For graduate students, navigating the changing world of academia while researching, writing a dissertation and working towards a degree can be difficult to face alone.
For Mary Stromberger, vice provost for graduate education and dean of the graduate school, her lack of a personal mentoring experience helped motivate her to relaunch the Ohio State Mentoring Initiative (OSMI) in the graduate school.
The Ohio State University’s Graduate School announced the successful completion of its 2025 Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), celebrating a cohort of 40 undergraduate students who spent the summer immersed in a world-class research environment. The program, which concluded with a research symposium and closing reception, is a critical initiative aimed at providing students interested in graduate school with a pathway to graduate education.
SACNAS advances Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) by hosting the largest multidisciplinary conference in the country. NDiSTEM offers a unique space where attendees can bring their whole selves to STEM. This transformative event equips, empowers, and energizes participants through research presentation opportunities, professional development sessions, an Academic and Career Expo, and vibrant cultural celebrations that build community.
Congratulations to the 2025 Graduate Faculty Mentorship Award recipients! This prestigious award, presented by the Ohio State Graduate School, honors the exceptional guidance and support provided by graduate faculty to master’s, doctoral, and professional students.
From the Chicago Biomedical Consortium
The CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows Award program is a one-year, paid fellowship designed to introduce early-stage life science researchers to the process of bringing medical breakthroughs from the lab space to the commercial shelf. Fellows will be connected to researchers at UIC, Northwestern University, and University of Chicago, as well as members of the Chicago biotech startup community, and industry partners.
Each year, this award is presented to a postdoctoral scholar who has demonstrated outstanding mentoring of junior trainees (high school, undergraduate or graduate students) and their peers (other postdocs, team members and lab staff) through leadership and support. The recipient must demonstrate exceptional leadership, communication and management skills, as well as encourage and maintain accessible, professional and supportive lab environment that enhances the mentee experience.