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Dear University of Maryland Community, It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Stephen Roth has been named Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. He will begin this new role on July 1, 2023.

Sarah Rothman, Doctoral candidate of the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, won the UMD 2022 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), for her presentation titled “Mosquitoes and Urban Green Space across Socioeconomic Gradients.” 

On September 23, 2022 the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) in the Graduate School invited postdoctoral students to an in-person research symposium during National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week.  

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I am delighted to announce that Dr. Jason Farman has agreed to serve as Associate Dean for Academic Standards and Policies, beginning on or before 1 July 2022. Dr. Farman is a Professor of American Studies and is currently Director of the Design Cultures and Creativity Program in the Honors College.

The Graduate School has partnered with the Division of Research’s Proposal Development and Management (PDM) services to provide graduate students with proposal writing support. Students who are applying for a prestigious external fellowship are encouraged to submit a PDM support request to receive expert advice from a proposal development manager (PDM).

Dr. Evelyn Cooper will serve as Assistant Dean and Chief of Operations of the Graduate School, effective March 14.  Dr.

The Graduate School is pleased to announce that they have partnered with TerpTax to offer free tax support for graduate students. TerpTax, housed in the Robert H Smith School of Business provides free, all-inclusive tax return preparation.  TerpTax is a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) chapter, a program created by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The Graduate School is delighted to announce that the results of the Spring 2021 gradSERU (graduate student experience in the research university) survey are now available to all students, faculty, and staff at reports.umd.edu.  

Below are important reminders regarding fall 2021 graduation deadlines and timeframes for graduate students.  Please email us at graduate-dean@umd.edu if you have any questions. September 24: Nomination of Dissertation Committee Form due to the Office of the Registrar.