In the spirit of returning safe and strong to more in-person campus activities, we hope you'll consider joining us for a postdoc ice cream social on July 16 at 4pm on the lawn in front of the Old Computer Science Building. Many of our workshops will remain remote for now, but we're still looking for opportunities to bring our community together. I hope you'll swing by.
1. Immigration Options for PhDs Panel, June 30, 12:30pm
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development invites our international postdocs to a panel on:
Immigration Options for PhDs
Wed, June 30
12:30-2:00pm (**updated end time!)
RSVP for Zoom link
Hear from our Visa and Immigration Services Office and an immigration attorney on visa and green card options for scholars with PhD training. Remarks will be followed by a Q&A session.
Panelists:
Meghan Gambino, Director of Visa & Immigration Services, Stony Brook University
Brendan Venter, Immigration Attorney, Harris Beach PLLC Attorneys at Law
Questions:postdocs AT stonybrook.edu
2. Summer Postdoc Ice Cream Social, July 16, 4pm
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs invites you to an outdoor, in-person ice cream social:
Postdoc Ice Cream Social
Friday, July 16
4:00-5:00pm
The lawn outside Old Computer Science Building (in front of Javits)
TechCongress, a non-profit placing technologists on Capitol Hill to inform tech policymaking, is currently recruiting for their 2022 Congressional Innovation Fellowship, placing technologists to serve as tech policy advisors to top Members of Congress (offices like. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
The program pays an $85,000 stipend and other benefits. Since 2015, they’ve placed 45 technologists on the Hill.
They’re recruiting through 8/3 and are hosting a variety of informational events throughout the summer to give people the opportunity to meet the team, talk with fellows, and ask questions.
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs invites you to an outdoor, in-person ice cream social: 
