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The Graduate School T-Shirt Design Contest

March 24, 2025
The Graduate School is calling on graduate students to design the next UT Graduate School t-shirt! All currently enrolled master's and doctoral students are eligible to compete for a cash prize.
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McCombs graduate student wins 2025 Texas Revue Talent Show for singing

March 11, 2025
With 13 contestants performing talents ranging from singing to Indian classical dance, Jordan Cordel’s debut song “Lonely” took the hearts of judges and audience members.
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Resources for Graduate Students - February 2025

Feb. 27, 2025
Welcome to the February edition of our graduate student newsletter. Below you will find graduate student resources and upcoming programming available to you. This month, I encourage you to try something new—such as participating in Empower Your Pitch, the research communication competition that enables participants to convey the impact of their research to a general audience.
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2 Nursing PhD Students Present Research at SNRS Conference

Feb. 26, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing PhD students, Cheongin Im, MSN, BSN, RN, and Dongmi Kim, BSN, RN, recently presented their research at the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) 39th Annual Conference, Feb. 19-21 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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From Scraps to Sips: Everyday Biomass Produces Drinking Water from Thin Air

Feb. 24, 2025
Discarded food scraps, stray branches, seashells and many other natural materials are key ingredients in a new system that can pull drinkable water out of thin air developed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Jackson School Symposium Winners and Q&A

Feb. 19, 2025
This year, 126 students presented their research at the 14th Annual Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium on Feb. 14, 2025.
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Peihao Wang Receives Best Paper at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024

Feb. 17, 2025
Wang's current research focuses on theories and applications of geometric learning, language models, generative models, and 3D computer vision.
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Ruisi Cai Receives 2025 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship

Feb. 12, 2025
Cai's research primarily focuses on large language model (LLM) efficiency, reasoning, and AI security, specifically efficient training and inference for large foundation models while enhancing decision-making capabilities.
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Mitigating Change - Profile Shoshi Reich

Feb. 10, 2025
Shoshi Reich is a CSEM graduate student at the Oden Institute. Passionate about mitigating climate change, she contributes to NASA’s ECCO project, balancing her rigorous research with pottery as a creative outlet.
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Events for Graduate Students

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Empower Your Pitch Competition - Round 2

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Scheduled
Monday March 24, 2025 - Friday March 28, 2025, All day
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC), 2.236
After receiving and incorporating feedback, participants will present to Empower Your Pitch judges for a second time in the elimination round.
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25Sp TPS: (Zoom) Giving Good Feedback: How can I promote student growth and learning through feedback?

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Thursday March 27, 2025, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
In this hands-on workshop, you will develop strategies and methods for generating meaningful, appropriate, and actionable feedback on student work.
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Doing What You Love with Anne Helen Petersen

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Thursday March 27, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC), 2.142 - Classrooms ABC
Join the Office of Career and Life Design at the Graduate School for an evening with Anne Helen Petersen. Former writer for Buzzfeed News and current author of the Culture Study substack, Anne received her Ph.D. from UT in Media Studies.
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Resume Lab for Graduate Students & Postdocs

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Friday March 28, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 2.134 Conference Room
Are you a graduate student or postdoc looking to polish your resume before application deadlines or networking events? Come to our interactive Resume Lab event! Pair up with peers for valuable feedback on your resume drafts and get expert advice from a staff member from the Office of Career and Life Design in The Graduate School.
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University Writing Center Graduate Writing Retreat

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Saturday March 29, 2025, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL), 2.330
Need to get some writing done? Join the University Writing Center (UWC) for a free, full-day Graduate Writing Retreat!
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