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!
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/
Postdoc Hike: Fern Grotto at Wilder State Park
When: March 25, 2023 at 10AM for about 3 hours
Where: Meet at the picnic benches in front of the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (2885 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060) which is Bus accessible OR at Wilder State Park around 10:30 ($10 vehicle day-use fee to park in the actual park). There is free parking outside the park, but it fills up fast on the weekends.
Distance: Fern Grotto loop only ~2.5 miles loop. If you are starting at the USGS, we will walk the 1.5 miles (there and back) to Wilder park to start the hike (total ~6 miles).
Difficulty level is Easy (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/old-landing-cove-trail). Epic views of the coastline and a visit to one of the few fern grottos out of the tropics!
Please bring at least a liter of water and any snacks you would like during the hike.
Contact Brian if you have any questions: email: brmullen@ucsc.edu or cell: (916)212-5640
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/
