Past Events

UT requires open access publication of all theses, reports, and dissertations.  However, the Graduate School can temporarily delay the publication (embargo) of your thesis or dissertation for up to seven years.

This workshop will help you learn to use the templates, and will cover such topics as the use of styles, correct page numbering, and table of contents generation.

At this workshop, we will discuss a wide variety of OGS student policies, including (but not limited to) new policies, attendance at defenses, requests for final oral, rules on committees, programs of work, end of semester processes, and in absentia.  There will be time for questions.

There’s more than one way to skin a cat make a map. This new take on an old adage speaks to the recent proliferation of software tools and online platforms for visualizing data spatially. This workshop will provide a broad overview of commonly used tools, from powerful open source GIS software like QGIS to new online web mapping platforms like ArcGIS Online. If you have ever wondered how to make a map from a table of geospatial coordinates or a list of addresses – this session is for you.

At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines necessary for graduation. An RSVP is required.

Hone in on the most marketable skills you've acquired while earning your graduate degree. Learn how to promote your research, teaching, and critical thinking skills outside of academia.

Spreadsheets can be a powerful tool for entering, analyzing, and managing data, but it’s crucial to ensure that they are well-formatted from the outset, before you even start entering data. This 1.5 hour hands-on* workshop will teach you how to think about data organization to increase your efficiency and help ensure that your data are reusable. We will discuss good data entry practices, how to avoid common formatting mistakes, basic quality control, data manipulation, and exporting. *Laptops are available for check-out.

Distill your message and tell jargon-free stories that connect laypersons with your science.

Distill your message and tell jargon-free stories that connect laypersons with your science.

SANDRA TSING LOH hosts the NPR podcast/syndicated daily radio science minuteThe Loh Down on Science. Loh earned her BS in Physics at Caltech, where she was honored with a DistinguishedAlumna Award, the institution’s highest honor, in 2001. She is a contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly and has been a regular contributor to NPR’sMorning Edition, APM’sMarketplace, and Ira Glass’This American Life. She is the author of six books; her most recent memoir, The Madwoman in the Volvo (W.W. Norton), was named one of the 2014 New York Times 100 Most Notable Books.