Weekly Happenings: October 20-24, 2025

[April Dukes]

Hi all,

You can find links for the upcoming professional development workshops and seminars below and in the attached newsletter.

CIRTL Network

• Self-Paced Teaching & Learning Courses (2025-2026 Academic Year)
• Fostering a Growth Mindset and Developing a Sense of Belonging in Your Students
• Exploring Teaching Careers at Research Universities with CIRTL Alumni
• Exploring Teaching Careers at Teaching Intensive Universities with CIRTL Alumni
• Examining and Analyzing Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Post-Secondary Contexts
• Overcoming Learning Helpless: Helping Students to Develop Strong Team Skills Through Emotional Intelligence

dB-SERC

• dB-SERC Lunch Discussion

University Center for Teaching and Learning

• Grading and Providing Effective Feedback
• Advising and Teaching Approaches for Autistic College Students

Office of Academic Career Development

• Should You Pivot to a Multi-PI Grant? Strategies for Successful Team Science
• Diversifying Your Research Portfolio: AI as a Tool for Success
• Medicine and Science Fall Forum 2025

Health Sciences Library System (HSLS)

• Advanced EndNote: Manuscript Troubleshooting
• Data Transparency and Privacy in Generative AI Tools
• Painless PubMed
• Managing your Scholars@Pitt Profile

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April Dukes, Ph.D.

(she/her/hers)

Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director

Pitt-CIRTL Coordinator

Engineering Education Research Center

Contact Information

Email:  apr...@pitt.edu

Phone:  412-383-6014

Address:University of Pittsburgh

3700 O'Hara St

B-12 Benedum Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15261