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<div>Please join us for today's session with MIT's ombudspersons!
This is a chance to talk about issues that impact postdocs, and to
strategize about conflict management, negociation options, and problem
resolution. A resource sheet will be provided...as will
refreshments! Hope to see you this afternoon,</div>
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<div>Janet Fischer and Marilyn Smith</div>
<div>Penny Beuning and Jonathan Habif</div>
<div>MIT Postdoc Advisory Council</div>
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<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>A conversation with MIT
Ombuds</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Toni Robinson and Mary
Rowe</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Thursday, February 24th,
2005</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>3-5 PM, The Chipman Room,
8-314</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Refreshments will be
served</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Join together with other postdoctoral
scholars to<u> Build Life and Career Skills</u>, by discussing
important issues experienced by postdocs at MIT. It would be
helpful if each participant could provide 1-2 examples of life or
professional crises or important issues that you or someone you know
has experienced while a postdoc at MIT. Some broad examples of topic
areas includes, but is not limited to:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Research Ethics</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Conflicts of Interest</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Conflicts of Commitment</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Personal Work Requests</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Tirades</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Fraud, Abuse, and Waste</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Work/Family Issues</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Relationships with Prinicipal
Investigators</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Relationships with Junior
Researchers</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>References</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Religious
Responsibilities</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Intellectual Property
Issues</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Managing Outside
Interests</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1"
color="#000000">jfischer@mit.edu *~*
Ph: 617-253-0386 *~*
Fax: 617-252-1003</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">M.I.T.
Office of the Provost<br>
Room 11-268, 77 Massachusetts Avenue</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">Cambridge,
MA 02139</font></div>
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