to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from research expenses to personal living expenses.
This year’s recipients are: Mike Bing, statistics; Lijun Ding, operations research and information engineering; Reika Tei, chemistry and chemical biology; Anran Wang, history; Hao…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Charlotte Logan, a doctoral student in linguistics, was recently selected as a Cobell Graduate Summer Research Fellow. Administered on behalf of the Cobell Board of Trustees by Indigenous Education, Inc., Logan is one of six fellows for 2021.
Logan studies Haudenosaunee languages and works on language revitalization through Cornell’s Indigenous Language Program and immersion programs within…
It all started with a question: “What do you do to stay safe in the field?”
Witnessing incidents of violence against people of color in the media, two ecology and evolutionary biology doctoral candidates decided to create a set of best practices on how researchers can stay safe while conducting fieldwork. What started as a list for their graduate field transformed into much more when …
To Rob Swanda, a doctoral student in the field of biomedical and biological sciences, it was immediately clear how messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines work. But to his nonscientist parents, it was not.
Swanda answered his parents’ questions, using everyday language to explain the vaccines’ complex mRNA technology. Impressed, they asked him to record a video of his explanation to share with friends…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Cornell’s English Language Support Office (ELSO) has expanded to support all multilingual graduate students – both from the U.S. and abroad. Previously available only to international students for whom English was not their first language, now multilingual graduate and professional students from anywhere in the world can participate in ELSO programs, including tutoring, workshops, and classes.
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Seven postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards, as part of Cornell’s celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 21-25. The recipients are: Andy Borum (mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences) and Yoon Choi (communication, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) for Excellence in Community Engagement; Rachel…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The COVID-19 pandemic halted plans to host annual on-campus summer research experiences for undergraduates from institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Cornell faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate student mentors, however, quickly pulled together to shift course and move these programs online, allowing about 90 undergraduates to experience virtual research at Cornell. The…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Seven graduate students were recently awarded Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships. These awards provide recipients with funds to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from research expenses to personal living expenses. The 2020 recipients are: Oliver Ngai Keung Chan, communication; Yingjie (Tom) Fei, Ph.D. ‘20, operations research and information engineering; Wanheng Hu, science and technology…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
Emily Donald, a doctoral student in history, planned to go to Thailand this summer. Instead, she remained in Ithaca. Like many scholars at Cornell and around the globe, Donald’s research was interrupted by the pandemic. “I’m lucky to be in a position where I can be flexible and shift things around to make it work,” she said. Her time in Thailand would have included exploring archives and…
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Katya Hrichak
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Cornell University Graduate School
The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2020 Distinguished Awards on June 12 at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration, held over Zoom. This annual event recognizes the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for their…
Lara Fresko Madra, a doctoral candidate in the field of history of art, archaeology and visual studies, has been selected as a recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Administered through the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the fellowship has been awarded to 23 recipients for the 2020-21 academic year. Fresko Madra is studying the history of…
Natalie Nesvaderani, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, was recently selected as a recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Administered through the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Nesvaderani is one of 23 recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.Nesvaderani is studying the intersection of documentary film, migration and children’s labor in Iran…
Five Cornell doctoral candidates have been inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Its network of scholars exemplifies academic andpersonal excellence, character, service and advocacy for students who…
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 dissertation research away from campus. In a typical year, 70 to 80 students receive these competitive grants from the Graduate School. More grant winners will be announced in the spring.Although many students use their grants to conduct…
The Graduate School Dean’s Scholars pinning ceremony Sept. 26 celebrated its inaugural year in 2017, but the 2018 ceremony was not without its firsts.The pinning ceremony honors recipients of competitive diversity-focused fellowships, including the Dean’s Excellence Fellowship, Dean’s McNair Fellowship, State University of New York (SUNY) Graduate Diversity Fellowship, McNair SUNY Graduate…
