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Resources for Graduate Students - September

Sept. 23, 2026
Explore resources and opportunities for graduate students at The University of Texas at Austin.
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UT Austin hosts 2026 UT System Postdoctoral Research Symposium

Sept. 17, 2026
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs hosted more than 100 postdocs at the UT System Postdoctoral Research Symposium on Monday, September 14. The event included several speakers, workshops, an interactive poster session, awards and a reception to conclude the day.
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Finding Her Path in Public Health: UT Austin Graduate Student Bikes 1,700 Miles for a Cause

Aug. 21, 2026
Graduate student Eliana Glenn spent 50 days biking nearly 1,700 miles from Seattle to San Diego with Pedal the Pacific.
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How McCombs Alum Sarah Jones Garibaldi Built Miss Jones Baking Co. Into a Nationwide Business

Aug. 14, 2026
With financial discipline in the recipe, Sarah Jones Garibaldi, BBA ’07, MPA ’08, scaled up her childhood dream.
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McCombs M.S. Programs Get New Names

Aug. 13, 2026
The McCombs School of Business announced today that two of its most technology-focused graduate programs are getting new names that acknowledge the central role of emerging technologies in the curriculum.
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Oden Ph.D. Student Tarini Thiagarajan Finding the Space Between Medicine and Math

Aug. 12, 2026
Tarini Thiagarajan wanted to help people through medicine from a young age. What she didn't know was what that would actually look like.
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Rhetoric Faculty Member and Graduate Student Win Rhetoric Society of America Awards

Aug. 11, 2026
The biennial meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) conference is always a great chance to hear from rhetoric scholars around the world, but this year, two members of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing left the conference with high honors.
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Events for Graduate Students

Sharon Milgram Keynote: Normalizing Failure

Event Status
Scheduled
Monday September 28, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.142 - Classrooms ABC
Everyone says failure is part of doing good research, yet in the moment it rarely feels that way. Failure can feel personal, catastrophic and isolating, and it often makes us want to hide. In this interactive workshop, we will examine the reality of failure in research, discuss different kinds of failure, and consider how setbacks can become useful information for the future.

Data & Donuts: Research Data Community of Practice Discussion

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 29, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Virtual
Join us for a virtual gathering of students, faculty, and staff that share an interest in discussing research data strageties, workflows, and challenges. This meeting will provide a chance for us to discuss things that we can do to build an active community on campus for fostering discussion of research data topics. All are welcome to attend and be a part of the discussion.

Interviewing Workshop

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 29, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.142 - Classrooms ABC
Interviews can be nerve-wracking, but they're a skill you can prepare for. This workshop focuses on behavioral interview questions, the "tell me about a time when..."

P&G Insight to Innovation Workshop

Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday September 29, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
In this interactive workshop, you'll experience P&Gs approach to innovation by defining a consumer problem, evaluating key assumptions, and designing an experiment to test a potential solution.

Teaching for Impact: Giving Good Feedback

Event Status
Scheduled
Wednesday September 30, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
This hands-on workshop helps you develop strategies for making your feedback specific, actionable and constructive without being exhausting to deliver.

Demystifying the Mission: Navigating the Civilian Career Hidden Curriculum

Event Status
Scheduled
Wednesday September 30, 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Virtual
Jaclyn Le, UT Austin Alumnus and Co-Founder of Kaleidoscope LLC, will present on effective communication, relationship management, and practical tips for an introductory course on a career in consulting for social impact organizations.

Social Science at Work

Event Status
Scheduled
Friday October 2, 2026, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.142 - Classrooms ABC
Social Science at Work is a half-day symposium designed to equip graduate students with practical tools, entrepreneurial perspectives and real-world connections that bridge academic training and professional impact.
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    Join us at Gone to Grad School: Find Your Herd for an evening of connections, campus resources and fun! The event includes free professional headshots, baby animals from Tiny Tails, life design activities, student orgs and free ice cream. Can’t wait to see you there 🤘

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    Microsoft Week at UT Austin!<br><br>Last week, the Graduate Office of Career &amp; Life Design partnered with Microsoft to create opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to connect with industry professionals, explore career pathways and build their networking skills.<br>
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    Microsoft Week at UT Austin!

    Last week, the Graduate Office of Career & Life Design partnered with Microsoft to create opportunities for graduate students and postdocs to connect with industry professionals, explore career pathways and build their networking skills.

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    “As a proud Longhorn, I am motivated by research that reflects UT’s spirit of service and innovation and that can produce tools useful to communities in Texas and across the United States,” Koutian Wu @ktwu01, a third-year Ph.D. student in Earth and planetary sciences @txgeosciences, said.
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    “As a proud Longhorn, I am motivated by research that reflects UT’s spirit of service and innovation and that can produce tools useful to communities in Texas and across the United States,” Koutian Wu @ktwu01, a third-year Ph.D. student in Earth and planetary sciences @txgeosciences, said.

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    Welcome to the Forty Acres, Longhorns! Whether you’re beginning your graduate journey or returning for another year, we’re excited to have you here. Here’s to a semester of bold ideas, meaningful connections and exciting opportunities. 🤘

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    Meet Ahmed Z. Sihorwala, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the Cockrell School of Engineering.<br>
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    Meet Ahmed Z. Sihorwala, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the Cockrell School of Engineering.

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    Congratulations to the 2026 Cohort of Early Career Postdoctoral Scholars! <br>
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    Congratulations to the 2026 Cohort of Early Career Postdoctoral Scholars!

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    Congratulations to the pilot cohort of 18 postdoctoral scholars who completed the inaugural Postdoctoral Teaching Academy in 2025-2026! Certificates were presented at a lunch on Wednesday, May 14, 2026.<br>
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    Congratulations to the pilot cohort of 18 postdoctoral scholars who completed the inaugural Postdoctoral Teaching Academy in 2025-2026! Certificates were presented at a lunch on Wednesday, May 14, 2026.

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    During his postdoctoral fellowship @odeninstitute Center for Computational Oncology, Guillermo Lorenzo contributed to research that was awarded a 2026 President’s Research Impact Award. Lorenzo is now a Ramon y Cajal fellow at the University of A Coruña in Spain. <br>
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    During his postdoctoral fellowship @odeninstitute Center for Computational Oncology, Guillermo Lorenzo contributed to research that was awarded a 2026 President’s Research Impact Award. Lorenzo is now a Ramon y Cajal fellow at the University of A Coruña in Spain.

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    Before Chengyue Wu became a tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in the Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was a postdoctoral fellow @odeninstitute.
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    Before Chengyue Wu became a tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in the Department of Imaging Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was a postdoctoral fellow @odeninstitute.