<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>************************** GSC ANNOUNCEMENTS *************************</div><div> more extensive announcements online: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu">http://gsc.mit.edu</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>headlines (details below):</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1. Academia? Industry? or Both? </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TODAY 4-5:15pm 6-120</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. GSC Athletic & Performance Activities Grant</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. Writing Center is Open during the Summer!</div><div><br></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Academia? Industry? or Both?*</div><div><br></div><div>Are You Considering An Academic Career? Trying To Decide Between Academia?</div><div>Or Do You Want To Do Both?</div><div><br></div><div>THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU!</div><div><br></div><div>ACADEMIA? INDUSTRY? OR BOTH?</div><div>TODAY, WEDS June 25th</div><div>4-5:15PM</div><div>6-120</div><div><br></div><div>Panelists include:</div><div><br></div><div>Prof. Lionel Kimerling, MIT Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering,</div><div>Director,, Materials Processing Ctr., Director, Microphotonics Ctr.</div><div>Vicki Sato, PhD, Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice,</div><div>Professor of Practice, Harvard Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology (Former</div><div>President of Vertex, former VP of Research at Biogen, Inc.) Peter Tarsa,</div><div>former MIT Chemistry Postdoc. Now at Novartis</div><div><br></div><div>This event is intended to be relevant for a variety of fields beyond those</div><div>represented by the panelists.</div><div><br></div><div>Cosponsored by MIT Careers Office, GSC and the Postdoctoral Advisory Council</div><div><br></div><div>NEXT PANEL WILL BE ON WEDS. JULY 16: </div><div>NUTS & BOLTS OF THE ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH</div><div>4-5:15pm, 6-120</div><div>Featuring </div><div>Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, MIT Chemistry</div><div>Dept.</div><div>Hongshen Ma, MIT PhD EE 07, current postdoc in MechE. Will be Asst. Prof.,</div><div>MechE, U. of British Columbia, Canada</div><div>Alejandro Flores, MIT PhD '08, Civil & Env. Engineering, will be Asst.</div><div>Prof., Geoscience Dept., Boise State University</div><div>Alison Malcolm, Asst. Prof., MIT Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary</div><div>Sciences </div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*GSC's Athletic & Performance Activities Grant accepting applications*</div><div> </div><div>Summary</div><div>Period covered: Jul 1 - Sep 30, 2008</div><div>Application deadline: Jun 26, 2008</div><div> </div><div>The purpose of the Athletic/Performance-Activities Grant is to support graduate students who pursue a non-research/non-academic activity at competitive levels. The grant is designed to support MIT graduate students who take part in competitions/concerts/events throughout the year, both nationally and internationally.</div><div> </div><div>The grant can cover fees and expenses such as registration, accommodation, travel (air, car rental, gas, tolls, parking, public transportation) and equipment shipment if needed.</div><div> </div><div>For competitions/concerts/events happening between Jul 1 and Sep 30 of 2008, fill out the application found at:</div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/funding/grant/index.shtml">http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/funding/grant/index.shtml</a> </div><div>and email it to <a href="mailto:gsc-grant@mit.edu">gsc-grant@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can also find more information and guidelines at the link above.</div><div>Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:gsc-grant@mit.edu">gsc-grant@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*Writing Center will be open this Summer!*</div><div><br></div><div>For the first time in its 26-year history, MIT's Writing and </div><div>Communication Center will be open during the summer. The new hours </div><div>are the result of special funding from Dean Steven Lerman and the </div><div>Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, Dean Deborah Fitzgerald </div><div>and the Office of Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences, </div><div>and Assoc. Provost Claude Canizares. The basic concept is to make the</div><div>Center's professional consultants available for graduate students </div><div>and post-docs during the summer months.</div><div><br></div><div>the Writing Center will be open from: </div><div>July 1-August 22, Monday through Friday, </div><div>from 10:a.m.-noon, 1:00-3:00 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Appointments will be made on the online scheduler </div><div>and there will also be the possibility of dropping in.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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