# Newsroom

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## University-wide Graduate School News

## UMD to Launch Grand Challenges Graduate Communities

New Graduate Student Housing Will Accelerate Interdisciplinary Research, Mentorship and Professional Impact

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## Op/ed: Grad Students, Postdocs Should Prioritize Friendship, Too

Researchers Can Boost Job Satisfaction, Wellness, UMD Professional Development Expert Says

[View Article](https://today.umd.edu/op-ed-grad-students-postdocs-should-prioritize-friendship-too)

## UMD Increases Mental Health, Wellness Services

100+ Resources for Students, Faculty, Staff Offered on New Website

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- November 25, 2025

  ## [Harnessing Powerful Lasers to Help Build a Fish Tank of the Universe](https://gradschool.umd.edu/about-us/newsroom/harnessing-powerful-lasers-help-build-fish-tank-universe)
- December 09, 2024

  ## [3MT Research: Vote for Nick Schwartz!](https://gradschool.umd.edu/about-us/newsroom/3mt-research-vote-nick-schwartz)
- June 20, 2024

  ## [Communicating the Science of the Stars](https://gradschool.umd.edu/about-us/newsroom/communicating-science-stars)

  Written by Johnny Jackson, from Diverse: Issues in Higher EducationJordan Ealy counts herself among the stargazers who delight in watching specks of light twinkle against the darkness of outer space. But her scholarship focuses on those stars she can barely see.
- June 20, 2024

  ## [Driving the Research](https://gradschool.umd.edu/about-us/newsroom/driving-research)

  Written by Arrman Kyaw, from Diverse: Issues in Higher EducationGrowing up, Ann Ramirez really wanted to be a doctor. But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used to create tools and engineer solutions to problems.
- December 12, 2023

  ## [Dean Roth and Provost Rice on our Open Forums](https://gradschool.umd.edu/about-us/newsroom/dean-roth-and-provost-rice-our-open-forums)

  Dear Graduate Students,
  As we approach the end of the semester, we want to congratulate you on all of your hard work and accomplishments this fall. We'd also like to thank those of you who participated in our graduate student open forums over the past month. The insight and feedback we received is invaluable as we continue our work to improve the graduate student experience at UMD.
  Our work ahead
- June 02, 2023

  ## [Rebecca Evans Carroll: In Her Own Words](https://gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/rebeccacarroll)

  By Anna De Cheke Qualls
  Rebecca Evans Carroll (’66 EdD) was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park-–the white institution which in the 1950’s barred her from pursuing graduate study. The University did not admit its first black undergraduate student until 1951.

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