Postdoctoral Affairs

National Postdoc Association

Brown's Office of University Postdoctoral Affairs (OUPA) supports an institutional sustaining membership to the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA). All Brown postdocs can register for free individual membership to the NPA and access their newsletter, career resources, webinars, and other members-only content! Simply visit the NPA website, select “Affiliate Individual Member, Postdoc,” and sign up with your Brown email address.

Founded in 2002, the NPA seeks to improve the postdoctoral experience in the United States by facilitating enhanced professional growth, raising awareness, and collaborating with stakeholders in the postdoctoral community, at the individual, organizational, and national levels.

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International House of Rhode Island

The International House of Rhode Island (IHRI) is an independent nonprofit multicultural organization that provides a “home away from home” for international students, scholars, professors, researchers, and their families. It enhances the local community by building cultural awareness and knowledge of the world through IHRI programs created to increase connection, celebrate similarities and differences, and envision a world in which friendship and understanding overwhelm anonymity, isolation, and ignorance.

IHRI programming ranges from helping to support individuals’ needs while in Rhode Island to presenting multicultural events and programs. Offerings include conversational English language classes and tutoring at all levels, foreign language classes and tutoring, orientation to local activities, French Club, nationality dinners, and concerts.

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