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The best of both — online and immersion programs come together

What if graduate students could pursue flexible programs designed to be online with intentional immersion components? This question is at the heart of reimagining graduate education to address global grand challenges. As the fifth topic in our series on this theme, we explore current thoughts on degree program delivery. Previously, we discussed how students could access customized knowledge to acquire new or different skills for their careers. Now, let’s delve into how programs can bridge the gap between flexibility and engagement.

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Register now for Spring Postdoc Lunch and Learns

This spring’s Lunch and Learn lineup is nearly complete.  Postdoc Lunch and Learns are designed to give postdocs the opportunity to learn new skills or concepts to help them to successfully find a job and be more competitive on the…

Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: Graduate students focused on language learning innovated to create virtual projects as COVID-19 limited in-person interaction

Language learning is a very inter-personal subject that often requires face-to face attention and instruction. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a stop to these things and has delayed teaching and research in the field of…

Graduate College Unveils a New iPOS Feature to Improve Student-Advisor Relationships

The Graduate College has unveiled Manage Staff Advisor, a feature of the Interactive Program of Study (iPOS) that allows units to assign students to specific advisors. It helps personalize the student-advisor relationship by providing…

ASU Graduate College Data and IT: How to slay data monsters

How do you slay data monsters in higher education? That was the theme of the fourth annual ASU Data Conference hosted by the ASU University Technology Office (UTO). The conference offered an excellent opportunity for the Graduate…

Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: When travel plans were cancelled due to COVID-19, these graduate students continued their international research from home

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on international travel due to safety concerns, closed borders and travel restrictions. For many, plans to travel internationally had to be put on hold. Those who were already abroad had…

Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight: How three graduate students adapted their research as COVID-19 closed art spaces

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many art spaces – such as theaters, studios, and galleries – to close due to safety concerns. As a result, many of those working in the field have had to put their projects, performances, and/or research…

ASU announces free events for Innovation Week and Innovation Quarter

While some universities may be closing for winter break, ASU will be filled with programming designed to keep students, families, and the entire ASU community engaged and connected. 

Profiles in the private sector: Lessons from ASU alumni

How does a graduate student get an industry position? What are the expectations of employment in industry?

Funding Hot Sheet April 24, 2020: Increasing higher ed attainment, physics innovation, and more

Lumnia Foundation awards

Lumina's overarching goal is to increase the higher education attainment rate of the United States to 60 percent by 2025. This will represent an increase of 23 million graduates above current levels of production. While…

Funding Hot Sheet April 10, 2020: Using AI for aging research, minority dissertation fellowship, and more

Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research

The fellowship program provides support for doctoral dissertation research, to advance education research by outstanding minority graduate students, and to improve the quality and diversity of…

Funding Hot Sheet March 27, 2020: Graduate research, social work, and geospace science fellowships

Graduate Research Fellowship Program

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding innovative doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to…

Funding Hot Sheet March 13, 2020: Using psychology to solve social problems, international research experiences, and more

The Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and Program Innovation Grants

Research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas:

Applying psychology to at-…

Funding Hot Sheet May 24, 2019: NIAID Research Education Program, a pledge to pay off student loans, and more

NIAID Research Education Program

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases (NIAID) R25…

Funding Hot Sheet May 10, 2019: Dynamic and multi-scale systems, how a math class sparked community engagement, and more

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-Scale Systems

Fellowship awards are designed to provide students with opportunities to pursue postdoctoral training and research opportunities aligned with their interest in obtaining…

Funding Hot Sheet April 5, 2019: Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders, proposed admissions reforms, and more

Education for American Civic Life

The Teagle Foundation seeks to elevate the civic objectives of liberal arts education through faculty-led efforts within the curriculum grounded in the issues that define and challenge American democracy.…

Funding Hot Sheet March 22, 2019: Funding for Parkinson's research, how to cut counseling wait times in half, and more

Innovation in Graduate Education

IGE focuses on projects aimed at piloting, testing, and validating innovative and potentially transformative approaches to graduate education. IGE projects are intended to generate the knowledge required for their…

Funding Hot Sheet March 8, 2019: Funding for ocean health research, gender imbalance in economics, and more

Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies

The purpose of this program is to fund exploratory and synergistic research in learning technologies to prepare learners to excel in work at the human-technology frontier. This program responds to the…

Funding Hot Sheet February 22, 2019: Collaborative Science Award, rise of the mega-university, and more

Collaborative Science Award

To foster innovative collaborative approaches to research projects that propose novel pairings of investigators from at least two broadly disparate disciplines. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship…

Funding Hot Sheet February 8, 2019: Geospace research awards, teaching an ivy league curriculum at community college, and more

Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE)

Proposals should be focused in the investigation of the connection between eruptive events and magnetic phenomena on the Sun and the corresponding solar wind structures in the…

Funding Hot Sheet January 25, 2019: Promoting music and health research, humanities Ph.D. careers, and more

Promoting research on music and health

To increase our understanding of how music affects the brain, body, and behavior. Then to use that knowledge to develop evidence-based music interventions to enhance health or treat specific diseases and…

The best ways to search for an industry job

What are the best ways to approach the search for an industry job?  Natalie McIntyre, Career and Industry Specialist from ASU’s Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS), joined the Grad15 team to share some suggestions…

Salute to Service: Mackenzie Mollohan is the top leadership cadet in ASU’s Army ROTC program

When Mackenzie Mollohan was 14 years old, she joined the Civilian Air Patrol, a non-profit corporation that serves as an official civilian reserve for the United States Air Force.

She’s wanted to be a military pilot…

First-ever Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight Grants Awarded for COVID-19 Innovation

For this round of grants, applicants were asked to summarize what they’re studying, explain how COVID-19 has impacted them, and share innovative ways they were able to move their projects forward despite the pandemic. 

2020-21 Graduate College Fellows focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusive practices and academic and research integrity

The more time I spend in the Graduate College, the more impressed I am with the depth and variety of intellectual resources we have at our disposal, especially among our amazing graduate faculty. If I had any doubts about that, I had…