{"id":116,"date":"2017-07-24T13:46:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2017-07-24T13:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:48:15","slug":"all-work-and-no-play-is-not-our-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/2017\/07\/24\/all-work-and-no-play-is-not-our-style\/","title":{"rendered":"All Work and No Play is&#8230;Not Our Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Infoseeking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, it may seem like InfoSeeking is all work and no play. But we&#8217;re here to report that, happily, our lab members and their families enjoy socializing as much as they enjoy their research&#8230; In fact, they\u00a0<em>need<\/em> to socialize in order to complete their difficult work without losing their minds!<\/p>\n<p>The lab organizes a number of fun events throughout the year to get everyone together and unwind (and, of course, a number of less formal events happy spontaneously!). For example, we recently held one of our infamous happy hour gatherings in New Brunswick. (Hey, potential <a href=\"http:\/\/sigir.org\/chiir2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHIIR 2018<\/a> attendees, take note of the fun you can have around Rutgers!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-118\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1happy_hour-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1happy_hour-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1happy_hour-359x270.jpg 359w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1happy_hour.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We take our love of happy hour on the road too. While attending conferences, InfoSeekers past and present meet to reminisce and enjoy each other&#8217;s company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-119\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1alumni-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1alumni-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1alumni-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1alumni-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1alumni.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When cocktails aren&#8217;t on our minds, we turn to some of our resident foodies for lunch ideas in and around the New Brunswick area. We&#8217;ve given a number of local eateries our business and love to celebrate milestones, accomplishments, or even just a nice Tuesday afternoon with some good food and great company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1lablunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1lablunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1lablunch-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1lablunch-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1lablunch.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parties are also a must. Our director, Dr. Chirag Shah, and his family host excellent gatherings throughout the year for lab members, their families, and other RU faculty members.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1party-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1party-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1party-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1party-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1party.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, to get our blood pumping (and demonstrate our charitable spirit), we participate in events like Rutgers&#8217;s Big Chill 5K!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121\" src=\"http:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1K-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1K-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1K-203x270.jpg 203w, https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1K.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So as you can see, our lab members certainly don&#8217;t become dull from all their hard work. We work hard, we play hard, and we try to enjoy ourselves no matter what we&#8217;re doing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at our Facebook and website, it may seem like InfoSeeking is all work and no play. But we&#8217;re here to report that, happily, our lab members and their families enjoy socializing as much as they enjoy their research&#8230; In fact, they\u00a0need to socialize in order to complete their difficult work without losing their minds! The lab organizes a number of fun events throughout the year to get everyone together and unwind (and, of course, a number of less formal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/2017\/07\/24\/all-work-and-no-play-is-not-our-style\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[19,18,3],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infoseeking.org\/iblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}