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…
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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…
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…
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….
Elections of the 2023-2024 PDA officers
We will hold elections for all officer positions during July 2023! For the PDA to function and provide great events and seminars for the postdoctoral community and advocate on behalf of you, we need motivated candidates! To learn more about the PDA and different roles, we will host a series of information events on Zoom prior to the self-nomination…
DEI-ART Haiku Challenge Winner
DEI ART is a monthly micro de-stressor just for postdocs. It could be an Ask, a Request or a Trivia; participate for a chance to be one of the winners and come back for more every month. ART challenge runs for the entire week before the PDA general meeting. Watch the MIT postdoc slack space…
MIT-PDA August 2022 newsletter
Nominations open for PDA Elections The election of the 2022-2023 PDA officers will take place later this month, and all MIT-appointed postdoctoral scholars (Associates and Fellows) are invited to participate. Nominations are open from NOW till 15 August, while elections will be held online from 25-31 August 2022. In the meanwhile, join current officers for a virtual coffee…
2022-2023 PDA board-nominations are open until August 15
Nominations are open for the 2022-2023 MIT-PDA leadership positions Dear MIT Postdocs, The MIT Postdoctoral Association (PDA), which represents all postdocs across the institute, is looking for a new leadership team in AY 2022-2023. You are invited to apply for a position on the MIT-PDA board. Nominations are open from NOW till 15 August, while elections will…
MIT PDA PhD Movie Night I
Want to meet and hangout with other MIT Postdocs? Join us on Thursday February 24th at 6.30 PM for the streaming of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Movie 1) at Stata Center room 32-123. Food and beverages will be provided at the end of the movie. Food is not allowed during streaming. Please register here:…