The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Graduate Studies is delighted to showcase the accomplishments of our current students and program alumni. For this December 2022 SPOTLIGHT feature, we are excited to showcase RISE and SUPER-GRAD fellow alum, Dr. Lorne S.Joseph.

Read below to find out more about Dr Joseph. Thank you Dr. Joseph for sharing your experiences with the SGS community!

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Congratulations to the three Aaron Shatkin Award winners from fall 2022. The award recognizes outstanding graduate students who have excelled in their research and coursework:

Kaiden Power
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
From the lab of Maureen Barr

Stephania Guzman
Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
From the lab of Moshmi Bhattacharya

Iva Salamon
Neuroscience
From the lab of Roko Rasin

Research Cafe launches December 14!

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to join the School of Graduate Studies for our first Research Cafe gathering featuring two grad student scholars who will share their work and benefit from peer feedback in a friendly and low-stakes setting.

This Fall, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS)  participated in the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) which took place November 9 - 12 in Anaheim, California. 2022 marked the 20th anniversary of the conference and SGS was recognized for its participation every year!

This Fall, several RISE at Rutgers and SGS graduate fell