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        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Dear MIT Postdocs,<br>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">This is an eventful time of year,
        with much happening now and at the start of the new year. We
        wanted to give you a quick look ahead at January, and hope you
        can carve out time for your professional development. </span></p>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">(1) MIT's Independent Activity
        Period (IAP) will run from Jan. 4 - Jan 29, 2016.<br>
        Many classes and activities meet for one hour and are free.  See
        details at </span><span
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          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><a
            href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://web.mit.edu/iap/">http://web.mit.edu/iap/</a></a><br>
        </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">You could check
          the listing by category <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://student.mit.edu/iap/nctoc.html">http://student.mit.edu/iap/nctoc.html</a></span></span></p>
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          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The topics are endless,
          including engineering, skill development (presentations,
          teaching, communication, leadership, research), patents,
          start-ups, data management, figure skating, dancing, music,
          and much more. Some sessions require pre-registration.<br>
        </span></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><small>(2) MIT's Office of Global Education
        and Career Services has many sessions on its January calendar -
        see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events?month=2016-01">http://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events?month=2016-01</a> <br>
        and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
          href="http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc">http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc</a><br>
        The sessions are cross-listed in the IAP catalog.</small><br>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">(4) MIT's Writing and
        Communication Center - postdocs may schedule one-on-one
        appointments. See <a
          href="http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/">http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/</a></a><br>
        and get set up to use their online scheduler.<br>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Best wishes for a happy holiday
        season and new year. <br>
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    <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Regards,<br>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
        Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Dana<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
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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