We are thrilled to announce that the USPA Annual Welcome party is back!! The get-together will be held on 30th September from 4 pm-Sunset. We hope to see you all there!
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8/15 Postdoc Happy Hour & Board Games!
Join the UCSC Postdoc Association for a board game happy hour! Feel free to bring a game to share or just come hang out!
Where: Thimann Rooftop
When: Tuesday 8/15/23 3p-6p
We can’t wait to see you there!
Exciting Event Hosted by the UCSC Astronomy Department
The UCSC Astronomy department has a great event called Astronomy on Tap! It’s free and open to the general public. The next event will be held at the Humble Sea Brewery on Thursday July 20 at 6:30p.
You can stay up to date on future Astronomy on Tap events on their instagram @astronomyontapsantacruz or twitter @aotsantacruz
USPA Social 6/15 4-6p Thimann Rooftop
Thank you again for making yesterday’s symposium a huge success!
We’d like to invite you all to celebrate with us on the Thimann rooftop (east end) Thursday 6/15 from 4p-6p. Drinks and snacks will be provided. All postdocs and symposium attendees are welcome to attend!
See You There!
UCSC Postdocs Association
4/28 Beverage Sampling Social
We invite you all to get to know your peers and discover new drinks at our upcoming Beverage Sampling Social on Friday 4/28 4:30p-6:30p on the Thimann rooftop!
Bring your favorite six pack of beer or a bottle of your beverage of choice (alcoholic or not) to share. Light snacks will be provided.
Thanks for Coming Out to Hike!
Thank you everyone who attended the Wilder State Park hike! We look forward to having more outdoor events in the near future with more beautiful weather on the way!
4/25 – Postdoc Hacks! Meet other postdocs who program
Do you use programming or computational skills in your research? Want to meet up with other postdocs to co-work, share skills, and be part of a community of programmers on campus? Join us for the inaugural Postdoc Hacks meet up on April 25th! We’ll have coffee and snacks!
You can give a short talk on your skills, bring some code you’re working on, brainstorm over a debugging issue, or just come and hang out!
Please sign-up at the link below or scan the QR code in the flier: https://forms.gle/
March 2nd 9:00-11:00a How to Become an Efficient Academic Writer
The UCSC Postdoc Association (USPA) and the Division of Graduate Studies are happy to announce the upcoming workshop How to Become an Efficient Academic Writer: Integration of Zotero and Research Rabbit to Enhance Academic Writing taking place on Thursday, March 2 from 9:00-11:00 am.
This will be a virtual presentation (via Zoom) presented by Mushtaq Bilal, Ph.D. and will cover the basics of these two powerful tools and how to integrate them for efficient and productive writing.
The event is free and open to all postdocs and graduate students, but registration is required.
Register here: https://forms.gle/
IBSC’s Coffee & Snacks for Postdoc Appreciation Week
In celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation week, the Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC) will be hosting a coffee and snack event for postdocs to attend, tomorrow (Friday Sep 23rd ) 11am-noon at the Red Square (Science Hill)!
RSVPs here to help ensure there are enough snacks and coffee to fuel everyone for their day.
We take this opportunity to mention the postdoc funding/training programs offered by IBSC: https://ibsc.ucsc.edu/postdoc-training