<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Hi Postdocs,</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">There's a new MIT initiative called Solve (</span><a href="http://solve.mit.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">solve.mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">) that is a joint production of the MIT Technology Review and the Office of the President. Solve’s mission is to inspire extraordinary people to work together to solve the world’s toughest problems.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Solve is working with the MIT Postdoctoral Association, Graduate Student Council, and Undergraduate Association to create a smaller-scale version of the exciting Solve event happening on campus from </span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">October 5</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">-</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">8</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">. This "</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Solve-a-thon" (</span><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/solve" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">gsc.mit.edu/solve</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">) will bring together postdocs, graduate students, undergraduates, and members of the MIT community for a hackathon-style event to explore one of the four Pillars of Solve (</span><a href="http://solve.mit.edu/pillars" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://solve.mit.edu/pillars</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">)</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">.</span></div><span class="im"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The teams with the best ideas, as judged by a panel of editors from the Tech Review, esteemed academics, and high-level MIT administrators, will be awarded </span><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">cash prizes</b><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> and opportunities to meet with the world-class problem-solvers at Solve in October.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Registration is now open, and we expect the available slots to fill up very quickly. Get your team together or register as an individual at the link on the information page: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/solve" target="_blank">gsc.mit.edu/solve</a>.</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">See below for more information.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Cheers,</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Vincent</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.727272033691406px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Vincent Chan, Ph.D.</font></b><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana"><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">President, Biotech Connection - Boston</font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://bostonbiotech.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Biotech Connection - Boston</a><br>President, MIT Postdoctoral Association<br><a href="http://pda.mit.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">MIT Postdoctoral Association</a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research Scientist, </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"><a href="http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">d'Arbeloff Laboratory</a></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">, 77 Massachusetts Ave, #1-007, Cambridge, MA</span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><font size="1" face="georgia, serif">Cell: <a value="+14438382773" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(443) 838-2773</a></font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"> | Email: </span><a href="mailto:chanv@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank">chanv@mit.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:37 AM, GSC President Michael McClellan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gsc-president@mit.edu" target="_blank">gsc-president@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>**********</div><div>Solve-a-thon (<a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/solve" target="_blank">gsc.mit.edu/solve</a>)</div><div>August 10 and 11, 2015, 5:00 PM each night (dinner provided)</div><div>W20-202 on 8/10, E51-115 on 8/11</div><div>Hackathon-style event with <b>cash prizes</b></div><div>Organized by the GSC and Solve (a production of the MIT Tech Review and the Office of the President)</div><div><img alt="solveathon.png" style="max-width:100%" src="cid:14e977b7603a3d447103"><br></div><div>**********<br><div><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael McClellan</font></b></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">President, <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Graduate Student Council</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Science</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>email </b> <a href="mailto:gsc-president@mit.edu" target="_blank">gsc-president@mit.edu</a></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>office </b>MIT<b> </b>50-220 / 54-1320</font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>phone</b> <a href="tel:617-324-2303" value="+16173242303" target="_blank">617-324-2303</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2RwSSXaaNa1RGFSSThCMHRPVEU&revid=0B2RwSSXaaNa1aHUxenBKcUFRTDljd3Nac1JFMVU2ZkpnTnM0PQ" width="420" height="80"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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