We haven’t made a blog post in a while and a lot has happened, so it’s worth catching up!

In the past 2 years PAGE was forced to adapt and go online due to the global pandemic. We made a Facebook and Discord to service the students and give them a virtual location to study, hang out and get/provide support to fellow students. We also had virtual events such as movie and games nights!

In addition to the online services, we hosted the PAGE conference online as well, which had 40+ attendees ranging from Undergraduate, Graduate students, and Professors. The talks were rapid fire and being online allowed people to come in and out of the meeting seamlessly. Although the online conference was a success in displaying the research in the department, we can’t wait to go back to the in-person format so we can have small talk and eat together again!

Looking forward, in this upcoming year, the goal of PAGE is to support the department initiative of rebuilding our social network in the department in a post covid context, where students work in person and remotely.  We are having social events and parties, the PAGE conference, and weekly study sessions (with snacks!)

We hope to see you around and wish you have a wonderful semester!