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Graduate Student Association

The Graduate Student Association is a tremendous resource for all graduate students, providing awards, need-based services, social and academic clubs, and terrific camaraderie across campus. 

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Graduate School news

Assistant professor and students calibrate video headset

First-person video dataset aims to catch people looking (at everything)

Three universities collaborating to develop visual archive to be used for research, artificial intelligence development

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GAANN grant helps graduate students with fellowships

Provided by the Department of Education, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will use the grant for Ph.D. students

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Citing sources: University Libraries serve key role supporting student research

Subject librarians train students to find credible resources in a vast sea of information

Upcoming Graduate School events

Feb 21
09:00 AM Dissertation defense - Dimitrios Kyriakou at William Raggio Building
Feb 24
05:30 PM Commencement May 2020 and August 2020 Graduation Workshop at Joe Crowley Student Union
Feb 25
12:00 PM Commencement May 2020 and August 2020 Graduation Workshop at Joe Crowley Student Union
Feb 26
10:30 AM Academic Lectures and Seminars Basic Web Accessibility Training at Joe Crowley Student Union
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