The University of Connecticut’s Postdoc Working Group, in partnership with The Graduate School, invites you to attend Postdoc Research Day. This one-day research event will be held in the Student Union Theater, Storrs Campus on Thursday, December 11, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM.
Goals for the Program:
- Provide an opportunity for postdocs to present their research to a general audience.
- Offer professional development training to prepare postdocs for the next steps in their careers.
The general university community is invited to sign up for Postdoc Research Day. We encourage faculty, staff, and students to REGISTER HERE and attend in support of their postdocs.
Employers interested in connecting, exploring collaborations, and discovering talented postdoctoral researchers across diverse disciplines are encouraged to REGISTER HERE.
Program Agenda:
| Time | Activity | Location |
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1:00 PM
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Opening Remarks
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Theater |
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1:05 PM
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Welcome by Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of The Graduate School, Leslie Shor
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Theater |
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1:10 PM
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Postdoc Presentations
|
Theater |
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2:10 PM
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Coffee break
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Outside the Theater |
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2:20 PM
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Postdoc Presentations
|
Theater |
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3:20 PM
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Career Panel
|
Theater |
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4:20 PM
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Networking and Poster Session
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Room 304 |
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5:00 PM
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Award Ceremony
|
Theater |
The program will feature Postdoctoral Researchers from the following departments and units:
- Allied Health
- Animal Science
- Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2)
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Physics
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Electrical & Computer Engineering / Institute of Materials Science
- Environmental Engineering
- Educational Psychology
- Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
- Institute of Materials Science (IMS)
- Internal Insights & Innovation (i3)
- Kinesiology
- Linguistics
- Molecular and Cell Biology
- Natural Resources and the Environment
- Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health
- School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering
- Eversource Energy Center
Leading up to this event, The Graduate School is organizing a workshop titled “Creating Effective Presentations” for all postdocs and graduate students on November 13. This in-person session will be held from 4:30-6pm in 2118C Homer Babbidge Library and will be led by Dr. Faye Assanah. Click here for more details.
Additional details regarding directions and other resources will be shared with registrants soon. For questions about Postdoc Research Day, please contact:
- Melanie Sinche, Director of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Success, at Melanie.sinche@uconn.edu
- Michael Inkoom Nyarko, Graduate Assistant, at rdu25001work@uconn.edu
