[WTI-trainee] 4.23 | Sheri D. Choi Memorial Postdoc Lecture: Halie Olson + Trainee Engagement

[Wu Tsai Institute Student and Postdoc Committee]

Dear trainees,

The Wu Tsai Institute and the WTI Student, Postbac and Postdoc Collective (SPPC) invite you to join us for the inaugural Sheri D. Choi Memorial Postdoc Lecture, featuring developmental cognitive neuroscientist Halie Olson, PhD from MIT.

Sheri D. Choi Memorial Postdoc Lecture
Halie Olson, PhD | MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research
“Language in the developing brain<https://wti.yale.edu/event/2026-04/choi-memorial-postdoc-lecture>”

Thursday, April 23, 2026
10:00 – 11:15 am
100 College Street
Floor 11, Workshop 1116

This lecture honors Dr. Sheri D. Choi, a former postdoctoral fellow in the Psychology Department at Yale who studied infant memory and cognition. Dr. Choi was a valued member of the Wu Tsai Institute and Psychology communities and a strong advocate for postdoctoral and trainee opportunities.

In addition to the lecture, we invite trainees to join one or both of the following opportunities to meet and interact with Dr. Olson:

Trainee Lunch with Halie Olson
Thursday, April 23, 2026
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
100 College Street
Floor 11, Room 1167
Please sign up here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfptX9AhIBLx1xtlWagouTbVsFar12QnQplP2XtrotFJtY4wA/viewform?usp=publish-editor>

Coffee Hour with Halie Olson
Friday, April 24, 2026
9:30 – 10:30 am
100 College Street
Floor 11 Lounge

We hope you’ll join us for the lecture and these opportunities to engage with a visiting scholar working at the intersection of language development, cognition, and neuroscience.

Best,
Quan + Santiago
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