I never had a dissertation defense. My department had abolished them sometime before I arrived as a graduate student, and I considered myself lucky compared with friends at other universities who had ...

The final examination for a Ph.D. candidate is an oral defense which includes a presentation of the student's thesis research and is followed immediately by a meeting with the student's thesis ...

Everyone’s Zoom box looks to be on mute. All eyes in the virtual space are focused attentively on the student presenter. The last five years of coursework and long nights writing have come down to ...

A newly minted Ed.D. graduate, Dennis Johnson, is calling on Zoom to make changes after his virtual defense of his dissertation last week was interrupted by someone who scrawled the N-word, drew an ...

Early in my career, I sat on a doctoral committee in a field outside my discipline for the first time. I recall being startled at the dissertation defense when professors in the young man’s department ...

This isn’t how it was supposed to be. But then again, what is in the age of COVID-19? We’re all adapting and adjusting. Bending and flexing. What seemed unimaginable a few months ago now seems ...

*Updated as of Jan. 6, 2026: Since the Spring 2026 dissertation deadline to hold the defense lands during Spring Break, we modified the dissertation deadlines for Spring 2026 in an effort to make the ...

It is the student's responsibility to be aware of the specific requirements of your theme, which may have requirements above those of the Graduate School and GBS requirements. Print copies of UAB ...

Note: The following guidelines are for use within the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB). They are congruent with School of Graduate studies guidelines. It is important to note that all PhD ...

The overarching goal of this dissertation is to evaluate if perceived stress and systemic inflammation are associated with cognitive decline, and if NSAID use among Boston Puerto Rican Health Study ...

3. Davide Masato, Assistant Professor, Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell 4. Jay H Park, Assistant Professor, Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell Brief ...

The Ph.D. thesis is based upon original research and shows mature scholarship and critical judgment, as well as familiarity with tools and methods of research. The Ph.D. thesis differs from a M.S.