Past Events

Have a passion for environmental and social sustainability? Interested in what UT grad students are working on? Wondering how to take your sustainability values with you after you graduate?

Ready to make the most of your next job offer? Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed specifically for graduate students and postdocs. This workshop will equip you with essential negotiation skills and strategies to confidently navigate job offers in the industry. Learn how to effectively communicate your value, negotiate salaries, and understand the nuances of benefits packages to ensure you land the job you deserve.

Are you an international graduate student or trainee looking to navigate career opportunities in the U.S.? This summit is designed to help you get the best positioned for success! Hear from outstanding international alumni across various industries as they share their insights, experiences and career journeys.

Join us for an insightful workshop designed to enhance your interviewing skills and boost your confidence. This session will cover essential strategies to help you demonstrate your fit for various roles.

What does it take to break into data? What’s it like to do data engineering at an enterprise scale – or at a startup? Join the Office of Career and Life Design for a panel conversation with graduate alumni working across the data pipeline, and learn about the range of careers and opportunities in data.

Prepare for the Empower Your Pitch competition in this interactive session! Attendees will learn strategies for using elements of storytelling to accessibly share the highlights of your current research and teaching practices with a broad audience.

Join us for a lunch & workshop series this semester for hopeful/soon-to-be/already-parents/caregivers who are graduate students and postdocs.

Learn more about the Empower Your Pitch competition during this virtual/remote info session for graduate students and postdocs in the arts & humanities. Empower Your Pitch is a campus-wide research communication competition open to students and postdocs in all programs.

Join the Office of Career & Life Design for this cohort-based four-week pilot course, where we will guide graduate students and postdocs through a series of discussions and activities that introduce and apply design thinking to their own lives.

Join the Office of Career and Life Design for a First-Gen interactive workshop that focuses on self-reflection, post-graduation goal-setting and professional development strategies.