Duke Graduate School

Ph.D. student Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar and her adviser Cagla Eroglu have been awarded a Gilliam Fellowship, which aims to advance diversity and inclusion in science.

Recent Ph.D. graduates Dena Zhu Ho and Zane Swanson look back on their experience as graduate administrative interns for the Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring in a uniquely challenging year.

The Foundation will continue to fund the Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring, which recruited 30 Sloan Scholars during its first three years.

In celebration of Black History Month, The Graduate School takes a look back at Duke's first Black Ph.D. graduates.

The Samuel DuBois Cook Society recognizes individuals who routinely enrich the lives of people in the Duke community and contribute to the betterment of all people, above and beyond their given roles.

Francisco Ramos combines research and practice to help college instructors get comfortable with teaching uncomfortable topics.

These discussions aim to help the Graduate School community explore various aspects of racism and bias and to keep them top-of-mind as Duke grapples with these issues. 

Briana Davis, Nina Marie Garcia, and their faculty advisers were awarded the Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Studies, a fellowship designed to increase the diversity of students who will become scientific leaders. 

The school’s English for International Students program held informal language classes in a pilot effort aimed at supporting international postdocs, visiting scholars, and spouses and partners.

The annual award from the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture recognizes those who have gone above and beyond in providing support or mentoring to Black graduate or professional students individually or collectively via their organizations at Duke.