graduate student
(North America) A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.
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Sign up for Western Graduate Student Music Club's next iteration of Open Mic Night at the Grad Club! Date: May 14th Time: 7pm Link in bio.
Congratulations to PNI graduate student Isha Gore on being honored as an outstanding educator with a Teaching Award by the @princeton.edu Graduate School and McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning!!
SfN’s officers and councilors election is now open! Emeritus, regular, postdoc, and graduate student members check your e-mail for a passcode and cast your vote. Science thrives when you make your voice heard. For…
An outstanding researcher and health and science communicator, Journalism graduate student Abdulmalik Lawal was recently accepted into Cornell University’s Ph.D. program after leaving Nigeria to pursue his education i…
Excited to share our new paper in @pnas.org in collaboration with Stella Tsirka's lab at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Stony Brook University! A special shoutout to Alexander Rhee, a graduate student in my lab, whose dedic…
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(North America) A university student, usually already possessing a four-year degree, who is working on a master's degree or Ph.D.
“Sign up for Western Graduate Student Music Club's next iteration of Open Mic Night at the Grad Club! Date: May 14th Time: 7pm Link in bio.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Congratulations to PNI graduate student Isha Gore on being honored as an outstanding educator with a Teaching Award by the @princeton.edu Graduate School and McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“SfN’s officers and councilors election is now open! Emeritus, regular, postdoc, and graduate student members check your e-mail for a passcode and cast your vote. Science thrives when you make your voice heard. For more information visit: vist.ly/534ur #neurosky #neuroskyence”
— Bluesky· May 2026“An outstanding researcher and health and science communicator, Journalism graduate student Abdulmalik Lawal was recently accepted into Cornell University’s Ph.D. program after leaving Nigeria to pursue his education in the United States. #FacesOfThePack https://bit.ly/4tjbzTM”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Excited to share our new paper in @pnas.org in collaboration with Stella Tsirka's lab at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Stony Brook University! A special shoutout to Alexander Rhee, a graduate student in my lab, whose dedication and insight were central to this work.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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