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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dear MIT Postdocs,<br>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">MIT's Office of Global Education and Career
Services has many sessions on its January calendar - see <a
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href="http://gecd.mit.edu/calendar/2015-01">http://gecd.mit.edu/calendar/2015-01</a><br>
and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc">http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Also, MIT's Independent Activity
Period (IAP) will run from Jan. 5 - Jan 30, 2015.<br>
Many classes and activities meet for one hour and are free. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Go to <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/">http://web.mit.edu/iap/</a></b>
and explore the listings of non-credit areas <span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">by sponsor, category,
and/or date</span> (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/listings/index.html">http://web.mit.edu/iap/listings/index.html</a>).
Note when advance sign-up is required, and check for any
restrictions. Categories include: Careers; Engineering; Law and
Legal Issues; Management and Entrepreneurship; Writing and
Communication Skills; Academic Skills and Resources; Research
Skills; and many others. You will also find some purely “fun”
activities, and sessions related to art, music, film, cooking,
hobbies, and more. </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">There are also many
discipline-specific offerings</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">These are just some examples:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">How to Speak <br>
Get a Patent on your invention and turn it into a start-up<br>
Balsa Wood Glider Competition with MIT Design/Build/Fly<br>
Innovation Tournament<br>
Designing your Life<br>
Leadership<br>
Business information for engineers and scientists<br>
Getting started, getting funded: obtaining research funding</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Research Data Management<br>
Negotiating Job Offers<br>
Figure skating and ice dance classes<br>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Regards,<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dana<br>
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Dana Bresee Keeth
Director of Postdoctoral Services
Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT, 10-237
tel. 617-715-4671
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://postdocs.mit.edu/">https://postdocs.mit.edu/</a></pre>
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