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• by Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D.

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November 7, 2025 2 p.m. ET

As the nature of work continues to evolve, so do the skills required to thrive in an era shaped by artificial intelligence, automation, and rapid technological change. This webinar will explore the critical role of reskilling and upskilling—not just in terms of adapting to new tools and systems, but in how individuals navigate shifting job markets, refocus their expertise, and build sustainable, technology-enabled careers.

While technical skills are often emphasized in workforce development, cultural factors—including social class—also shape career pathways, job satisfaction, and career longevity. How does the culture of a workplace shape career pathways? How do social expectations and values impact long-term career fulfillment? And how can individuals effectively integrate both technical and soft skills to remain competitive?

Key topics will include:

• Beyond Technical Reskilling: How job seekers and career changers can leverage both technical and soft skills to remain competitive.
• Workplace Culture & Career Fit: How different work environments shape career progression, expectations, and overall job satisfaction.
• The Human Side of Workforce Evolution: How reskilling and career transitions affect personal identity, motivation, and long-term professional growth.

November 13, 2025 5 p.m. ET

How can psychological science improve its own practices to advance discovery? Join us for a panel discussion with leading voices in metascience to discuss how studying the scientific process itself can improve rigor, transparency, and innovation in our field. This webinar is part of APA's Essential Science Conversations -- where panelists and audience members engage in an open dialogue about emerging topics in psychological science. 

November 17-18 2025

A workshop will explore changes since the 2012 publication of Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. The two-day workshop will bring together experts to discuss discipline-based education research in mathematics, science, and engineering. Sessions will focus on current theory and methods for discipline-based education research, the value of DBER to postsecondary education, and how to support a thriving DBER community for the future. 

December 11, 2025 6:30-9 p.m. ET

From the Los Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Rosanna Xia, Out of Plain Sight is a cinematic exposé of an environmental disaster lurking just off the coast of Southern California.

Not far from Catalina Island, aboard one of the most-advanced research ships in the world, David Valentine discovered a corroded barrel on the seafloor that gave him chills. The full environmental horror sharpens into greater clarity once he calls Xia, who pieces together a shocking revelation: In the years after World War II, as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been quietly dumped into the ocean – and the consequences continue to haunt the world today.