| Welcome back! We hope you're feeling reenergized after a chilly winter break.
Are you a new postdoctoral fellow? The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is here to support you with key resources and connect you to the wider postdoctoral community.
To learn more about our office and to see a complete events calendar, please visit our website. We also invite you to join our listserv to get timely communications about upcoming events.
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| | Jim Gould, Ph.D. Hosts Workshop "Future-Proofing Your Career: Taking Control in Uncertain Times (Strategies for Early Career Scientists)"
On Jan. 22, Jim Gould, Ph.D., director of the HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows at Harvard Medical School and author of the book, "Making the Most of the Postdoc," focused on how postdocs can apply skills from their research to build career resilience and growth.
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| | UT Postdoctoral Association Sponsors Postdocs at Texas Women's Basketball Game
The Postdoctoral Association sponsored twenty postdocs at the Texas Women's basketball game on Jan. 18 at the Moody Center, when the Longhorns defeated the Aggies 80-35.
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| | Inaugural Cohort of Postdoctoral Teaching Academy (PDTA) Completes First Semester
The 18 postdocs in the pilot cohort completed nine weeks of workshops and discussions on teaching. This spring, cohort members will guest teach a lesson plan to an undergraduate course.
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Hear from a Postdoc!
Marcus Golding, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History, returned from "Future-Proofing Your Career: Taking Control in Uncertain Times" with new insights.
"I will apply the workshop’s growth-mindset approach by treating uncertainty as a prompt to identify concrete next steps and transitional opportunities, rather than as a constraint," Golding said.
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Join us for our spring 2026 monthly professional development workshops! Lunch will be served at all in-person workshops.
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Effective Communication for Productive Collaborations
Thursday, Feb. 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Texas Union Quadrangle Room.
Learn tips and suggestions for successful research collaborations involving multiple PIs, multiple departments, and/or multiple institutions. Facilitated by Sarah K. Sloan, assistant dean for health affairs and clinical associate professor at the UT Austin School of Social Work.
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Texas Symposium on Machine Learning, Responsible AI & Robotics
Tuesday, March 3, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m., Etter-Harbin Alumni Center and Wednesday, March 4, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m., Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.
Join Texas Robotics, the Machine Learning Lab and Good Systems as you discover boundary-breaking research insights and connect with leaders across disciplines. Highlights include keynotes by Gregory D. Hager (Johns Hopkins University), Kilian Weinberger (Cornell University) and Alice Xiang (Sony AI).
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More Than Your Research: Translating Skills into Impact
Thursday, March 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Texas Union Quadrangle Room
Reframe your research story to resonate with audiences outside of academia, such as industry employers, policy makers or the general public. Facilitated by the Office of Career and Life Design.
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Professional Development: Highlighting Online Resources for Postdoctoral Scholars
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by Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan Masud
Researchers today communicate science through various media outlets — podcasts, blogs, social media and policy briefs — to reach audiences worldwide. Learn how these efforts make research more accessible and engaging.
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Flamingo™ is an online web application that can help you figure out what jobs excite you, import and analyze job descriptions, and create a targeted resume. Membership is free to NPA members.
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ImaginePhD is a free online career exploration tool created by members of the Graduate Career Consortium (GCC), a community of professionals supporting graduate students and postdocs in their career and professional development.
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The Postdoc Academy is built on the National Postdoctoral Association core competencies to support skill development throughout postdoctoral training, from orientation to career next steps.
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