PDA at UCLA

10/06/2026

What’s next after your postdoc? 🔬✨

Join UCLA PDA and UCLA Graduate Career Services for Life After Postdoc! Meet experts from academia and industry, explore career paths and job opportunities, and build professional connections.

📅 October 27 | 10 AM–12 PM
📍 Strathmore Building, 2nd Floor
📸 Professional photo booth + snacks!

📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer to RSVP. We look forward to seeing you there! 💙💛

PostdocCommunity

10/06/2026

UCLA postdocs, let’s connect! 💙💛

Join us for the 2026 Postdoc Welcome Reception! Meet fellow postdocs, connect with campus partners, celebrate exceptional faculty mentors, and discover ways to get involved in our postdoctoral community.

Whether you’re new to UCLA or have been here for a while, we’d love to see you!

📅 Tuesday, October 20, 2026
🕓 4–6 PM PT
📍 James West Alumni Center, Founders’ Room
325 Westwood Plaza

📲 Scan the QR code to RSVP by Thursday, October 8!

10/01/2026

📣 UCLA Postdocs! Ready to build your teaching skills?

Join the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) and UCLA Postdoctoral Association (PDA) for From Postdoc to Professor: A Teaching Readiness Intensive, part of Postdoctober!

Explore inclusive, student-centered teaching, build course design skills, and begin crafting your teaching philosophy—all while connecting with fellow postdocs.

📅 Friday, October 16
🕙 10 AM–2 PM
📍 Powell 186
🔗 Register: https://ucla.in/26F_postdoc-to-prof_rsvp

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07/20/2026

🌟 Nominate an Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor! 🌟
Great mentors inspire, support, and help shape the next generation of researchers. Do you know a UCLA faculty member who has made a meaningful impact on your postdoctoral journey?
The 2026 Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award is now accepting nominations! Help us recognize faculty who go above and beyond in mentoring postdoctoral scholars.
🗓 Nomination Deadline: August 17, 2026
🏆 Award recipients will be recognized at a UCLA PDA awards ceremony.
🔗 Submit your nomination in bio.
Questions? 📧 [email protected]

07/15/2026

🍂 Fall is better together! 🧺☕
Join us for an afternoon of snacks, great conversations, and new connections at the UCLA Postdoctoral Association Fall Picnic. We can’t wait to see you there! 🍁✨

📍 La Kertz Garden Pavilion, UCLA Botanical Garden
🗓️ August 27 | 3:30-5:30 PM
🔗 RSVP through the link in our bio (or scan the QR code!)

07/15/2026

🍂 Fall is better together! 🧺☕
Join us for an afternoon of snacks, great conversations, and new connections at the UCLA Postdoctoral Association Fall Picnic. We can’t wait to see you there! 🍁✨

📍 La Kertz Garden Pavilion, UCLA Botanical Garden
🗓️ August 27 | 3–6 PM
🔗 RSVP through the link in our bio (or scan the QR code!)

10/24/2024

Join us for the PDA Fall Fest 🎃🍂! Register now using the linkin the PDA Instagram bio.