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Graduate Student Handbook and Policies

General Homewood Graduate Policies

• Homewood Graduate Student Handbook (2009 - 2010)
• Academic Misconduct Policy WebCT Training
  (Select "Academic Ethics (2008-09)")
• Leave of Absence
• Residency and Nonresidency
• Termination/Withdrawal
• GradNet Peer Mentoring Program Guidelines
• Academic Misconduct
• Jury Duty Policy
• Grievance Policy
• Academic Probation and Dismissal
• Homewood Institutional Review Board
• Graduate Board Forms and Policies
• Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

• Master's Time to Degree Policy
• Appropriate Use of Computer and Network Resources
• Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest
• Integrity in Research
• Animal Care and Use
• Postdoctoral Pre-Entrance Health Requirement Policy

Whiting School of Engineering

• Research Policies
• Academic Policies

Brigid O’Brien
In 2004 and 2005, Brigid O’Brien, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, began each day by climbing 100 feet of stairs and scaffolding. It doesn’t sound like typical work for an engineer, but then, O’Brien isn’t your typical engineer. She took a year off from her graduate work to pursue what she describes as, “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity:” working to clean and conserve the 130-year-old La Farge murals in Boston’s famous Trinity Church.
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