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
    Creating a Static Website with Bootstrapr.ioz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesIn this workshop, we will create a fully functioning Bootstrap website from the ground up. Bootstrap is one of the most popular frameworks for rapidly building...11-2401:00 PM
    Writing Data Management and Sharing Plans for Federal Grantsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesA workshop discussing various aspects of data management sharing topics specific to federal funding agency data management and sharing policies. We will review...11-2402:00 PM
    LECTURE: Our Universe Revealed Series:z_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingOur Universe Revealed Lecture Series A partnership between the University of Notre Dame College of Science and the St. Joseph County Public Library. The mission ...12-206:30 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / GCS Effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—and win up to $2,600. Using one slide and only three minutes to spe...12-311:00 AM
    EAP Workshop: Navigating Winter in South Bend: From Surviving to Thrivingz_gs_pdev / EAPEnglish For Academic Purposes Don't just survive winter—master it! This workshop offers practical advice on how to prepare your home, car, and wardrobe for the cold, ensuring safety and comf...12-311:00 AM
    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 ...12-311:30 AM
    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 ...12-303:00 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 ...12-304:00 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...12-403:00 PM
    Introduction to Zotero (Managing Humanities Research)z_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to use Zotero — an open-source research tool for creating bibliographies. The open-source Zotero research tool allows scholars to create bibliographi...12-511:00 AM
    English Conversation Tablez_gs_pdev / EAPEnglish For Academic Purposes The English Conversation Table (ECT -- formerly English Language Table) meets is a great chance to practice English with both native and non-native speakers a...12-505:30 PM
    A Gentle Introduction to the Command Line and Regular Expressionsz_gs_pdev / Hesburgh LibrariesHesburgh LibrariesLearn how to explore, create, move, and search files in the command line. Ever wonder why the hackers on TV never use their mouse? In this workshop, we’ll cove...12-802:00 PM
    Mentoring Up - 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...12-1011:30 AM
    COSE Research Horizons Symposium '25z_gs_pdev / Graduate Professional DevelopmentGraduate Professional Development The Colleges of Science and Engineering invite you to participate in the COSE Research Horizons Symposium ‘25 — a full-day celebration of discovery, creativity,...12-1112:00 AM
    ND Learning Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence (Session 3 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...12-1209:00 AM
    Shaheen 3MT® Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / GCS Effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—and win up to $2,600. Using one slide and only three minutes to spe...1-802:00 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / GCS Effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—and win up to $2,600. Using one slide and only three minutes to spe...1-1310:00 AM
    Shaheen 3MT® Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / GCS Effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—and win up to $2,600. Using one slide and only three minutes to spe...1-1902:00 PM
    Graduate Student 3-MT Lightning Talk Workshopz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingGraduate Professional Development Graduate Students—ready to stand out? Join Kate the Chemist for a Lightning Talk Workshop that will prepare you to compete in this spring’s Three Minute Thesi...1-2104:30 PM
    Graduate Student 3-MT Lightning Talk Workshopz_gs_pdev / Graduate Professional DevelopmentGraduate Professional Development Graduate Students—ready to stand out? Join Kate the Chemist for a Lightning Talk Workshop that will prepare you to compete in this spring’s Three Minute Thesi...1-2104:30 PM
    ND Learning Postdoctoral Program for Teaching Excellence (Session 4 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...1-3009:00 AM
    Shaheen 3MT® Info Sessionz_gs_pdev / GCS Effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—and win up to $2,600. Using one slide and only three minutes to spe...1-3003:00 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Preliminary Round: College of Arts & Lettersz_gs_pdev / GCSNotre Dame The ability to effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—from family to fellow innovators to potential funding spon...2-905:00 PM
    PRESENTATION: Shaheen Three Minute Thesis Competition - Preliminary Rounds College of of Arts and Lettersz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSHAHEEN THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION College of Arts and Letters The Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition celebrates the exciting research being conduc...2-905:00 PM
    PRESENTATION: Shaheen Three Minute Thesis Competition - Preliminary Rounds College of Engineeringz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSHAHEEN THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION College of Engineering The Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition celebrates the exciting research being conducted b...2-1005:00 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Preliminary Round: College of Engineeringz_gs_pdev / GCSNotre Dame The ability to effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—from family to fellow innovators to potential funding spon...2-1005:00 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Preliminary Round: Mendoza Ph.D. and Keough Schoolz_gs_pdev / GCSNotre Dame The ability to effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—from family to fellow innovators to potential funding spon...2-1105:00 PM
    PRESENTATION: Shaheen Three Minute Thesis Competition - Preliminary Rounds Keough School for Global Affairs and Mendoza College of Businessz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSHAHEEN THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION Keough School for Global Affairs and Mendoza College of Business The Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition celebrat...2-1105:00 PM
    PRESENTATION: Shaheen Three Minute Thesis Competition - Preliminary Rounds College of Sciencez_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSHAHEEN THREE MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION College of Science The Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition celebrates the exciting research being conducted by gr...2-1205:00 PM
    Shaheen 3MT® Preliminary Round: College of Sciencez_gs_pdev / GCSNotre Dame The ability to effectively and concisely explain your work and why it should matter to any audience—from family to fellow innovators to potential funding spon...2-1205:00 PM
    PRESENTATION: Shaheen Three-Minute Thesis Competition Finalsz_gs_pdev / Beauty of UnderstandingSHAHEEN THREE-MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION Finals The Three Minute Thesis (3MT® ) competition celebrates the exciting research being conducted by graduate stude...2-2505:00 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...3-403:00 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
    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
    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