2022 Initiative Schedule
2-Day Virtual Event: October 20-21, 2022
The 2022 Initiative will kick-off with a 2-day virtual event for prospective postdoc participants. Sessions will introduce to postdoc training as well as professional development opportunities. See below for the 2021 2-day virtual event schedule!
1:1 Virtual Informational Interviews with Faculty: October 20-November 4, 2022
Prospective postdoc participants will schedule virtual individual informational interviews with their matched faculty members during the recruitment period.
2021 Initiative Schedule
2-Day Virtual Event Day 1: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Welcome Session
Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago welcomed participants to the Chicagoland Diverse Postdoc Recruitment Initiative. Participants learned how to make the most of the event programming and prepare for your informational interviews.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at UIC
Participants learned about postdoctoral training opportunities at UIC! This session was led by Valerie Fako Miller in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at Northwestern
Participants learned about postdoctoral training opportunities at Northwestern University. This session was led by Beth Healey in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
Exploring Postdoctoral Training at The University of Chicago
Participants learned about postdoctoral training opportunities at UChicago! This session was led by Vipul Sharma in the Division of Biological Sciences Office of Postdoctoral Affairs.
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills
Participants learned how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
2-Day Virtual Event Day 2: Friday, October 15, 2021
Interviewing 101
Participants learned about how to be successful at interviews in a session led by Thi Nguyen, Virtual Learning & Workforce Prep Consultant
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills
Participants learned how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
(optional) Introduction to Training Grants
Participants learned about training grants and how they can support postdoc training. This session was most useful for US citizens and permanent residents.
"Ask a Postdoc" Panel Discussion
Participants asked current Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago postdocs and postdoc alums questions about postdoctoral training.
Demystifying the Postdoc Search Process and Making the Most of Your Postdoc Experience
Participants learned where to find postdoc opportunities, how to apply, how to interview, and what to consider when evaluating an offer.
(optional) Workshop: Virtual Interview Skills
Participants learned how to incorporate the principles of theatrical improvisation into key interview skills with Byron Stewart, an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, Office of Professional Development.
Networking Meet-and-Greet
Participants built professional connections by networking with other participants and current Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago postdocs.
1:1 Informational Interviews: October 14-31, 2021
Participants scheduled individual informational interviews with their matched faculty members from each institution.
The Northwestern, UIC, and UChicago campuses reside on the original homelands and traditional territory of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa Nations, as well as other Tribal Nations that know this area as their ancestral homeland, including the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Miami, Peoria, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi, and Sac and Fox. Indigenous peoples are the traditional stewards of the land that we now occupy, living here long before Chicago was a city and still thriving here today and current home to one of the largest urban Native American communities in the United States. Native people are part of Chicago’s past, present, and future.
Questions? Email us at chicago.postdoc.recruit@gmail.com.
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