Career and Professional Development
Pathways to Success is the Graduate School's suite of academic, career, professional, and personal development programs for all phases of the student journey from learning how to navigate graduate school to identifying and applying for jobs.

Pathways to Success
- Navigate academia; develop a plan
- Build skills; prepare for your career
- Develop balance and resilience

All Events & Workshops
- Academic progress; writing workshops
- Career preparation; future faculty
- Leadership, community engagement

Academic Success
- Fellowship application writing
- Thesis, dissertation, proposal boot camps
- Research integrity and ethics training

Future Faculty and Academic Careers
- Academic job search preparation
- Local and remote workshops
- Research mentorship skills

Careers Beyond Academia
- Frame yourself for your career
- Broaden your network for job advice
- Experiential skill-building opportunities

Cornell Career Services
- Career exploration
- Job search strategy; find internships
- Prepare job applications; negotiate offers

Inclusion & Student Engagement
- Dean’s Scholars; Bouchet Honor Society
- Graduate School Ambassadors
- NextGen Professors; Colman Leadership

Personal Development
- Transitions: Navigating Grad School for 1st Yrs
- Perspectives: Health and Wellness
- Weekly Walks & Gratitude

Postdoctoral Studies
- Academic job search exploration, including postdoc positions
- Academic Job Search workshop series
- Review application package, practice interviewing, negotiate offer

- TGIF happy hour, trivia night, and other signature events
- Dining
- Special events reservations
Professional Development Offerings Across Campus
Academic
English Language Support Office (ELSO)
- Courses and workshops
- Tutoring on writing and presentations
- Speaking and writing programs
Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines
- Writing courses for graduate students
- Graduate writing consultants
Global Learning: International Services
- Walk-in advising hours
- Student resources
- Travel information
- Workshops on library research, information management, and computer applications
- Chats in the Stacks and Spark Talks
- Librarians available for class instruction
Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI)
- GET SET Workshops
- Teaching Fellows program
- Teaching assistant award
Funding and Personal Finance
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
- International Research Travel Grants
- Fellowship application information sessions
Community-Engaged Student Travel Grants
- Supports winter, spring, or summer break travel to engage with domestic or international communities
Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences
- Create new digital collections and build a library of resources to support scholarly activities
- Job opportunities on campus
- Budgeting tips and resources
- Events and workshops on personal finance with invited speakers
- Federal and university loans
- Alternative loans and financing
- Promissory note and entrance counseling
Research Tools and Technology
Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (ORIA)
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training
- Seminars and symposia
Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG)
- Free Data Management Plan Tool account
- Free consultations
- Free Office 365 bundle and other software
- Free Zoom account
- Free Qualtrics survey tool for research
Center for Technology Licensing (CTL)
- CTL Practicum
- Commercializing Cornell inventions
Cornell Institute of Biotechnology
- Technical workshops
- Project design & data analysis
- Seed research grants
Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER)
- Computing and data workshops
- Software training
- Computing, software, and data help desk support
Cornell University Statistical Consulting Unit (CSCU)
- Consulting services
- Workshops on data and statistical analysis
- StatNews newsletter
- Plan projects, analyze data
- Web, telephone, mail surveys
- Transcription services
Other Opportunities
- School Outreach programs
- Leadership programs
- Language and interpreter programs
- Support of DACA and international students
- Travel registry
- International Travel Research Internship Program
- Internships
- Symposia
- Newsletter