Apr 01, 2025 - Abi Grassler and Ethan Corey – congratulations on passing your Quals!
Congratulations to Abi Grassler and Ethan Corey who have both successfully passed their written and oral qualifying exams this spring and have moved into PhD candidacy.  Specifically, they both passed Part II of the qualifying exam which consists of a written proposal for an original research project and an oral defense of that proposal. Ultimately the proposal forms the basis of their PhD dissertations. This milestone in a PhD career indicates that one has demonstrated adequate intellectual mastery of a field of specialization and of any appropriate supporting fields of study.