News and Events
Make the most of your CMU experience. Explore the latest news, events, and professional development opportunities available to graduate students and postdocs.
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Upcoming Events
Post-Orientation Onboarding Programming
Now through October 2025
New and continuing graduate students can continue building their graduate experience with workshops, events, and community-building activities throughout the semester.
Fall 2025 Faculty Forward Professional Development Series
September through December 2025
Offered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty, the Faculty Forward is a series of professional development workshops designed to introduce faculty and postdocs to a range of CMU offices, resources, and support services across the university. Topics vary by session and include timely discussions related to teaching, research, service, and other key areas of professional growth.
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- School of Drama Events
- Student Affairs Events
- Student Involvement & Traditions (SIT) Events
- University Lecture Series
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Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs Signature Events
University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation
To welcome new graduate students to the Carnegie Mellon community and help support the transition to graduate study, the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, in partnership with many colleagues across campus, offers University-Wide New Graduate Student Orientation.
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week
The Office of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and many partners across the Pittsburgh campus hold a variety of events to celebrate CMU's graduate and professional students.
National Postdoc Appreciation Week
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs plans a variety of events for National Postdoc Appreciation Week to celebrate CMU postdocs.
Scholar to Scholar: Graduate Project Showcase
Save the Date: March 20, 2026
Presented by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA), the Scholar to Scholar: Graduate Project Showcase is an annual event that gives master’s and doctoral students from across the university the opportunity to share their research and creative projects through poster presentations, talks, and performances. Featuring scholarly work from all of CMU’s schools and colleges, this event promotes interdisciplinary connections, facilitates networking, and offers participants valuable experience in communicating their work to non-expert audiences.
Celebration of Education Awards
The Celebration of Education Awards recognize those who exemplify CMU's standards of excellence in education, including two graduate student awards that recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate student instructors and exemplary service provided by a graduate student to improve the graduate student experience at CMU. Each spring, the CMU community gathers for an award ceremony to honor the awardees for their outstanding contributions.
Graduate students are encouraged to celebrate their peers by submitting a nomination package and attending the award ceremony. For more information about the nomination and selection process, visit the Celebration of Education Awards website.