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The Grad Student Guide to Making Time

Friday, 9 October 2026

You never know what might shift or who you might meet when you give yourself permission to step away from the grind for an hour.

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Course-Based Programs Application Week begins October 19

Thursday, 1 October 2026

Prospective students interested in applying to course-based programs can explore a week of programming October 19 to 23.

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Rockne Hewko, Academic Support Manager, receives President's Staff Award

Monday, 28 September 2026

Rock received the President’s Staff Award for Leadership in his position on the Student Academic Support team at G+PS.

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In order to produce the proteins needed for cellular processes, the genetic information encoded in our DNA must be carefully read by molecules called transcription factors. Dr. Perez-Borrajero investigated how two of these molecules carry out their functions. Her findings help explain the different mechanisms used to interpret our genetic information correctly.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology (PhD) - graduated in 2018