Link Lab Professional Development
Link Lab Professional Development
The Link Lab offers professional development sessions every Friday through the semester on topics to help you improve your skills, learn from others, and grow your career. We invite speakers from around Grounds and outside UVA to share their knowledge with our students. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your professional skills whether you are pursuing a career in industry or academia.
Fall 2024
- September 13: Communicating Research - Industry Perspective: Debby Lee (ASUS Robotics & AI Center)
- September 20: Research Resources – Erich Purpur (presentation slides)
- September 27: “What I Wish I Knew Earlier About Research” – Ben Calhoun
- October 4: Effective Flash Talks – Brad Campbell (presentation slides)
- October 11: AI – Yen-Ling Kuo (presentation slides)
- October 18: Student Flash Talks - Students
- October 25: Data Analytics – Clay Ford
- November 1: Technical Figure Design – Dan Quinn
Other offerings to support your professional development and technical skills training can be found here:
- RESEARCH DATA SERVICES + SCIENCES LIBRARY TECHNICAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS (including sessions on Python, R, Qualtrics, Tableau, and more)
- PHD PLUS (including sessions on graduate school foundational skills, communicating, innovation/commercialization, and more)
- CENTER FOR ENGINEERING CAREER DEVELOPMENT (including career fairs and assistance with resumes, interviewing, career exploration and more)