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Every graduate student has their own experience of changing their financial habits during grad school. You may be stretching every dollar of your assistantship, or find yourself ordering more takeout while balancing a full-time job with homework. Graduate students are savvy with their money by...

Meet Michelle Jeanis, the new graduate coordinator for our Master of Science in Criminal Justice program. An assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Dr. Jeanis’s own research focuses on missing persons, runaway youth, and the relationship between crime and the news. She works with...

Justin Lesser spent his summer knee-deep in the marshes of Massachusetts, tracking tiny fish called mummichogs. As a Biology PhD student in Dr. Jimmy Nelson’s Ecosystems Lab at the ¾ÅÉ«, he studies how coastal erosion affects the eating habits of these abundant little...

First day of grad school! Let’s geaux! It feels good to be back on campus. I missed this place. Smell that collegiate air. It’s going to be a great year. Wait, where’s that building again? I can’t see through the sea of undergrads! Whew. Found the room. Time to claim my seat for the semester. I’m...

The grad school application process can be daunting, and it’s important to be relaxed and focused during the last stretch of it. Let us provide you with some tips on how to efficiently get through the application process. Our Top Tips for Applying to graduate school ¾ÅÉ«. ¾ÅÉ«. ¾ÅÉ«. The...

Earning an advanced math degree can help you make a real difference in our everyday lives. Because math is the basis for all other scientific endeavors—along with its applications in other fields—we see and use it everywhere. How, you ask? Just look around you! We owe a lot to advanced mathematics...

As a new or returning grad student, you may be feeling any number of emotions as the start of the semester draws closer. Whether you are brimming with excitement to start your research and classes, or are feeling nervous about adjusting to a new schedule (or, most likely, feel somewhere in between!)...

The calendar’s marked, lunch reservations are made, and you now know exactly how much coffee you can consume before you start to sympathize with those reality television shows focused on people battling with addiction. You've made it to graduation. But as you wrap up classes with a well-deserved...

When you’re operating on a grad student budget, reigning in expenses is critical. After rent, food probably takes the second largest chunk of your monthly income. And when your time is just as scarce as your pennies, you may end up eating fast food more than you, your wallet, or your stomach would...

Meet Dr. J. Bruce Fuller, who graduated from the English doctoral program at ¾ÅÉ« in 2015 and is now a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University in California. Why did you pursue your English degree with a concentration in creative writing, and why did you choose ¾ÅÉ«'s English...