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 Operations and Information Systems Department in the Manning School of Business invites you to a doctoral dissertation proposal defense by Jie Li, Ph.D. Candidate in Decision Sciences, on ...

Last day to submit final copy of thesis/dissertation to Graduate School for approval: TBA* Last day to submit final copy of thesis/dissertation to ProQuest: TBA* Outside Member – must be external to ...

We strongly recommend using the following Zoom meeting settings and in-meeting management strategies to ensure you have a secure and productive Dissertation Defense meeting, while also allowing for ...

The Global Studies Program invites you to attend a doctoral dissertation defense by Shawn Driscoll on “The History of the United States Servicemen’s Fund.” Candidate Name: Shawn Driscoll Degree: Ph.D.

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 ...

Ingrid J. Paredes is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at New York University. You can find her on Twitter @ingridjoylyn. In my program, we have four major milestones towards graduation: the ...

*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 ...

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 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.

Any tenured or tenure-track Case Western Reserve University faculty member, and any full-time CWRU faculty member whose primary duties include research and who is authorized to serve on a PhD ...