<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-545edb58-5491-f262-77d4-32becc60046a"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="cid:ii_j1b6vlxv0_15b5493273bafe18" width="562" height="180"><br>​<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear MIT Postdocs,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Another reminder that at the PDA General Meeting on 4/10/2017, we will be proposing, discussing, and voting on major changes to the MIT PDA Constitution and Bylaws.</b> These proposed changes have been worked over the course of several months by the Constitution Working Group Ad Hoc Committee. The general goal of the changes is to more closely reflect how the MIT PDA operates today and clarify procedures moving forward.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are attending the meeting on 4/10/17, please review the documents below as attending postdocs will be voting on the proposed changes. Send any comments or concerns regarding the proposed changes to</span><a href="mailto:pda-president@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> pda-president@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Current Constitution</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-CurrentConstitution" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-CurrentConstitution</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposed Constitution</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-ProposedConstitution" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-ProposedConstitution</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Constitution Commentary</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-ConstitutionCommentary" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-ConstitutionCommentary</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Current Bylaws</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsCurrent" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsCurrent</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposed Bylaws</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsProposed" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsProposed</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bylaws Commentary</span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsCommentary" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tinyurl.com/MITPDA-BylawsCommentary</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meghan</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-----</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Meghan Huber</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Corresponding Secretary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Follow the MIT-PDA on social media!</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:468pt"><colgroup><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"><col width="*"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:2.25pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT-PDA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0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14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">REGISTER HERE</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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 dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="360"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0);padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT-PDA NEWS AND EVENTS</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Events</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoc Volleyball</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the MIT-PDA Sports Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please join the PDA for volleyball!! 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="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please also add yourself to our</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499342643696472/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sports Facebook group</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday April 10, 7:30 - 9:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zesiger Mac Court</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2017 MIT Postdoctoral Association Vendor Fair</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the MIT-PDA Fundraising Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mark your calendars -- the PDA Vendor Fair now has a new date! On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 the PDA will host a vendor fair in the &quot;student street&quot; of the Ray and Maria Stata Center. This is a great opportunity to meet sales representatives of a wide range of companies (start-ups as well as the big players) where you typically order goods and equipment for the laboratory. This is the chance to meet the real people behind the products and not only the checkout webpage of the eCatalog. Besides all these vendors MIT WorkLife Center, MIT Libraries, and the International Scholars Office will also be present with valuable resources for you. There will be a raffle where you can win Amazon gift cards and PDA T-shirts! And most importantly - we have free food! Join us and get in touch with companies and your fellow PostDocs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  Wednesday, April 12, 2:00 - 5:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Stata Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> To join the raffle you must register via Eventbrite (</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-pda-vendor-fair-2017-tickets-31660675934" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) or on-site.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT Cooking Competition</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT-PDA Community Building Committee and MIT Spouses and Partners Connect</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The PDA and the MIT Spouses &amp; Partners Connect proudly present:The MIT Cooking Competition. Postdocs, spouses, and partners from all over the world will gather on April 14th in the Dining Hall of the Sydney Pacific Dorms (Bldg. NW86) to participate in this unique competition. Come and see their creations of finger food and enjoy a cooking demonstration by the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. The winners of the competition will be crowned that night, and you can be in the jury. So come join us for light snacks, drinks, and good company. If 21+, please bring ID.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Friday, April 14, 6:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dining Hall of the Sydney Pacific Dorms (NW86)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are still looking for volunteers to help making this event happening. We will do 2 shifts (~1.5 hours each), so you will get to enjoy the event before or after your shift. Potential jobs are: Set up, reception, helping with food and drinks logistics, general assistance, and clean up. Interested people please mail to </span><a href="mailto:pda-community@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">pda-community@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Career Speed Networking with STEM Professionals </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the Association of Women in Science Massachusetts Chapter (MASS-AWIS) and sponsored in part by the MIT Office of the Vice President for Research and MIT-PDA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you interested in exploring career options in science? If your answer is yes, then this is the event for you! You will have the chance to chat with a variety of STEM professionals for 12-minute rounds and gain valuable insights into their professions and career trajectories. All of this will be done over a catered dinner. Career areas include: Consulting, Industry Science (R&amp;D), Public Policy/Government, Non-profit, Science Communication (Writing/Editing), Business Management, Data Science, Startups in Life Science/ Technology/Innovation, Clinical Trials.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VfsqEWE6kHlRbH4gyo3AzbpGsZtX2pgilT1Yn2gBGGE/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to see bios of professionals attending. ***Disclaimer: This is not a career fair so please leave your resumes at home. Business cards are recommended.*** For more information, visit the event website </span><a href="http://mass-awis.org/events/speednetworking_apr2017/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, April 21, 6:00 - 9:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 46 - 3rd Floor Atrium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07edwjntlea18128b3&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by April 14 (Use promo code CSN2017MIT for $10 MIT sponsor/MASS AWIS member price) </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PDA and Strategic Games Society (SGS) Partnership</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT-PDA is happy to announce a new partnership for the board games nights with the MIT Strategic Games Society (MIT-SGS). It is now free for Postdocs to join the weekly board games nights hosted by the MIT-SGS. Moreover, you can bring your non-MIT friends for a small fee of $5 per year. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SGS meets every Friday at 7PM in MIT Building 50-316 (Walker Memorial Hall, Floor 3, Room 16) for  board games and card games. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gaming sessions typically go until around 12-2 AM. For more information about the board game branch of SGS, contact</span><a href="mailto:sgs-officers@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the officers</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoc Orientation Sessions</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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 dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data on postdoc population at MIT</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT oversight of postdocs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Defining postdoc expectations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Differences between fellows and associates</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PDA structure and initiatives</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to get involved</span></p></li></ul></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The sessions will be typically the 1</span><span style="font-size:6.6pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">st</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and 3</span><span style="font-size:6.6pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">rd</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 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="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> April 24</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, May 22. If you are interested in participating, you can register via Atlas or </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/training/course.html?course=CDT21061c" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GLIMPSE (PDA PInG Initiative) </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">             </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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 href="http://glimpse.mit.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://glimpse.mit.edu/</span></a></p><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="411"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0);padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OTHER MIT AND LOCAL EVENTS</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This Week</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spring Empowerment Conference 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by The Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) in partnership with the Postdoc Organization for Women Engaged in Research (POWER) and Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) in partnership with the Postdoc Organization for Women Engaged in Research (POWER) and Black Graduate Student Organization (BGSA) cordially invite you to the annual Spring Empowerment Conference next week, April 10-13th. The theme this year is &quot;Be Bold. Be Heard.” Exciting events include: Keynote by Victoria Kennedy, accomplished attorney and non-profit leader, Workshop: Effective Communications in your Hardest Conversations, Workshop: Strategies for Managing (and Publishing) that Large Writing Project, Workshop: “Improv” your Boldness &amp; Communication Skills, Workshop: Solo Travel 101, A Seat at the Table: Understanding Identity, Intersectionality, and Allyship, Comedy Night at the Thirsty Ear with all female comedians, and Poster making session for the March for Science. Check the Facebook page for more details </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/gwamit/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.facebook.com/gwamit/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Everyone is welcome and food will be served at all events! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Monday, April 10 - Thursday, April 13</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Varies for each event -- Check out the website’s Eventbrite links</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please RSVP through the website’s Eventbrite links </span><a href="https://gwamitempowerment2017.wordpress.com/blog/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://gwamitempowerment2017.wordpress.com/blog/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5G: Transforming the Wireless Industry with Qualcomm with Speaker: Mingxi Fan, &#39;99, MS &#39;99, PhD &#39;02, Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm Research</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by CSAIL Alliances</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Every decade, the cellular industry goes through a major technology generation, from 2G to 3G to 4G, and now it is time to prepare for 5G in the next decade. The 5G technology is designed to transform the industry with giga-bit connectivity everywhere, ultra-reliable automation control, and massive IoE with billions of connections to the network. This presentation will describe the technologies that enable the 5G vision, from air interface to spectrum innovations and cover industry eco-system status as of today. There are also unique opportunities positioned for long-term research with initial encouraging findings. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speaker Bio: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Mingxi Fan is currently Vice President of Engineering in Qualcomm Research with specific focus on spectrum sharing innovation for LTE and 5G. He joined the division in 2002 as a system engineer on cdma2000 EV-DO project. Since then, he has been driving key technology initiatives on cdma2000, UMTS, LTE and now 5G from concept to realization and commercialization. His responsibilities in company over the years span across system design, prototype, standardization, technology positioning and evangelization, and commercial product development and verification. He established Qualcomm Research China operation in 2008 as the first overseas research division for the company. He is presently driving corporate initiative on mobile technology innovation in spectrum sharing based on LTE and 5G. Mingxi holds over 100 granted patents, and he has received top contributor awards in Qualcomm Research in 2004 and 2011. Mingxi received his Bachelor, Master and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1999 and 2002, respectively, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, where he also received the Ernst A. Guillemin EE Master&#39;s thesis award from MIT in June, 1999.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, April 10, 4:00 - 5:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Hewlett Room, 32-G882</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><a href="http://bit.ly/CSAILQualcommTechTalk17" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/CSAILQualcommTechTalk17</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nature Research Seminar by Editor-in-Chief, Sir Philip Campbell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the MIT Office of the Vice President for Research and MIT Global Education &amp; Career Development</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students, graduates, postdocs, and faculty are invited to take part in an upcoming Nature Seminar hosted by MIT and presented by Nature Editor-in-Chief, Sir Philip Campbell. The seminar will be a talk and Q &amp; A about the lab and research group management challenges for aspiring and current Principal Investigators and researchers and the support that they might increasingly need in publishing. The seminar will cover key issues as it relates to: (1) Publication of papers: coping with editors and referees, the paper of the future, (2) Post-publication pressures, (3) Lab integrity, (4) Data, (5) (Ir)reproducibility, (6) Escape from the Impact factor! (7) Engaging with partner agencies in applicable research, (8) Aspects of outstanding mentoring, and (9) Addressing examples of good practice and good techniques for coping with these issues. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 11, 9:00 - 11:00 AM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 32-123</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RSVP </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1l_4HP7-HEf9uDY78kshBa4iC67SQSywUM5OOFBi-GW4/viewform?edit_requested=true" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or email </span><a href="mailto:partnerships@nature.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">partnerships@nature.com</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Multitasking: Why Your Brain Can’t Do It and What You Should Do About It</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Radius</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here is practical advice from a neuroscientist: Don&#39;t try to multitask. It ruins productivity, causes mistakes, and impedes creative thought. Many of you are probably thinking, &quot;But, I&#39;m good at it&quot;. Sadly, that is an illusion. As humans, we have a very limited capacity for simultaneous thought -- we can only hold a little bit of information in the mind at any single moment. You don&#39;t actually multitask, you task-switch. This wastes time, makes you error-prone and decreases your ability to be creative. I am going to tell you why and what you can do about that. Earl Keith Miller is a systems/cognitive neuroscientist, whose research focuses on neural mechanisms of learning, memory, and cognition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 11, 12:00 - 1:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 66-144</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Art of Behavioral Interviewing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Global Education and Career Development</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job. This session facilitated by Bob Dolan will discuss preparation and strategies for a successful interview. In addition, sample behavioral interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to answer those tough questions. This workshop is open to undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and alumni.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 11, 1:30 - 3:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1-190</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Home Maintenance 101: A Discussion with MIT Facilities and Landscaping Supervisors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the MIT Work-Life Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT’s very own experts will provide tips for what to do and what to avoid in home and yard maintenance and repair. They will focus on tips for spring and summer projects. Panelists from MIT Facilities—in the areas of carpentry, electricity, plumbing, painting, and landscaping—will share strategies and answer questions. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presenters</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> – </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT Facilities and Landscaping Panel:</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Mike" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mike Giambrone</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Dave" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dave Hingston</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#John" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Ledbury</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Norman" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Norman Magnuson</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Ron" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ron Nestor</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Sogna" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sogna M. Scott</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and</span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars/bios#Joe" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joe Vella</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please send questions ahead of time to </span><a href="mailto:worklife@mit.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">worklife@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (subject line: Fixing Home). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, April 13, 12:00 - 1:30 PM </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">76-156</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Negotiating Job Offers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Global Education and Career Development</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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. This workshop is open to Grads, Undergrads, Postdocs and Alumni. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 11, 1:30 - 3:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1-190</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Community Coffee Hour</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT International Students Office</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us every 2nd and 4th Friday! Meet with fellow international students and share your ideas and concerns. Let&#39;s support each other in the current political climate. Light breakfast served. Led by students, sponsored by ISO International Council and ISO.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, April 14, 10:00 - 11:00 AM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">E19-202</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Next Week</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Day of Engagement, Day of Action</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Day of Action Organizing Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On Tuesday 4/18/2017, members of MIT and the broader local community will pause our everyday activities and devote the day to engaging with the political, economic, and social challenges facing us today. We intend this day of action to be open to all, representing the full diversity of our community. A coordinated set of on-campus activities, including lectures, workshops, film screenings, and more, devoted to open, respectful dialogue and the exchange of ideas from the widest variety of intellectual, religious, class, cultural, and political perspectives.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 18, 9:30 AM - 9:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Building 32</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Registration is optional. Visit the </span><a href="https://www.dayofaction.mit.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">event website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more details and list of events.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Effective Presentation Skills</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Global Education and Career Development</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do you present your work to your lab, at conferences, or to a faculty or industry hiring committee? If so, this workshop presented by Bob Dolan is designed to provide you with tips and strategies for delivering an effective presentation. The more prepared you are, the more confident you will be. Discussions will include room set-up, proper dress, room management, and actual professional delivery to your audience. All GECD events are open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 18, 1:30 - 3:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">E19-202</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Pre-registration requested via </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CareerBridge</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Coping with Grief and Loss</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presented by Barbara Melton, M.Ed., Licensed Professional Counselor. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this webinar, we will discuss the process of grief and loss from the perspective of losing a loved one, whether it was expected or sudden. The stages of grief will be covered, and tips on how to move through the process will be provided. Ways to honor the loved one will be shared (through a process called &#39;ritual construction&#39;) and various potentially healing techniques will also be covered.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, April 18, 3:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Webinar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register </span><a href="https://kgaeap.personaladvantage.com/gadgets/RedirectProxy.jsp?RedirectProxy:scheme=Forward&amp;RedirectProxy:target=042017.jsp" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Think Big: Identify Goals and Set Priorities for Success</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speaker: Anna Robinson, M.A., WLCP; Work-Life Projects Administrator, MIT Work-Life Center. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this workshop, you will gain knowledge and insight to help you set goals for success in work and life. You will have the opportunity to define and explore the core values that motivate you. Working together with others, you will start to prioritize and set goals for the next steps in your successful and enriching career and life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, April 19, 12:00 - 1:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NE49-5000</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/think-big-identify-goals-and-set-priorities-for-success-registration-31296889840" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Choose to Reuse</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by Working Green Committee, Staff for Sustainability, MIT Recycling Program</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reduce, reuse, recycle! Drop off starting at 8:00 AM. Take five free items from 11:00 AM to 12:20 PM. No limit from 12:20-1:00 PM. You don&#39;t have to give to get. You just have to want to save the planet! MIT ID required. For more details, check out this website:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="http://web.mit.edu/facilities/ChoosetoReuse_FAQ_oct2016.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://web.mit.edu/facilities/ChoosetoReuse_FAQ_oct2016.pdf</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Thursday, April 20, 8:00am-1:00pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 32-first floor, Lobby with big mirror</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn How to Self-Promote Without Sounding Like a Jerk: MITAA April Career Lunch &amp; Learn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by MIT Alumni Association (MIAA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Would you rather visit the dentist than brag about your own skills and achievements? Then this webinar is for people like you. Unfortunately, you can’t just go about your business and hope someone notices you. Like it or not, it’s important to make it easy for others to understand what you aspire to accomplish and what you have to offer. That takes self-promotion, and this webinar explains how to do it in a respectful, honest, and effective manner. In</span><a href="http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&amp;gid=13&amp;pgid=37186&amp;content_id=40369" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this webinar, you will learn: Why helping others is the most effective and easiest form of “self-promotion”, why you should use social media, even if you hate using social media, when and why it makes sense to communicate as though you were talking to a seven-year-old, and the misunderstood power of context, and why the lack of it slows so many careers. All who attend this webinar will also receive a free digital copy of Bruce Kasanoff’s book—author and presenter—of the same name, How to Self-Promote without Being a Jerk. Both the book and the webinar are a quick way to understand the power of saying what you want in an engaging and understandable manner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date and Time </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, April 20, 12:00 - 1:00 PM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Location </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Webinar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Postdocs with an Infinite Connection account may register </span><a href="http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/03-alumni/wide.aspx?sid=1314&amp;gid=13&amp;pgid=37186&amp;content_id=40369" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (For information on Infinite Connection accounts, see:</span><a href="https://alum.mit.edu/networks/SharedInterestGroups/post-doc" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://alum.mit.edu/networks/SharedInterestGroups/post-doc</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Upcoming Deadlines</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hosted by the NE-FWW Planning Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to invite them to participate in the New England Future Faculty Workshop for Women in STEM Fields (NE-FFW) on the Northeastern University campus in Boston, Massachusetts on August 10, 2017.  The NE-FFW is designed specifically for women in STEM fields who are late-stage PhD students and postdoctoral scholars and interested in an academic career. The NE-FFW is focused on the academic job search.  The format of the one-day workshop includes faculty-led interactive discussions and peer-to-peer interactions.  Workshop topics include:  Finding Your Institutional Fit, Standing Out in the Interview, Reviewing CVs, Developing a Research Statement, Negotiating the Job Offer, and more.  To learn more about the New England Future Faculty Workshop for Women in STEM Fields, go to:</span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To participate in the NE-FFW, </span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apply by May 26</span><span style="font-size:6.6pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> online here.</span></a></p><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:468pt"><colgroup><col width="*"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:middle;background-color:rgb(67,67,67);padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR ADDITIONAL EVENTS </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu" style="text-decoration-lin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te, or 30. Beginners welcome - no experience necessary. Every Monday at noon in the Barker Dome of Barker Engineering Library (10-500). Please arrive promptly. </span><a href="https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/mindfulness-meditation" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is required.</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meditation for your Wellbeing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Wellness at MIT Medical offers drop-in meditation and relaxation sessions. Sit back and relax - no experience necessary. Please arrive promptly. A short talk and guided meditation begins at 12:10 pm. This class is held every 2nd Wednesday of the month, 12:10 pm-12:40 pm. Led by Seth Monk</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><a href="https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/mindfulness-meditation" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is required.</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT Writing &amp; Communication Center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Center provides free professional advice about all types of writing and speaking/oral presentations, including specialized help for non-native English speakers. See their website for more details: </span><a href="http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/ </span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MyLife Services</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://o6os.mj.am/link/o6os/xlkt8jnnqpg8/1/-kBne3WjUT8Ww6LEA98gxw/aHR0cDovL2hyd2ViLm1pdC5lZHUvd29ya2xpZmUvbWl0bXlsaWZlc2VydmljZXM" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MyLife Services</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">free,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">confidential, 24/7</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">counseling, consultation, and work-life referral service </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">provided by KGA, Inc.,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on and event listings, visit </span><a href="http://spouses.mit.edu/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://spouses.mit.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MIT Employee Resource Groups</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join an Employee Resource Group (ERG) at MIT!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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 dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">African, Black, American, Caribbean @MIT (ABAC@MIT) ERG</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asian Pacific American ERG</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Latino ERG,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lesbian, Gay, ,Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) ERG</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Millennials ERG</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Women in IT ERG</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check out the link for more information and upcoming events: </span><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/diversity/ergs/current" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://hrweb.mit.edu/diversity/ergs/current</span></a></p><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="264"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;background-color:rgb(152,0,0);padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OTHER RESOURCES</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Free Membership for the National Postdoctoral Association</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members" style="text-decoration-line:none">http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members</a></span></p><div><br></div></span></div>