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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);letter-spacing:0.15pt">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);letter-spacing:0.15pt">The Writing Room</span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);letter-spacing:0.15pt"> yesterday was deemed a success by the
attendees, with one postdoc reporting at the end of the hour that “I’ve pretty
much got an introduction to my paper finished!”<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13pt;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Ignore email and focus on
writing every other Thursday from 9:30-10:30 am.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;letter-spacing:0.15pt"><font color="#002060" face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13pt;letter-spacing:0.15pt">Join</span><span style="font-size:13pt;letter-spacing:0.15pt"><font color="#002060"> the </font><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=dWNhci5lZHVfMWJpNjlrb3U3bjNkdWR1czlqbTlwNGI3MGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Postdoc Professional Development Committee <b>Google Calendar</b>.</font></a><font color="#002060">
The next </font><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/NDlncG1waGhsbHBlZDh1dnF1czQwbGdkYW9fMjAyMzEyMjFUMTYzMDAwWiB1Y2FyLmVkdV8xYmk2OWtvdTduM2R1ZHVzOWptOXA0YjcwZ0Bn" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Writing Room is on Dec. 21st</span></a><font color="#002060">.</font></span></font></p>
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November 2023</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><br></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Many academics feel burdened by overwork, but change
is afoot as scientists strive to shift the culture of higher education - </span></i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)">by Katherine Kornei</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This article has very, very good points about why it
is crucial to carve out time to do enjoyable non-work activities and to avoid
chronic over-working. Start this weekend!</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61iK5-05mG4" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">What
Comes Next? Career & Life Choices After Your Postdoc</font></a><font color="#002060"> </font></span></b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">- Webinar recorded by
the National Postdoc Association in January of 2023. </span><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Being a postdoc, and eventually a postdoc
alum, is only one part of who you are. Building a career is only one part of
building a life. Making the right choices headed into your first permanent
position, while balancing work and life demands, can be difficult. Peter Loge,
whose career includes serving in senior staff positions in Congress and the
Obama administration, writing a book explaining how soccer can make people
better managers, and advising organizations ranging from American Farmland
Trust and America's Funniest Home Videos to WickedCoolStuff.com and the World
Wildlife Fund, will lead a conversation about how to build and balance your
life and career.</span></i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This recorded talk was rated
highly by a couple of the current postdocs at NCAR|UCAR|UCP.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13pt"><a href="https://eos.org/opinions/boosting-support-for-students-and-early-career-professionals" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Boosting Support for Students and Early-Career
Professionals</font></a><font color="#002060"> - Article in EOS (AGU publication) in Aug. 2023.</font></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Student and early-career professional groups can
build community, drive equitable change in institutions, and promote the
well-being of individuals traversing the often-bumpy paths to science careers.</span></i><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">This EOS article was co-authored by a former NCAR
postdoc, <a href="https://ncics.org/people/douglas-rao/" style="color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Yuhan ("Douglas") Rao</span></a> at the
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. Douglas/Yuhan is involved
with machine learning techniques, advanced statistical models, satellite data
development/validation, land–atmosphere interaction, and applied research for
climate and environment monitoring.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 13.5pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:rgb(0,32,96)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Val</font></span></p></div></div>
</div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.<br></font></div></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Director of the <a href="https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/faculty-resources/geo-reu-resource-center" style="" target="_blank">GEO REU Network</a><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">NCAR Early Career Professional Development Lead</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Education, Engagement and Early-Career Development</font></span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">NCAR Mesa LabRoom 180A</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">P.O. Box 3000</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">vsloan@ucar.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I recognize that Boulder, Colorado, sits on the ancestral homelands and unceded</span><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">territory of Indigenous People, including</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> people of the </span><a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" style="" target="_blank">Arapaho, Cheyenne, and </a></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/indigenous-peoples-native-american-history-us-canada-colonialism-news-16521/" style="" target="_blank">Ute Nations</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>