<div dir="ltr"><b style="font-weight:normal"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><img width="476" height="153" src="cid:ii_iy997iiq0_159c85c64dd8b33a"><br>​</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">D</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ear MIT Postdocs,</span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Want to get involved with organizing professional development activities for the PDA? Check out the details below on how to join the professional development committee!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Enjoy your week!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Cheers,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Meghan</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">-----</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Dr. Meghan Huber</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Corresponding Secretary</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Follow the MIT-PDA on social media!</span></p><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;width:624px;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT-PDA</span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://pda.mit.edu/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">website</span></a></p></td><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/44093460815/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Facebook</span></a></p></td><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://twitter.com/MITPDA"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Twitter</span></a></p></td><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.instagram.com/mitpda/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Instagram</span></a></p></td><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2506720/profile"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">LinkedIn</span></a></p></td><td style="padding:7px;border:3px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Boston-PDA</span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bostonpostdocs.org/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">website</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="305"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">NEXT MIT-PDA MEETING</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Monday, February 13, 2017</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">12:00pm </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Rm TBD</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Lunch will be provided!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-vT1gzgyik3JHFWaRgQwAVeVoiaoQFK7iP2MO4dtKwo/viewform"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">REGISTER HERE</span></a></p><br><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Please join us for our monthly MIT-PDA meeting! Get involved with any of the various committees (e.g., sports, advocacy, committee, community building) and have your voice heard. This is a great opportunity meet your fellow postdocs on campus! </span></p><br><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="360"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT-PDA NEWS AND EVENTS</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Events</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Postdoc Volleyball and Soccer</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the MIT-PDA</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Please join the PDA this Tuesday for volleyball and this Friday for soccer!! Enter through the Vassar street entrance and the attendees at the gate should let you through if you say you are with the PDA and present MIT ID. There are bathrooms in the facility where you can change or come with someone with a membership who can give you access to the locker rooms. Spouses and significant others of postdocs are welcome free of charge. Friends and colleagues may join only if they have an athletics membership (otherwise you may need to pay a 1 time entrance fee that is around $15). Anyone can join for the Muddy afterwards (you just need to be with someone who has MIT ID) providing you are 21 or over. Note the Muddy is cash only if you want to buy drinks. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Please also add yourself to our</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499342643696472/"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">sports Facebook group</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Soccer</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tuesday January 24, 5-7 PM</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Zesiger Mac Court</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Volleyball</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Friday, January 27, 7:30-9:00 PM, followed by pizza at the Muddy at 9:30 PM.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Zesiger Rockwell North Court</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">BPDA Ice Skating Night</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the Boston Postdoc Association and MIT-PDA</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Join the BPDA for it&#39;s annual ice skating night at Community Ice Skating! Bring a friend or your family to this kid-friendly event and enjoy a night of hot cocoa, snacks and skating! Bring your own skates or rent them on site for $8.50 per person!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Sunday, January 29th 5:30-7pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Community Ice Skating @ Kendall, 300 Athenaeum Street in Cambridge</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Register here: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://bpdaskating2017.eventbrite.com/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://bpdaskating2017.eventbrite.com</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Battle of the Bands -- Call for Applications</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by MIT-PDA and MIT-GSC</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Applications for the prestigious MIT Battle of Bands is now open. You are a band? You have at least 50% members that are at MIT? You know how to get a crowd going? All styles are welcome, as long as they are not pre-recorded and can be performed live. The Battle of Bands takes place on March 10th in Morss Hall. Professional judges will elect and announce the winners, which can win great prices. Musicians, apply!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Apply online </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://gsc.mit.edu/bands/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> by February 19!</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Call for Postdoc Initiative Grant (PInG) Proposals!</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Do you have an idea for an activity or event that you think would benefit the postdoc community? The MIT Postdoctoral Association is pleased to announce the third annual call for Postdoc Initiative Grant proposals.  The grant aims to financially support a range of activities, events, and projects, including but not limited to: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Social gatherings</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Recreational activities</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Arts and cultural programs</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Mental health and stress support groups</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Professional development seminars and workshops</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Groups to support postdoc women or parents</span></p></li></ul><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Previously funded PInG projects include: Glimpse: the Postdoc Podcast, Yoga Classes, Postdoc Playdates, POWER: Postdoctoral Women Engaged in Research, Postdoc Zumba, Postdoc Jogging Club. </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">So, think about what you’d like to do and send us a proposal! For more information and for the application form check out</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://pda.mit.edu/ping"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://pda.mit.edu/ping</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The deadline for applications is January 31, 2017 12:00 pm EST for events taking place from mid-February to September. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We look forward to hearing your plans!  Please contact the PInG Committee Chair, Elizabeth Stewart (</span><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:pda-ping@mit.edu">pda-ping@mit.edu</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">), if you have any questions.  </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Call for Professional Development Committee Members</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Do you want to improve the postdoc training framework and help postdocs learn about different career options?</span><span style="color:rgb(12,13,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Help develop and organize the unique Career Development programs which are organized by MIT&#39;s Postdoc Association by joining the Professional Development Committee!  This is a great opportunity to build your network and your resume, as well as develop critical interpersonal and other &quot;soft&quot; skills that are so critical to your own success. In the coming months, we are starting two career development programs and are looking for several driven and dedicated postdocs to co-develop these projects.  We are currently recruiting committee members for assistance with:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Peer Mentoring Program. </span><span style="color:rgb(12,13,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This mentoring program is designed to help postdoctoral scholars achieve career success following completion of      their academic traineeships. This program is designed for postdocs interested in several career tracks including         academic, R&amp;D, technology and other career tracks. </span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="ltr"><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Share and Collaborate your Science. </span><span style="color:rgb(12,13,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This program is designed to help postdoctoral scholars to &quot;Refine and Define&quot; their research work by sharing           with postdocs from other MIT &amp; other institutes. This program will provide the opportunity to collaborate and           get feedback from peers.</span></p></li></ul><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(12,13,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">P</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">lease email to Professional Development Committee Chair, Yogesh Dayma at </span><a style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">pda-professional@mit.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> if you would like to join this committee or learn more about the responsibilities.   </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Postdoc Orientation Sessions</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The PDA offers Postdoc Orientation Sessions open to all postdocs at MIT. Topics covered include:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Data on postdoc population at MIT</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT oversight of postdocs</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Defining postdoc expectations</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Differences between fellows and associates</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">PDA structure and initiatives</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:circle;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">How to get involved</span></p></li></ul></ul><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The sessions will be typically the 1</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">st</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> and 3</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">rd</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Monday of each month at 12pm (45-60min) in E49-5145. Lunch will be provided. The dates for the semester are as follows: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">January 23</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, February 6, February 27, March 6, March 20, April 3, April 24, May 22. If you are interested in participating, you can register via Atlas or </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://web.mit.edu/training/course.html?course=CDT21061c"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">GLIMPSE (PDA PInG Initiative) </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">             </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">If you would like to be interviewed by GLIMPSE podcast or would like to help with the podcast (music, logo, artwork), please contact us at <a href="mailto:glimpse.podcast@gmail.com">glimpse.podcast@gmail.com</a>. For more information, please visit us at: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://glimpse.mit.edu/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://glimpse.mit.edu/</span></a></p><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="411"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">OTHER MIT AND LOCAL EVENTS</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This Week</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Structuring  Your Scientific Papers</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by MIT Global Education &amp; Career Development</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Papers are one of the few deliverables of the work of researchers. Well-designed, they efficiently allow each reader to learn only what he or she needs to. Poorly designed, by contrast, they confuse readers, fail to prompt decisions, or remain unread. Based on Dr. Doumont&#39;s book </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Trees, maps, and theorems</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, about effective communication for rational minds, the lecture shows how to structure scientific papers, theses, and technical reports effectively at all levels to get the readers&#39; attention, facilitate navigation, and, in this way, get the message across optimally.  Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. More at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.principiae.be/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">www.principiae.be</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Monday, January 23</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, 2:00pm – 4:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">10-250</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Negotiating Job Offers</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by MIT Global Education &amp; Career Development</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This workshop will examine the many variables that exist during the evaluation and negotiation process of Job Offers. How do you know if this job is right for you? Salary vs. Total Compensation will be looked at. Strategies on the negotiation process will be discussed along with should you negotiate and &quot;What Can&quot; and &quot;What Can Not&quot; be negotiated. These strategies are used throughout your career.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tuesday, January 24</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, 1:30pm – 3:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">E19-202</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Scientific Communication</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the MIT Biology Department</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">If you enjoy talking about and explaining science, come learn about the diverse career paths in scientific communication including journal editors, medical writers, and journalists. Panelists will explain how a PhD can be advantageous in their field and how to transition from science to science writing. Panel features Joseph Caputo, MSc (Media Relations Manager, Cell Press), Julie Sollier, PhD (Scientific Editor, Cell Press), Megan Thielking (Reporter and Lead Writer, STAT), Lisa Welch, MSc (Medical Writing, DynaMed/EBSCO)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tuesday, January 24</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, 1:30pm – 3:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">68-181</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">How to Work a Career Fair</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by MIT Global Education &amp; Career Development</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Many students are overwhelmed when attempting to navigate a career fair with many employers. This workshop will provide tips and strategies on how be effective during the upcoming Career Fairs. You will learn what to do in preparation for the fair, what to do at the fair, and what to do after the fair. The fair is an excellent opportunity to connect with employers -- create a strategy that will help you in this competitive employment environment!  </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Thursday, January 26</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, 1:30pm – 3:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">E19-202</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Harvard Biotech Club Winter Networking Event</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by Harvard Biotech Club</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The Harvard Biotech Club is starting a new series of networking events where you get the chance to network with industry professionals (biotech/pharma, consulting, law, venture, and more) in an informal setting. Appetizers provided. Cash bar. Space is limited, so sign up soon! Open to Greater Boston postdocs and grad students.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Wednesday, January 25</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:8.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:super;background-color:transparent">th</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">, 6:00pm – 8:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The Lansdowne Pub, 9 Lansdowne Street, Boston MA 02215</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Please RSVP here: </span><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://goo.gl/forms/f3PsoINcI3agXHOB3"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">https://goo.gl/forms/f3PsoINcI3agXHOB3</span></a></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Next Week</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the MIT Biology Department</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Are you considering a job in industry? Join us for an exciting Q&amp;A session with a panel of scientists who belong to different areas of industry. Learn about their day-to-day life, how they transitioned from academia to industry, and find out whether industry is right for you. Panel features Eric Bell, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Translational Biology, Mitobridge Inc.), Dan Denning, Ph.D. (Investigator II in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)), Ann Marie Faust, Ph.D. (Investigator II in the Synthetic Biology group, Global Discovery Chemistry department, NIBR), and Setu Roday, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist in the Materials Discovery and Characterization department at Vertex Pharmaceuticals).  </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Tuesday, January 31, 1:00pm – 3:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">68-181</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Helping PhDs and Postdocs Identify Skills</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by MIT Global Education &amp; Career Development</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">You will have the opportunity to learn more about the skills you have gained in your PhD and/or postdoc. This session will feature activities to help you identify skills. It will also discuss research that has been done to identify skills you have learned that employers desire in various industries. </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Wednesday, February 1, 2:00pm – 3:30pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">E19-202</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Registration</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Finding and Managing a Faculty Position</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the MIT Biology Department</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hear from a diverse array of faculty members on their experience finding and thriving in a faculty position. Panel features Mary Gehring (Associate Professor of Biology; Member, Whitehead Institute. PhD, University of California, Berkeley), Victor Hatini (Associate Professor of Developmental, Molecular &amp; Chemical Biology, Tufts University. PhD, Cornell University School of Medicine), Anupama Seshan (Assistant Professor of Biology, Emmanuel College. PhD, MIT), and Eliezer Calo-Velazquez (Assistant Professor of Biology, MIT. PhD, MIT).</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Date and Time </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Friday, February 3, 1:30pm – 3:00pm</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Location </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">68-180</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Upcoming Deadlines</span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">2017 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship Program</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Applications for the 2017 L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program are now open. The application and more information about the L¹Oréal USA For Women in Science program can be found at </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. Applications are due on Friday, February 3, 2017. Please see the website page for information.</span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">NU Grant Writing Coaching Group @ Boston College</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Hosted by the The National Research Mentoring Network </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Both coach and mentee applications are now being accepted for the Boston Grant Writing Coaching Group. Mentees will enhance their grant writing skills and knowledge by working closely with successful researchers who know what it takes to obtain NIH grant funding. Group sessions will be held at a Boston College and online throughout the Spring 2017. Visit their </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://nrmnet.net/grantwriting-coaching-groups/trainee-programs/nu-grant-writing-coaching-group-for-mentees-at-boston-college/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> for full details on the program and how to apply.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Priority deadline for applications </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">January 17, 2017</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Final deadline for applications </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">January 30, 2017</span></p><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;width:624px;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="*"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67)"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR ADDITIONAL EVENTS </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">postdocs.mit.edu</span></a><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> (Office VPR)</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="https://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT GECD Events</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT Spouses&amp;Partners Events</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://events.mit.edu/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT Events</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://bostonpostdocs.org/events-calendar/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Boston PDA Events</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://mass-awis.org/category/events-calendar/"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Mass-AWIS Events</span></a><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">*</span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">*NOTE: </span><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Association of Women in Science Massachusetts Chapter (</span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://mass-awis.org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iant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">provided by KGA, Inc., a trusted external provider of employee assistance programs. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Postdoc Associates and Fellows are eligible for services provided by KGA, Inc. through the MIT Work-Life Center and MyLife Services. </span><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">You can now access a network of experts who can help with the challenges of life and work, such as:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Financial planning, debt management, and legal issues</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Personal and work relationships</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Sleep and nutrition</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional concerns</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Child and elder care</span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">This includes 5 FREE confidential mental health counseling sessions, as well as access to 24/7 confidential counseling services. </span><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">We encourage you to learn more about MyLife Services by calling 1-844-405-LIFE (1-844-405-5433) or going </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://o6os.mj.am/link/o6os/xlkt8jnnqpg8/2/y46EmaQ0aMF6d85vixaLTg/aHR0cDovL2hyd2ViLm1pdC5lZHUvd29ya2xpZmUvbWl0bXlsaWZlc2VydmljZXM"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">online</span></a><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. For more information or to provide feedback, please contact the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT Work-Life Center</span><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT Spouses&amp;Partners Connect</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Offers social and career-related groups and events for your spouse/partner/family. For more information and event listings, visit </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://spouses.mit.edu/"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://spouses.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">. </span></p><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">MIT Employee Resource Groups</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Join an Employee Resource Group (ERG) at MIT!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">ERGs are employee-led groups formed around common interests, issues and/or a common bond or background. ERGs host activities such as lectures, socials, dinners, etc. Both Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates are invited to join. Current ERGs include: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">African, Black, American, Caribbean @MIT (ABAC@MIT) ERG</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Asian Pacific American ERG</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Latino ERG,</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Lesbian, Gay, ,Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) ERG</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Millennials ERG</span></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Women in IT ERG</span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Check out the link for more information and upcoming events: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/diversity/ergs/current"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://hrweb.mit.edu/diversity/ergs/current</span></a></p><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="264"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:7px;border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial;font-size:24px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">OTHER RESOURCES</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:18.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">Free Membership for the National Postdoctoral Association</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a member-driven organization that provides a unique, national voice for postdoctoral scholars. Since 2003, we have taken on the ambitious agenda to enhance the quality of the postdoctoral experience in the United States. We have assumed a leadership role in addressing the many issues confronting the postdoctoral community that are national in scope and requiring action beyond the local level. Get your free affiliate membership with the National Postdoctoral Association here: </span><a style="text-decoration:none" href="http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members"><span style="color:rgb(152,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:14.66px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members</span></a></p><br></b></div>