The Graduate School - Northwestern University

Congratulations TGS Graduates!
On Thursday, June 20, TGS hosted our annual PhD and MFA Hooding Ceremony.
Message to International Students
"We want to reassure our Chinese students and scholars that they are critical to [our] mission."
Read an important message from Provost Holloway here.
2019 Presidential Fellows
The Presidential Fellowship is a highly competitive fellowship awarded to graduate students.
Congratulations to this year's recipients!
Spring Message from Dean Woodruff
Spring a time to celebrate our graduate community and recognize some of its many accomplishments.
Read more here.

Featured Events

July 19

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Application for a Degree due to The Graduate School to receive a degree in Summer

August 9

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Dissertation, PhD Final Exam, and change of grade forms due to TGS for Summer PhD can...

August 16

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Master's completion form due for TGS Summer master's candidates

September 6

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Summer Degrees Conferred

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Spotlight

Spotlight on Liliana M. Hernandez Gonzalez: PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering

Liliana M. Hernandez Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. Her research focuses on determining the ecological resilience of urban green spaces in the Chicago metropolitan area and their benefits for storm water retention using a distributed high-frequency sensing network. Liliana is a former Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) participant and was recently inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.

Learn more in our Spotlight Series.

Spotlight

Spotlight on Everett Lasher, PhD: PhD Alum in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Everett Lasher received his PhD in earth and planetary sciences from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in June 2019. His research focuses on how the climate and environment along the west coast of Greenland have changed over the last 11,000 years. Everett’s work was recently featured on CNN, among various other news outlets.

Learn more in our Spotlight Series.