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Spotlight: Nedgine Joseph

  • October 20, 2023
Awards & Honors

 

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Nedgine Joseph, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), is the recipient of three coveted awards: the Corning Glass Age Scholarship; the GEM Fellowship; and a Rutgers Dean’s Fellowship to Broaden Participation.  

Kirsten Allen: Quad Fellowship

  • August 22, 2023
Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) at Rutgers

We want to congratulate Kirsten on her acceptance and participation in the inaugural year of the Quad Fellowship program. Her remarks on the program truly say it all...

HHMI Gilliam Fellowship - Irving Estevez

  • July 27, 2023
Awards & Honors

Irving Estevez a PhD student in the Neuroscience graduate program at Rutgers has been awarded a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship in July 2023.  Nationally, there are only 50 Gilliam Fellows awarded per year for students conducting outstanding research in their respective scientific fields and their advisers who are committed to building a more inclusive scientific ecosystem. Irving’s thesis advisor is Brian P.

SUPER-GRAD Fellow and RISE Alum Zoey Eddy Receives Two Prestigious Awards

  • April 14, 2023
Awards & Honors

Congratulations to Zoey Eddy, a second year PhD student in Social Psychology and a 2020 alumna of the RISE at Rutgers summer program, who was awarded two highly competitive national fellowships: a 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship and a 2023 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

Event Description

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Beyond Coping: A Social Perspective on Graduate Student Mental Health

Monday, April 24, 5-7 pm

Register at: go.rutgers.edu/firesidechat

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Description

Across disciplines, graduate school is a demanding experience that requires navigating both power relations and the complexities of research, career development, and graduate student life. Graduate students are also whole people, caring for children or family members, moving through graduate study as first-generation college students, and witnessing and responding to societal oppressions (i.e., racism, ableism, sexism). In this “fireside chat,” graduate students come together to reflect on graduate student mental health and explore strategies and analyses that move beyond coping to addressing the structural forces and power dynamics that inform graduate students’ experiences. Graduate student panelists and CAPS community-based counselor Shan Reeves will discuss mental health from a social perspective and explore how to identify and build solidarity circles with peers, mentors, and fellow graduate students; how to navigate difficult relationships with advisors; how to access Rutgers & community-based support services; and ultimately, how to move from an individualist, deficit-based perspective on mental health to one that accounts for the contexts and histories that shape graduate students' educational experiences. 

 

Register to attend in person or on Zoom at go.rutgers.edu/firesidechat. Questions? Email sgsdei@grad.rutgers.edu.

Recent RISE Alum Accomplishments

  • March 13, 2023
Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) at Rutgers

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Graduate Studies is delighted to highlight some recent accomplishments of Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE) alum.

Congratulations to the following RISE Scholars:

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Rising Stars in Neuroscience

  • March 1, 2023
Awards & Honors

Congratulations to Courtney McDermott who has has been selected for the University of Utah Rising Star in Neuroscience Symposium. This program seeks to provide career development and mentorship for exceptional late-stage graduate students in neuroscience, with a strong focus on spotlighting scientists from under-represented minority groups. Activities at the multi-day workshop in May include:

RISE Alum Jailen Doyle Wins 1st Place Poster at 2023 Emerging National Researchers Conference

  • February 23, 2023
Research & Scholarship

RISE 2022 alum, Jailen Doyle recently presented at the 2023 Emerging National Researchers (ERN) Conference in Washington DC where she won the 1st Place prize for the Chemistry and Chemical Sciences undergraduate poster category!

Jailen Doyle