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Designation of Honors associated with PhD dissertations/defenses: Scoring Guide

Metric Comments

Publications

  • Number of publications
  • Number of submitted MS
  • Quality/impact of publications

Academic performance

  • Grades
  • Quality of seminar presentations
  • SRF performance
  • Local honors/awards

External Recognition

  • Invited talks
  • Poster presentations
  • Presentation honors/awards
  • Fellowships

Dissertation

  • Quality of written dissertation
  • Quality of oral presentation
  • Q&A performance
Academic growth/progression
Likelihood of future success

To conduct the vote:

  • Provide committee members with criteria in advance of the defense.
  • Conduct a survey of the dissertation committee by blind (written) vote; simple majority rules.
KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Mail Stop 3043
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160