Which license(s) should I use or create when publishing my doctoral dissertation? – Anonymous This week’s answer is courtesy of Elizabeth Bedford, scholarly publishing outreach librarian, Electronic Theses and Dissertations Congratulations on getting to the home stretch of your dissertation! As part of your degree requirements, you will be depositing your dissertation into ResearchWorks, UW’s online open repository, and it will be important for you to understand your license options through this process. Some background: being able to access something…
The free Gingko app combines the functionality of outlines with the fluidity of mind-maps and index cards. One reviewer wrote if the app had existed previously, “it would have saved me two years off my Ph.D.”
Japan, the Philippines and Israel are a few of the countries where University of Washington graduate students and alumni will be studying and working next year, with six students awarded Fulbright Fellowships for 2023. The U.S. scholarship program is the largest international exchange opportunity in the country for students to pursue graduate study, advanced research and teaching. This year’s group of graduate students and alumni will be using their awards to study everything from Ukrainian refugee health experiences to multilingual…
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The Graduated Enrollment Management Services (GEMS) team is happy to serve you and answer your questions! Erin Crom, director Before contacting GEMS, we encourage you to seek out the information and advising support that helps meet your needs. Please select your status below and reach out the appropriate department/program based on your student type: Advising Appointments Appointments are filled weekly on a first-come, first-served basis. When all appointments for the week have been filled, no additional appointment will be scheduled…
MyGrad is a Graduate School tool that provides better administrative service and communication to our students so they can focus on their studies and not on administrative red tape. Keeping these important dates and deadlines in mind, once logged in you can complete/review the following MyGrad tasks: Graduation Schedule a doctoral general or final exam Submit/review a master’s degree request Submit/review an Educational Specialist degree request Check the status or update an existing master’s request Review/Update dissertation title On-Leave, Awards, Petitions,…
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann supported students and charitable organizations in her lifetime and created a fund to continue support after her death. The Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund supports graduate students with “outstanding character and ability who hold promise for achievement and distinction in their chosen fields of study.” The University of Washington is one of the institutions selected to submit three nominees for this national fellowship. In 2020–21, the fellowship will provide an $18,000 stipend, plus tuition (no fees or health insurance). This annual award…
2023–24 application deadline: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at noon (12 p.m. PT). Apply via MyGrad Program through the ‘Awards’ > ‘Requests’ links. The Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship is a one-quarter fellowship awarded for the writing of a doctoral dissertation that contributes to the lives of children with disabilities. The Gatzert Fellowship includes one quarter of UW state tuition and fees, GAIP insurance, and a stipend at the Predoctoral TA II rate (currently $2,986 per month). The fellowship was established in the 1930s by the Bailey…
The Interdisciplinary Individual Ph.D. program is for exceptionally able students in high academic standing whose objectives for study are so truly interdisciplinary that they cannot be met within one of the University units authorized to grant the Ph.D. degree. The program is intended for dissertation topics that require supervision from two or more of the programs through which the University offers the Ph.D. degree. Degree(s) offered Doctor of Philosophy (Individual Ph.D.) Program director/interdisciplinary group chair Mark Zachry, Professor, Department of…
Call for Internal Nominations The Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and University Microfilms International (UMI) are pleased to announce the 2023 WAGS/UMI Outstanding Innovation in Technology award. This $1,500 award may be given either to a master’s thesis or to a doctoral dissertation and is intended to recognize the innovative application of technology to scholarship. Each member institution may submit one nomination for this award; internal UW submissions are due to the Graduate School by 5 p.m., May 3,…