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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Dear MIT Postdocs,<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">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>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">(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
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><b
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>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""><span
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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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">(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>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">Best wishes for a happy holiday
season and new year. <br>
</span> </p>
<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>
</span></p>
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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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