The CIE is proud to partner with the SBU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs for the Ninth Annual Celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) from September 17-21, 2018. Since 2009, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) has sponsored National Postdoc Appreciation Day/Week to recognize the significant contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to U.S. research and discovery. Institutions from across the country and other parts of the world participate by holding special events. In 2010, this week was officially recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives. Events are held throughout the week and across the country to create awareness.
In honor of NPAW, the CIE is co-sponsoring a workshop titled “Choosing the Right Postdoc for You” on Tuesday, Sept 18 from 3-5pm. A panel of speakers will provide graduate students and early career postdocs with strategies and for finding a securing a postdoc position on the path toward their long-term career goals. Panelists include Joanna Szczurkowska, a postdoc in the Neuroscience Department; Zhijuan Qiu, IRACDA postdoc in the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department; Kathleen Flint Ehm, Director for Graduate & Postdoctoral Professional Development; and Karian Wright, CIE Program Manager.
The SBU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs will also host an NPAW Postdoc Social on Wednesday, September 19 from 4-6pm in the Wang Center Chapel. This event is free and open to all postdocs, postdoc administrators, postdoc supervisors, postdoc family members, postdoc friends and supporters.
Did you know that a study of all papers published in Science in 1999 found 43% of first authors were postdocs [1] and over 60,000 postdocs work in the U.S. alone [2]? The CIE continues to celebrate the contributions of all our postdocs!
Footnotes:
- Vogel, G. (1999) Science, 285: 1531
- National Academies (2014) The Postdoctoral Experience Revisited.