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<span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="3">Dear <font size="3">all</font>,<o:p></o:p></font></span>
<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3">I<font size="3">n the name of the <font
size="3">M<font size="3">IT P</font></font>ostdoctoral
<font size="3">A</font>ssociation (P<font size="3">DA)
<font size="3">and the post</font>doctoral
community, <font size="3">we express our wa<font
size="3">r</font>mest thank you to the people
involved in <font size="3"><font size="3">expand</font>ing
</font>career services for current postdoctoral
scholars.</font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font-family:
Calibri; "><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3">Our
thank<font size="3"> you goes namely to </font></font></font>the
Office of the Vice President for Research<font
size="3"> including </font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font-family:
Calibri; "><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3">Claude R.
Canizares, </font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font>Charlene<font
size="3"> Placido</font>, and Dana Bresee Keeth,<font size="3"> <font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3">and to Caree<font
size="3">r Services - Glob<font size="3">al Education and
C<font size="3">aree<font size="3">r Development (GECD),
for thei<font size="3">r efforts in making this
happen. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
style="font-family: Calibri; ">The <font size="3">postdoct<font
size="3">oral community has recently been granted access
to<font size="3"> <font size="3">a variety of caree<font
size="3">r ser<font size="3">vices. See </font></font></font><font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc">Services
and Poli</a><font size="3"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc">cies
for Postdocs</a> on GE<font size="3">C<font
size="3">D's web<font size="3">site
for more information</font></font></font>.
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font-family:
Calibri; "><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font
size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><span
id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-size:
14px; "></span></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(245, 0, 0);
"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3">We would like to take
advantage of this opportunity to remind <font size="3">all <font
size="3">p</font>ostdocs </font>that the PDA is actively
advocating for the MIT Postdoc community in different areas
such as healthcare and financial benefits, child care, and
career services.<o:p></o:p></font></span><span
style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="font-family:
Calibri; ">We would encourage everyone that would like to be
involved with our efforts to improve the postdoc experience at
MIT, to sign up to become a departmental representative and/or
a PDA committee member by contacting Sara da Luz Areosa
Cleto ( </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:scleto@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:
Calibri; color: blue; ">scleto@mit.edu</span></a><span
style="font-family: Calibri; "> ).<o:p></o:p></span></font> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> <font size="3">E</font>veline
G<font size="3">eiser for</font><o:p></o:p></font></span><br>
The Postdoctoral Association</p>
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Dr. Eveline Geiser
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Phone: + 617-324-6371
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:egeiser@mit.edu">egeiser@mit.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/gabrieli-lab">http://web.mit.edu/gabrieli-lab</a>
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