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Each quarter, CTL hosts TA Orientation to prepare graduate students for their teaching responsibilities at Stanford. This event is highly recommended for all TAs. It provides a foundation in evidence-based online teaching practices for new and returning TAs, postdocs, and other members of the campus community.

This event is highly recommended for all winter quarter TAs. It provides a foundation in evidence-based online teaching practices for new and returning TAs, postdocs, and other members of the campus community. Topics covered include well-being in the virtual classroom, holding discussions and office hours in Zoom, and Zoom fundamentals.

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This workshop provides an introduction to the Python programming language, covering basic syntax, variables, functions, and control flow. You will learn enough Python to write basic scripts, and to allow you to explore the rich environment of Python packages available. Prior experience with programming in another language is helpful, but not required.

Get locked in (virtually) with a group of new grad students and try to escape the rooms as fast as possible with your new friends. Work together to solve puzzles. Prizes to the teams that escape the fastest!

Sponsored by Graduate Student Council's social committee. Event capped at 100 participants.

Each quarter, CTL hosts a TA Orientation to prepare graduate students for their teaching responsibilities at Stanford. This event is highly recommended for all  Fall quarter TAs. It will provide a foundation in evidence-based online teaching practices for new and returning TAs, postdocs, and other members of the campus community. Registered participants will have access to recorded sessions after the event.

Registrants will receive an invitation to the TAO Canvas course before TA Orientation.

VPGE is partnering with University IT to bring virtual, professional instructor-led technology trainings to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Take advantage of these free virtual classes to learn and practice applying these technologies to your research, career planning, summer project or internship - or just to your life!  Add these trainings to your resume or CV to help demonstrate your transferable skills.

VPGE is partnering with University IT to bring virtual, professional instructor-led technology trainings to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. Take advantage of these free virtual classes to learn and practice applying these technologies to your research, career planning, summer project or internship - or just to your life!  Add these trainings to your resume or CV to help demonstrate your transferable skills.

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will explore the role of energy innovation in the post-pandemic economic recovery, and the dual challenge of increasing access to energy while reducing the sector's environmental impact. Moniz will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy.

All listed times are in the Pacific time zone.