Thanksgiving Lunch 2017
Reuben Das, PhD.
A long-standing event sponsored by the Biomedical Postdoctoral Lunch is the annual Thanksgiving Potluck. The event is targeted mostly toward those postdocs who are away from their families during the holiday season. The majority of the postdocs are foreigners who do not celebrate Thanksgiving in their home countries (with the exception of Canadians). Amita Bansal, current BPC co-President and a former co-chair of the BPC Foreign Nationals Committee, suggested that this year, the postdocs could celebrate the 2017 Thanksgiving in the true American style.
At previous Thanksgiving potlucks, most postdocs would bring delicious homemade dishes that are popular in their own countries, but would be very different from the typical American Thanksgiving meal. To create a traditional Thanksgiving meal, the BPC revamped the annual Thanksgiving potluck: we sponsored a Thanksgiving lunch on 19th December 2017, at the 14th floor lounge of BRB. Three different committees – Diversity, Foreign Nationals, and Social teamed up to organize this event along with BPP staff Donna Crawley. There was a big turnout with over 150 postdocs attending the lunch. Dondra Bailey, Diversity committee co-Chair, was instrumental in leading a bingo game – the two lucky winners received gift cards. The Social co-Chairs Maxime Jaquet and Rueben Das worked with Donna behind the scenes to make the event a huge success. Everyone had a wonderful time socializing and making new friends. For those who missed the event we have some pictures. https://www.facebook.com/UPENNBPC/photos/pcb.809969542516370/809969522516372/?type=3&theater
Photo Credit: Reuben Das.