Recognize outstanding mentorship from postdoctoral researchers and their mentors by nominating them for PPA Mentorship Awards (Deadline: July 17) forms.gle/jkdNrmbYkowE...

After a full day of exciting research talks and presentations at the Penn Postdoctoral Symposium, come relax and connect with fellow postdocs at the Postdoc Symposium Reception! 🕓Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 4:30 PM 📍Miller Plaza, Hamilton Walk (34th & Spruce St) ☔ Rain location: BRB 14th Floor

Register now for the 1st Annual PPA Research Symposium on June 16th. Join us for a full day of research, mentoring, workshops and community building, followed by a reception. Register: www.tinyurl.com/PPA-symposium More info: www.pennpostdocs.com/ppa-research-symposium

The Penn Postdoc Association invites you to the Spring 2026 Science and Technology Fair. This event is a critical fundraiser and bridge between postdocs and industry! Open to all with a Penn /CHOP/institutional ID 🕔 Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm 📍Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall

Save the date! We're very excited to announce THE FOUCAULT CENTURY, a conference commemorating the centennial of Michel Foucault's birth, happening in Philadelphia from Sept. 24-25! More information coming soon! Free registration available at this link: www.library.upenn.edu/events/fouca...

Linguistics Speaker Series Friday, April 3, 10:15-11:45am Annenberg 110 Adaptation to Unfamiliar Speech Melissa Baese-Berk Professor, Department of Linguistics, Chicgo linguistics.uchicago.edu/people/melis... @sas.upenn.edu

Psychology Colloquium: February 23, 2026 3:30-4:45 pm Host: Joe Kable NBS Auditorium 425 S. University Avenue Control and the calibration of motivated behavior Catherine Hartley Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU psychology.sas.upenn.edu/events/contr...

MindCORE/Medical Ethics Seminar Tuesday, March 3, 12 PM 109 Leidy, 3740 Hamilton Walk +via Zoom A pizza lunch will follow the talk. The Past, Present, & Future of Neurolaw Francis Shen Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics @pennmedicine.bsky.social @sas.upenn.edu @annawexler.bsky.social

I'll be speaking at the @upenn.edu Physics colloquium TODAY on "The Physics of Climate Change" live-sas-physics.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/events/collo...

Worldmaking on streaming services. Cold War journalism. Attacks on public media. Read these stories and more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

CNI Seminar Tuesday, February 3, 12:00 PM (w/ pizza!) 200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk Spontaneous emergence of complex cortical structure from simple precursors: maps, hierarchies, and modules Ila Fiete McGovern Institute, MIT mcgovern.mit.edu/profile/ila-...

MindCORE/ILST Seminar Friday, January 30, 2026, 12-1:15 PM (w/ pizza!) 111 NBS, 425 S Univ Ave Characterizing Uncertainty in Lexically Triggered Inferences Aaron White, University of Rochester www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/people/f... More on seminar: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/calendar_eve...

Tomorrow: Jan 23, 12-1 PM MindCORE/Vision Seminar 111 NBS, 425 S University Ave (w/pizza) Beyond Movement: Joint Encoding of Action and Cognition in the Human Pallidothalamic Circuit Roozbeh Kiani Professor of Neural Science & Psychology, NYU www.cns.nyu.edu/kianilab/Hom... mindcore.sas.upenn.edu

Tomorrow: Friday, January 23 Linguistics Speaker Series: 10:15-11:45 AM Annenberg 110 3620 Walnut St Bilingual Grammars & Representations Through the Lens of Variation Rena Torres Cacoullos Prof of Spanish & Linguistics, Penn State cls.la.psu.edu/people/rena-... @pennlinguistics.bsky.social

Vision Seminar @ MindCORE Monday, January 26, Noon 200 Goddard Labs, 3710 Hamilton Walk and via Zoom Towards the Geometry of Color Space David Brainard RRL Professor of Psychology University of Pennsylvania psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/david...

Please join PPA for our January monthly Social Hour! This month, PPA will be hosting the Social Hour sponsored by Novogene at the Biomedical Research Building (BRB), 14th floor from 4-6 PM on Wednesday, January 28th 2026. Novogene also plans for service flyers and giveaways during the event!

Starting now! Our Biannual Science and Technology event!

SAVE THE DATE: PPA Science and Technology Event - Fall 2025 November 12th, 10am

#UPenn postdocs - join us for a Halloween-themed social hour, costumes and spooky accessories encouraged! 👻🎃 🕔 Thursday, October 23, 4-6PM 📍Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor

#UPenn postdocs - join us for a Halloween-themed social hour, costumes and spooky accessories encouraged! 👻🎃 🕔 Thursday, October 23, 4-6PM 📍Biomedical Research Building, 14th floor

Poster Making Open House this Friday October 17, 1:30-4:30 PM 200 Goddard We will provide the jumbo paint pens, poster cardstock and Halloween candy fuel. You provide the clever slogans, graphic skills, and patriotic energy for exercising free speech.

Join us TODAY the first day of #NPAW to learn about our postdoc groups!

Happening TODAY 4-6pm!

For Penn Postdocs and others interested in Biology Education: this is taking place right on campus - you do not need to be attending the ASCB meeting to join this workshop

Celebration in Honor of Gary Hatfield September 19 - 20, 2025 Claudia Cohen Hall, 4th Fl, 249 S. 36 St, Philadelphia, PA Two days of fascinating programming ending in remarks from Gary himself before he retires! philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/events

Please join us for a postdoc recruitment event featuring the Penn Postdoc Association, Du Bois Postdoctoral Circle and CHOP Postdoctoral Alliance. September 15th, 2-4 pm in BRB 14th Floor. Refreshments will be provided.

Apply to Join the Penn Staff & Community Choir Launched fall 2024 under the direction of Ruth Naomi Floyd, the choir brings together adults (21+) who are Penn employees and/or Philly residents to sing. All levels of singing experience welcome, including beginners. www.sec.upenn.edu/choir

#PennPostdocs Join us for a Board Game Social night! Food and drinks provided. 📍14th Floor BRB (421 Curie Blvd) 🕓 September 10th, 4-6PM Please RSVP if you plan to come!

🌈✊🏽 Join us this June for a powerful lineup of community events! 📅 June 9 – Pride Month Panel & Celebration 📅 June 18 – Juneteenth Seminar w/ Dr. Squire Booker 📅 June 21 – Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration 🎟️ RSVP via the QR codes on the flyers!

Happening today!

You may have heard about patriarchy, but how about matriarchy? Bees, elephants, & bonobos show us females can be the ones running the show in the wild. Learn about matriarchal animal societies in this week's piece, written by @pennngg.bsky.social student Nita Rome. pennneuroknow.com/2025/06/17/a...

#UPenn Postdocs: Do you know of a postdoc or PI who is an excellent mentor? Honor their work by nominating them for the 2025 PPA Mentorship Awards! Deadline: July 11th, 2025

WHYY has published a story on the implications of the Trump administration's decision to gut USAID for the work of researchers in our lab (PDRI-DevLab). You may find it interesting: whyy.org/articles/pen...

A nice feature from @sas.upenn.edu dives into my forthcoming book with @jenniferhadden.bsky.social -- "Crowded Out: The Competitive Landscape of Contemporary International NGOs" omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/satura...

🗣️ #Philly #Science Jawns! 💻 We are looking for guest contributors to our Substack. We want to hear about your science, how it advances the public good, and how federal funding cuts and policy changes are affecting it! 💬 DM us if you’re interested. open.substack.com/pub/philadel...

🔥 PPA Community BBQ 🔥 Join us Thursday, June 5, from 3–6 PM at Miller Plaza (HUP & Stemmler) for an afternoon of free food, games, music, raffle prizes, sake, and PPA swag! 🎶🍱🎁 Don’t miss out—scan the QR code to RSVP 🌟 #PennMedicine #PostdocLife #FreeFood #CommunityVibes #PPAEvent

NEXT WEEK: Prof. Emily Falk will be at Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia to discuss her new book What We Value:

#PennPostdocs In the conflict and conduct survey you asked for peer support so we listened and want to introduce you to the community advisor position! Join us on Friday May 30th 12-2PM, at the 14th floor common area of BRB. Food and beverages will be provided!

Happening today!!

#PennPostdocs gearing up for a faculty position or on the market? Check out this panel discussion on setting up your lab! 📅 Tuesday, May 27, 2025 🕚 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 📍Biomedical Research Building (BRB), 14th Floor Lounge 🌐 Format: Hybrid 🥗 Lunch provided for in-person attendees

Postdocs currently seeking academic positions and new profs are eligible!

🗳 The Pa. Primary is officially one week away. We answer your questions about the upcoming DA race – how the election works, who the candidates are, and much more 👇

Philadelphia friends! We SO NEED to celebrate science. Let's raise a glass to brains. Join us Wed, 5/21 for Pint of Science. I'll be opening for headliners Dimitris Boufidis, @audreydrotos.bsky.social, & Jacqui Barker. 😊 Tickets (to support the org, $2): pintofscience.us/events/phila...

🚨BIG NEWS🚨 In partnership with @sciencehistory.org, we are hosting a Town Hall on Science & Higher Education Policy. We're inviting fed & state reps of the Greater Philly Region to discuss what they can do to protect science & higher ed. JOIN US & RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph...

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

🎉 Join us for the UPenn Postdoc Association Biannual Science & Technology Event! 📅 Thursday, May 22nd | 10 AM – 3 PM 📍 Hall of Flags, Houston Hall ✅ Network with industry reps ✅ Explore career resources ✅ Support the PPA 🥪 Enjoy FREE lunch! Open to all @Penn and affiliates. Don't miss it!

The final Ethel Browne Harvey Postdoc Seminar of the season will be held this Friday, May 9 at 3 pm Eastern Time featuring Rui Yan from @harvardmed.bsky.social and Taylor Medwig-Kinney @tmedwigkinney.bsky.social from the UNC Chapel Hill. Register today and join us. bit.ly/3YiczuR #SDBPostdocSeminar

On the job market? Check out these resources 💼📝 Sign up by today for a 6-week academic writing workshop with science writer Carolyn Beans! Join us May 15 for a workshop led by career consultant Doug Dluzen on customizing your resume for industry jobs. Learn more and register: buff.ly/vfWjtgS

NEXT MONDAY, May 5, 2025, we are hosting our annual PARC Aging Retreat, the "Limits of Chronological Aging" at the University of Pennsylvania & via Zoom. The FULL PROGRAM is now available: www.aging.upenn.edu/events/retreat LAST CALL TO REGISTER: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... See you there!

The PPA Community Outreach welcomes you to the 2025 season of Science Demonstration. ‼️No previous experience is required! 📍Clark Park ⏰10:00 am - 12:00 pm 🗓️Third Saturday of the month (May - October) (provided good weather) Help us demystify science for the young generation!