PDA-officer elections are open! Exercise your rights as an MIT postdoc and vote to elect your fellow postdocs into the MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA) leadership positions. All nominees have shown interest in the PDA and have elected to run for one or two official positions. Go to the election portal, read their statements to know more…
LUNCH WITH POSTDOC CAREER ADVISING CANDIDATES
Please join us to meet the final candidates for the Postdoc Career Advising position in Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD). This role serves the postdoc community with seminars, workshops and individual advising to advance your career. Candidate visits will take place next Tuesday (July 16) and Thursday (July 18), and each day there will be a lunch organized…
PDA Election
PDA elections are here! If you are interested in taking on a leadership positions, relating with institute administration and making changes happen for all postdocs, then this is an opportunity for you. Please use the form below to self-nominate yourself for a position you are interested in. PDA 2024/25 Elections: Self-nomination form The MIT Postdoctoral…
From Academia to Industry: Career Advice from MIT Industry Careers Panel
reposted from https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2024/3/9/industry-career-panel-for-phd-students-and-post-docs-at-mit/ written by Eric J. Ma on 2024-03-09 On 6 March 2024, I was a panelist at a career panel hosted by the MIT Career Advising & Professional Development Office. Alongside me were: This was an event organized by: Shen Wang was our moderator. One question posed to us was what advice we would offer to…
What Does It Take to Successfully Advocate for Postdoctoral Scholars?
Jonathan Cottet, Lukas Schmid, and Shen Wang co-authored an article in the Postdocket (the Journal of the National Postdoc Association). The article discusses the challenges faced by postdoctoral leaders in advocating for postdoctoral scholars and presents the RIPEN framework, consisting of five criteria for successful advocacy: Recognizing allies, Identifying opportunities, Presenting data-backed solutions, Encouraging involvement…
Ice skating
Hello postdoc community of MIT, We are pleased to announce our winter season social sport activity! We have reserved the whole ice skate rink at Kendall (Location: Skate @ Canal District Kendall, 300 Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142) to have a fun outdoor event to relax from work. The event is scheduled for Monday, January 29th, from…
New PDA website
In December 2023, we migrated the PDA website to an MIT server and took this opportunity to restructure the content. We hope that these changes will make it easier to navigate our website and find the relevant information. If you have any suggestions for further improving the website, please contact pda-www@mit.edu….
Visa seminar
The MIT PDA organized a visa seminar on November 15, 2023. If you missed it, you can now watch the seminar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T40BvT9WiMM. It was given by Jim Arkell of the Arkell Immigration Team of Dunn Law Firm, LLP. The Arkell Immigration Team has decades of experience in successfully applying for permanent residence (green cards) in the U.S. and…
Cambridge Winter 5K Run
Over 40 members of the MIT Postdocs & Friends group braved the elements on Sunday morning to run 5K through Cambridge. The rain didn’t dampen their enthusiasm, but gave the run a refreshing twist and turned a potentially dreary day into an enjoyable endeavor. After the run, participants celebrated their collective achievement and turned their…
Dialogues of Postdoc Life
“Dialogues of Postdoc Life”, hosted by MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA) is to foster a direct communication channel between MIT postdocs and MIT administrators. The premise of this dialogue is to shed more light on the various aspects of the postdoc work and life, sharing perspectives from both sides. The ultimate goal is to enhance the…