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
    • Recruiting
    • The Writing Center


    Upcoming events:

    TitleDescriptionDateTime
    Introduction to InCites Benchmarking & Analyticsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesInCites Benchmarking & Analytics is a powerful tool newly available to the Notre Dame community. Using publishing data from the Web of Science, InCites B&A a...2-2701:00 PM
    Gathering Data from the Web Using APIsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to use APIs to harvest information from the Internet. An API (Application Programming Interface) is a tool that lets computers communicate with each ...2-2702:00 PM
    Personal Digital Preservation Basicsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh Libraries Our photos, recordings, and paper documents are a vital link to the past, and the information we create today has the same value. The only difference is that ...3-312:30 PM
    Introduction to GitHub and Markdownz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn the basic functions of contributing to a repository and writing documents in its preferred plain-text format, markdown. Git is a popular “version control...3-302:00 PM
    RefWorks - Managing Citations for Researchz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesThis workshop will cover the basics of using one citation manager, RefWorks. Citation managers help you keep track of the literature you have found for that re...3-303:30 PM
    Lunch & Learn: Taxes for International Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Studentsz_gs_pdev / GPDGraduate Professional Development A presentation by Tax Analyst Concha Prado Grimmer from the University of Notre Dame Office of the Controller on U.S. taxes for international trainees.  Learn w...3-304:00 PM
    Making StoryMapsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesStoryMaps is a browser-based platform for displaying spatial data alongside audio/video, images, and text. After completing this session, you will be able to craft a...3-403:30 AM
    Introduction to Patentsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to search for patents and who has cited them. If you're not searching patent literature, you're missing the vast majority of information on a product...3-409:25 AM
    ART EXHIBITION: Solarium Gallery Receptionz_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...3-404:00 PM
    R for Absolute Beginnersz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesAn introduction to R, a commonly used language for data and statistical analysis and visualization. This introductory workshop aims to provide a quick “swimmin...3-503:00 PM
    ND Learning Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence (Session 5 of 6)z_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center The Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence will facilitate this teaching program for postdoctoral scholars at the University of Notre Dame. Topics include reachin...3-609:00 AM
    ND Learning Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence (Session 5 of 6)z_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center The Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence will facilitate this teaching program for postdoctoral scholars at the University of Notre Dame. Topics include reachin...3-609:00 AM
    Introduction to GitHub and Markdownz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn the basic functions of contributing to a repository and writing documents in its preferred plain-text format, markdown. Git is a popular “version control...3-602:00 PM
    Introduction to Tropy (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to use Tropy — an open-source research tool for managing research images. The open-source Tropy tool allows scholars to manage research images. It is...3-1002:00 AM
    Visualizing Data in R with ggplot2z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn to make simple graphs in R using the ggplot2 package. This workshop will introduce participants to ggplot2, a graphics/visualization package within the t...3-1603:00 PM
    CurateND 101: Get to know the Notre Dame Institutional Repositoryz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesUnlocking the power of CurateND: A hands-on workshop for faculty and researchers, including graduate students. CurateND, Notre Dame’s institutional repository,...3-1810:00 AM
    In-Class Writing: How, Why, and When to Use It in Any Disciplinez_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center More and more faculty are recognizing the importance of having students write in class, but it's not always clear how to implement this powerful teaching tool i...3-1811:00 AM
    Up and Running with Google Sheetsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesExplore Google Sheets to master functions, formatting, and data visualization to produce actionable insights. Unlock the power of Google Sheets in this hands-o...3-1801:00 PM
    Teaching for skill development in the STEM classroomz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center STEM courses often have to cover a lot of content, but they also need to help students hone important skills. In this workshop, you'll learn what happens in the...3-1802:00 PM
    CurateND 101: Get to know the Notre Dame Institutional Repositoryz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesUnlocking the power of CurateND: A hands-on workshop for faculty and researchers, including graduate students. CurateND, Notre Dame’s institutional repository,...3-1803:00 PM
    ArcGIS Online for Absolute Beginnersz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesThis workshop will teach you the foundations of mapping in ESRI’s ArcGIS Online, a browser-based GIS platform that allows users to create, visualize, and manipulate ...3-1803:30 PM
    AI-Assisted Teaching & Learning with Chatbots: Rethinking Pedagogy in the Age of Generative AIz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center Generative AI chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT are great tools to have as part of your toolbox. This hands-on workshop is designed to move faculty from reactive...3-1912:30 PM
    Making StoryMapsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesStoryMaps is a browser-based platform for displaying spatial data alongside audio/video, images, and text. After completing this session, you will be able to craft a...3-1903:30 PM
    How We Learn: Teaching Strategies that Maximize Learningz_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center How can we best align our teaching practices with the science of learning? This workshop provides actionable techniques for maximizing student retention and tra...3-2011:00 AM
    Writing Literature Reviews in the Engineering Fieldsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to organize and write literature reviews in the engineering disciplines. This workshop is designed to help engineering graduate students navigate the...3-2001:00 PM
    Bringing Order to Qualitative Madness with ATLAS.tiz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to use ATLAS.ti to bring order to the chaos of your qualitative research project. If you're in the middle of a qualitative research project, you're p...3-2001:30 PM
    PERFORMANCE: Moving Through: A Site-Specific Performance Presentz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingPERMORMANCEMoving Through: A Site-Specific Performance Present Brendan Fernandes’s Moving Through is a site-specific work that will be performed by six dancers...4-1302:30 PM
    ND Learning Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence (Session 6 of 6)z_gs_pdev / KanebKaneb Center The Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence will facilitate this teaching program for postdoctoral scholars at the University of Notre Dame. Topics include reachin...4-1709:00 AM
    Mentoring Up: Mentoring Relationshipsz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorship “Mentoring Up” is similar to “Managing Up” from the business world.  It refers to the proactive approach where mentees take an active role in guiding and enhancing ...4-1712:30 PM
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The Art of Encounterz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingThe ART of ENCOUNTER Spring Symposium Keynote Speaker:  Pádraig Ó Tuama Raclin Murphy Museum of Art   Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, c...4-2312:00 AM
    SYMPOSIUM: The Art of Encounterz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingThe ART of ENCOUNTER Spring Symposium Raclin Murphy Museum of Art This symposium seeks to stimulate dialogue that connects scholarly study with the lived exp...4-2412:00 AM
    Mentoring Up - Maintaining Effective Communicationz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorshipGood communication is a key element of any relationship and a mentoring relationship is no exception. This session of a 6-part series is designed to provide scholars...4-2412:30 PM
    Mentoring Up - Aligning Expectationsz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorshipProblems between mentors and mentees often arise from misunderstandings about expectations.  This session of a 6-part series is designed to provide scholars the know...5-112:30 PM
    Mentoring Up - Addressing Equity and Inclusionz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorshipDiversity, along a range of dimensions (e.g. cultural, racial/ethnic, sexuality, gender, neurotype, disability, etc.) offers both challenges and opportunities to any...5-812:30 PM
    Mentoring Up - Building Research Self-Efficacyz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorshipSelf-efficacy is the perceived confidence people have in their ability to perform.  Increasing your research self-efficacy can increase the likelihood that you will ...5-2012:30 PM
    Mentoring Up - Achieving Independence and Professional Developmentz_gs_pdev / MentorshipMentorshipThe goal in any mentoring relationship is for the mentee to achieve independence and defining what independence looks like in a particular field and at various caree...5-2712:30 PM
    Beauty of Understanding Showcase and Receptionz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingEvent Beauty surrounds us.  We see it.  We hear it, But we also find it every time we learn something new about our world.  There is a beauty to understanding ...6-405:00 PM