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Career and professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdocs include:
- Spotlight: Empower Your Research Pitch Finale and Impact Reception
- Events: Graduate Job Search Working Group, How to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market (Beyond the Professoriate Live Webinar)
- Opportunities: NSC 098D: Investigating Career Options for STEM Advanced Degrees (Fall 2026 Semester)
- Who's Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs: Asia Society, Giving Green, City University of New York, Research Foundation
More information and links to register can be found below.
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Join us in celebrating graduate student research and impact with the finalists of the Empower Your Research Pitch competition and a poster session highlighting the work graduate students do through the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program, The CONNECT Program, PhD Pathways and Reimagining Professional Development. Appetizers, wine, beer and nonalcoholic drinks will be served.
Finale judges will choose three pitch winners, each will win $1,000. The audience will select the audience choice award.
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Design a career and life that truly fits you! This interactive lab applies life design principles and design thinking to help graduate students and postdocs explore possibilities, reframe challenges and create actionable next steps. Lunch is provided to attendees.
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Graduate Job Search Working Group
Wednesdays during April, 11 a.m.-noon, FAC 2.138 or Virtual
See the full list of weekly themes on 12twenty!
Researching Companies (April 8) – Discover tools and techniques to evaluate organizations and roles.
Bring a copy of your resume or CV to exchange feedback with peers and gain multiple perspectives to strengthen your materials. An OCLD staff member will also share best practices and answer questions.
Coffee and Connections Hour: Strength in the Struggle
Tuesday, April 14, 3-4 p.m., FAC 2.134
Join Dr. Sarah Burriss for an interactive session exploring AI-integrated activities that engage students in considering the ethics of an AI-rich world.
Interested in how emerging technologies are shaping aging research? Join the Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium (TALC) Graduate Student Council (GSC) and the Graduate School Office of Career and Life Design (OCLD) for a professional development panel featuring Dr. Bo Xie, Dr. Nanshu Lu and Dr. Ryan Moore.
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Are you a STEM graduate student or postdoc that will be here during the fall semester? This interactive career exploration course helps you explore career options, clarify goals and design actionable plans using a life design approach. This is a zero-credit hour course, graded on a credit/no credit basis, that meets in-person on Mondays from 5-6:15 p.m. during the fall semester.
Applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships at Sorbonne University (MSCA-PF) are open, with a deadline of April 24, 2026.
Funded by the European Commission, MSCA-PF projects aim to develop the potential of young researchers, encourage mobility and support interdisciplinary and intersectoral exchanges. This year, supervisors are advertising 100+ research topics for which they are actively seeking Fellows. For inquiries, please reach out to msca-pf@sorbonne-universite.fr.
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Who’s Hiring Graduate Students and Postdocs?
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Quantitative Research Associate, Educational Measurement
Asia Society
Associate Director of Individual Giving
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Research Mathematical Statistician
City University of New York, Research Foundation
Senior Software Engineer
Collective Health
Senior Data Engineer
Department of Defense
Audiologist
Giving Green
Growth Associate (Marketing, Communications, or Development)
Harvard University, Harvard Business School
Predoctoral Research Associate
Re:wild
Species Communications Manager
Universal Music Group
Senior Content Producer
View these jobs and apply
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