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News

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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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Longhorn Entrepreneur Combines Passions for Teaching and Leadership

Aug. 11, 2026
As a child, April Willis dreamed of becoming the U.S. secretary of education. Today, the proud Longhorn combines her dual passions for teaching and leadership as an accomplished entrepreneur.
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Incoming Master of National Security Student Looks Forward to Shaping LBJ's Newest Degree Program

Aug. 11, 2026
For incoming Master of National Security student Leylah Attia (MNS ’28), the path to a career in national security started with a curiosity about how people and governments connect.
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Emily Edwards (MSSW '09), LCSW, Transforms Policing through Trauma-Informed Social Work

Aug. 10, 2026
With a trauma-informed framework, Emily Edwards is the face of change in public safety, working in preventing calls to law enforcement by empowering families with appropriate resources.
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Events for Graduate Students

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Cover Letter Workshop

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Scheduled
Tuesday September 22, 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.142 - Classrooms ABC
Not sure how to write a cover letter that actually gets read? This workshop covers how to craft a compelling cover letter that stands out.
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Graduate Job Search Working Group

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Scheduled
Tuesday September 22, 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.134 Conference Room
This working group is open to all graduate students and postdocs who want to carve out time in their busy schedule to work on their job search documents.
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Archer Graduate Fellowship Program Information Session - STEM

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Scheduled
Wednesday September 23, 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.142 - Classroom C
The Graduate Archer Fellowship Program provides graduate students from across The University of Texas System with a unique opportunity to live, learn and intern in Washington, D.C. during the summer. This info session is geared towards graduate students in STEM.
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Teaching for Impact: Facilitating Meaningful Discussions

Event Status
Scheduled
Wednesday September 23, 2026, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
This workshop gives you concrete techniques for designing discussions with a purpose, drawing out quieter voices, managing challenging dynamics and keeping people engaged.
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Gone to Grad School: Find Your Herd

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Scheduled
Wednesday September 23, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
Join Gone to Grad School: Find Your Herd, a graduate student kickoff celebration and resource fair designed to help you start the year feeling connected, supported and part of the broader UT graduate community.
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OSPOSIUM Open to Work Event

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Scheduled
Thursday September 24, 2026, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) Main Auditorium
Graduate students are invited to participate in the first OSPOSIUM, a UT System-wide meeting to bring together researchers and students for talks, panels, and networking, along with a half day student-focused “Open to Work” workshop.
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Data & Donuts: Using Python for Qualitative Data Analysis

Event Status
Scheduled
Friday September 25, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Virtual
This workshop will introduce attendees to fundamental concepts, methodologies, and practical techniques for working with qualitative data in Python, focusing on how open source software can be used to implement computational approaches for understanding and analyzing such data. A practical, hands-on exercise using Python will follow the introductory talk.
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    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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    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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    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.