Graduate Training Events

    The list below shows the composite schedule for all currently scheduled professional development events.

    If you have questions about the listed events, or would like to suggest an event, please contact Professional Development.

    Note: The professional development events page focus primarily on academic and career-oriented workshops and events. For social events geared toward graduate students, we invite you to visit the programs and events hosted through Graduate Student Life or Graduate Student Government.

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    • Association for Women in Science
    • Center for Social Concerns
    • Conflict Resolution
    • English for Academic Purposes
    • Ethics
    • Graduate Career Services
    • Graduate Student Government
    • Graduate Student Life
    • Graduate Professional Development
    • Graduate Resilience Alliance at ND
    • Graduate School
    • Grants and Fellowships
    • Hesburgh Libraries
    • Kaneb Center
    • Leadership
    • Mentorship
    • Postdoctoral Scholars
    • Recruiting
    • The Writing Center


    Upcoming events:

    TitleDescriptionDateTime
    Introduction to Patentsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Learn how to search for patents and who has cited them. If you're not searching patent literature, you're missin...3-502:00 PM
    ART EXHIBITION: Solarium Galleryz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSOLARIUM GALLERY EXHIBITION The Solarium Gallery Show is a Graduate School tradition that celebrates the creative side of graduate studies by featuring the works...3-503:00 PM
    Using the Distant Readerz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn how to automatically "read" and "analyze" an arbitr...3-611:00 AM
    Stumped by Idioms? Common Expressions Used in Academic Settingsz_gs_pdev / EAPGraduate Student Government International students and scholars may be confused by idiomatic expressions used in U.S. classrooms or meetings because these expressions cannot be correctly...3-612:00 PM
    Tour of the Tidyverse Series–Data Manipulation in R, Part 3z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn to write a reproducible report in R using R Markdown and the k...3-607:00 PM
    LASER Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / LeadershipLeadershipLearn more about the LASER program! The Leadership Advancing Socially Engaged Research (LASER) program is a nationally recognized, year-long training and dev...3-712:15 PM
    Designing Engaging Research Postersz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries This comprehensive two-hour workshop provides participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and present co...3-701:00 PM
    The Why, What if-, and How of Intellectual Virtue for Graduate Students and Posdoctoral Scholarsz_gs_pdev / GPDGraduate Professional DevelopmentWORKSHOP From a philosophical perspective, being good means establishing truth, knowledge, and understanding. Good thinking is critical for long-term success, or...3-1303:00 PM
    WORKSHOP: The Why, What if-, and How of Intellectual Virtuez_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingWORKSHOP From a philosophical perspective, being good means establishing truth, knowledge, and understanding. Good thinking is critical for long-term success, or...3-1303:00 PM
    RefWorks - Managing Citations for Researchz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries This workshop will cover the basics of using one citation manager, RefWorks. Citation managers help you keep track of...3-1709:25 AM
    Measuring Your Research Impactz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Learn how to use Google Scholar, Web of Science, and other databases to track your research impact. Attendees wi...3-1903:00 PM
    Using the Distant Readerz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn how to automatically "read" and "analyze" an arbitr...3-2011:00 AM
    Build a Better Lit Review: Introduction to VOSviewerz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn what VOSviewer is, how it works, and how you can...3-2111:00 AM
    Wrangling Data with Google Sheetsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries BI stands for Business Intelligence. It refers to the processes, technologies, and tools used to gather, store, analyze, an...3-2101:00 PM
    Designing Your Online Coursez_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to apply the Backwards Design Model and...3-2102:00 PM
    Introduction to Text Miningz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn the benefits of using computers to supplement th...3-2511:00 AM
    R for Absolute Beginnersz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers an introduction to R, a commonly-used lang...3-2507:00 PM
    RefWorks - Managing Citations for Researchz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Citation managers help you keep track of the literature you have found for that research report, paper, or essay. They also...3-2609:25 AM
    Useful Tech Tools to Boost Your Productivity in Research and Wriz_gs_pdev / EAPGraduate Student Government As increasingly more AI tools become available, choosing the right ones and knowing how (not) to use them for your research and writing can be overwhelming. T...3-2604:00 PM
    How to Make a Bookz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Make a book using a "slot and tab" method and absolute...3-2711:00 AM
    Introduction to Zotero (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn how to use Zotero — an open-source research tool for creating ...3-2711:00 AM
    WORKSHOP: Beauty at the Intersection of Chemistry and Artz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingWORKSHOP “Only Connect Chemistry and Art” is an integration course that explores the intersection of art and chemistry.  It is rooted in the idea that both draw ...3-2705:00 PM
    Digital Accessibility and Canvasz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence This presentation will guide faculty on how to access the Panorama tool and interpret its reports...3-2810:30 AM
    Introduction to GitHub and Markdownz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn the basic functions of contributing to a reposit...3-2801:00 PM
    # Annotating Code: Preparing Code for Sharing & Reusez_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn why it’s important to annotate code, practice co...4-102:00 PM
    Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Pythonz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers a gentle introduction to Python and the NL...4-211:00 AM
    Faculty Panel | Different Backgrounds, Same Course: Teaching Students from a Range of Preparation Levelsz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence How do you teach a course when some students come in highly prepared and others have almost no ba...4-202:00 PM
    An Overview on Academic Soft and Hard Skillsz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence This workshop aims to provide graduate students with an interactive overview of both soft and har...4-309:30 AM
    Using the Distant Readerz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn how to automatically "read" and "analyze" an arbitr...4-311:00 AM
    TOUR: Beauty, Truth, and Understanding: Learning to See at the Raclin Museum of Modern Artz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingTOUR Tour of the Raclin Museum of Modern ArtLed by Dr. Judith Stapleton, National Endowment for the Humanities, Postdoctoral Scholar Keough-Naughton Inst...4-303:30 PM
    RefWorks - Managing Citations for Researchz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Citation managers help you keep track of the literature you have found for that research report, paper, or essay. They also...4-411:30 AM
    HTML & CSS — Essential Trainingz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries For those who use the Web to communicate with others, a familiarity with HTML and CSS can improve the clarity and power of ...4-401:00 PM
    Introduction to Tropy (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn how to use Tropy — an open-source research tool for managing r...4-401:00 PM
    Assessment Strategies in an Online Coursez_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence In this interactive workshop, participants will focus on designing effective assessments that tra...4-402:00 PM
    Workshop: Communicating Your Research in a World of Misinformationz_gs_pdev / GPD With the rise of misinformation, it has become harder for many researchers to communicate their work effectively with the public. Distrust in science has been o...4-403:00 PM
    WORKSHOP: Communicating Your Research in a World of Misinformationz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingWORKSHOP With the rise of misinformation, it has become harder for many researchers to communicate their work effectively with the public. Distrust in science ha...4-403:00 PM
    Teaching in the Age of AI: Graduate Student Perspectivesz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring graduate students from diverse academic discip...4-812:30 PM
    Introduction to Tropy (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn how to use Tropy — an open-source research tool for managing r...4-901:00 PM
    A Gentle Introduction to Unix Commands and Regular Expressionsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn how to explore, create, move, and search files in the command ...4-902:00 PM
    Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Pythonz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers a gentle introduction to Python and the NL...4-1011:00 AM
    I Can Help - Suicide Prevention Trainingz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence Instructors are often well-positioned to spot students who may be facing mental health struggles....4-1002:00 PM
    Tour of the Tidyverse Series–Data Manipulation in R, Part 1z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn to load in, manipulate, and clean data in R using the dplyr pa...4-1007:00 PM
    DISCUSSION: The Gift of Hope: Blessed Basil Moreau and Human Flourishingz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingDISUSSION Discussion on how Blessed Basil Moreau's understanding of hope can lead to a deeper understanding of human flourishing and seek ways that allow us to c...4-1112:00 AM
    Introduction to Zotero (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn how to use Zotero — an open-source research tool for creating ...4-1101:00 PM
    How to Make a Bookz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Make a book using a "slot and tab" method and absolute...4-1511:00 AM
    R for Absolute Beginnersz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers an introduction to R, a commonly-used lang...4-1507:00 PM
    Building Your Academic Career: Applying for Teaching Positions in Higher Educationz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring experienced faculty members who will share p...4-1609:30 AM
    Building Your Academic Career: Applying for Teaching Positions in Higher Educationz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring experienced faculty members who will share p...4-1609:30 AM
    Introduction to Text Miningz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn the benefits of using computers to supplement th...4-1611:00 AM
    G&F: GRFP Postaward Proceduresz_gs_pdev / Grants and FellowshipsGrants And Fellowships Calling all NSF GRFP fellows: Join the Grants & Fellowships team for a lunch-and-learn where we discuss everything from accepting/deferring your funded year...4-1612:00 PM
    Sorry, what was that? Refine Your Pronunciation and Increase Clz_gs_pdev / EAPGraduate Student Government This workshop helps participants identify and correct common pronunciation patterns that frequently cause communication problems. It discusses the characteris...4-1711:00 AM
    Tour of the Tidyverse Series–Data Visualization in R, Part 2z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn to make simple graphs in R using the ggplot2 package. ...4-1707:00 PM
    Creating and Leveraging Asynchronous Contentz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to create engaging asynchronous content fo...4-1802:00 PM
    Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Pythonz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers a gentle introduction to Python and the NL...4-2211:00 AM
    EXHIBIT: Student LifeDesign Showcase: Art and Science of Human Flourishingz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSTUDENT PROJECT SHOWCASE LifeDesign Showcase for the "Art and Science of Human Flourishing" class.Instructor Dr. Steve Reifenberg Teaching Professor of I...4-2203:45 PM
    Lunch & Learn: Building and Holding your Creative Spacez_gs_pdev / GPDGraduate Professional DevelopmentWORKSHOP An exploration of what it means to be creative in science and to build an environment/practice that supports that endeavor. Facilitated by Dr. A...4-2312:30 PM
    Introduction to Text Miningz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn the benefits of using computers to supplement th...4-2411:00 AM
    Tour of the Tidyverse Series–Data Manipulation in R, Part 3z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Center for Digital Scholarship Learn to write a reproducible report in R using R Markdown and the k...4-2407:00 PM
    Creating a Bootstrap Website with Bootstrapr.ioz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries In this workshop, we will create a fully functioning Bootstrap website from the ground up. Bootstrap is one of t...4-2501:00 PM
    Introduction to Natural Language Processing with Pythonz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip, this workshop offers a gentle introduction to Python and the NL...4-2911:00 AM
    Using the Distant Readerz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries Offered by the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarhip. Learn how to automatically "read" and "analyze" an arbitr...4-3011:00 AM
    Designing Differentiated Learning and Assessmentsz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence Designing Differentiated Learning and Assessments- If we recognize that each student is truly unique the...5-210:30 AM
    Maximizing Canvas and Other Digital Tools for Online and Blended Learningz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Offered by Kaneb Center for for Teaching Excellence In this workshop, participants will learn how to use their Learning Management System (LMS) and o...5-202:00 PM
    Lunch & Learn: Tell me, what do you do? Elevator Pitch Workshopz_gs_pdev / GPD The session will emphasise how everyone should master the art of introducing themselves and communicating their work through compelling "elevator pitches" that ...5-1412:30 PM
    WORKSHOP: Tell me, what do you do? Elevator Pitch Workshopz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingWORKSHOP The session will emphasise how everyone should master the art of introducing themselves and communicating their work through compelling "elevator pitche...5-1412:30 PM
    Ethics of Research with Human Participants: Informed Consentz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This session will explore the current ethical standards surrounding informed consent in human research, including (1) the historical and (2) philosophical under...5-1512:01 AM
    Ethics of Research with Human Participants: Biospecimensz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This session will explore the current ethics standards surrounding the collection, storage, and use of human biospecimens for research, including (1) the histor...5-1512:01 AM
    Research Ethics Introductory Workshopz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics An introduction to ethical reasoning in the context of academic research. This two-part workshop is available year-round and consists of two 90-minute discuss...5-1512:01 AM
    Ethics of Research with Human Participants: Childrenz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This session will explore the current ethical standards surrounding the involvement of minors in human research, including (1) the historical and (2) philosophi...5-1512:01 AM
    Research Ethics Foundations: Consequentialism and Deontologyz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This workshop introduces participants to the application of consequentialist and deontological ethical theories in the context of research. It is open to gradua...5-1512:01 AM
    Research Ethics Foundations: Virtue Ethicsz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This workshop introduces participants to the application of virtue ethics in the context of research. It is open to graduate students, postdocs, and any other N...5-1512:01 AM
    Ethics of Community-Engaged Researchz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This workshop will examine the values that motivate community-engaged research, as well as the ethical issues that researchers may face in conducting research i...5-1512:01 AM
    Dual Use Research of Concern and the Doctrine of Double Effectz_gs_pdev / EthicsEthics This workshop examines the ethical challenges of dual-use research of concern (DURC) through the lens of the doctrine of double effect, exploring how unintended...5-1512:01 AM
    Hosting a Static Website on Githubz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesRegister through Hesburgh Libraries In this workshop, you’ll quickly build a very simple website (or bring your own) and learn how to use simple terminal comma...5-1601:00 PM