Past Events

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. 

First and second-year Studio Art MFA students at UT Austin will open their studio doors and share their practices with the public. A silent auction of work by MFA students will be held throughout the event. Join us for art, food, and conversation!

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.

Learn how to curate and build a data portfolio to share with potential employers in this interactive workshop. We’ll discuss which projects to choose, how to present them in Github, what hiring managers are looking for, and more.

Join the Office of Career and Life Design and the Graduate School's weekly breakfast, coffee and conversation for First-Gen grad students and postdocs. Come chat with other grad students about life as a First-Gen grad student or postdoc at UT while enjoying coffee and pastries.

Learn the characteristics of an effective teaching statement —including what search committees look for —and begin drafting/refining your statement to vibrantly convey your teaching values and the instructional choices you make to help students achieve learning goals.