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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><i style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">On
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deadline</span></span></span></b></span></font><font color="#C00000" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">: </span></span></span></span></font><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">11:59
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30th</span></span></span></span></font><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">,
2020</span></span></span></span></font></b><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><br style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">
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<font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><font color="#C00000" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">MIT
Postdoctoral Association Mentoring Program 2020</span></span></span></b></span></font><font color="#1F497D" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"> </b></span></font><font color="#C00000" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">for
MIT postdocs</span></span></span></b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Due to several requests, and considering that the current covid crisis may be negatively effecting your work schedule, we have extended
the deadline of the Mentorship program for the final time until mid of next week, April 30th 2020. </em></span></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">MIT PDA Mentoring
</span>Program<span style="font-size:12pt"> 2020 is now open!!! To learn from experienced profes<em></em>sionals about how to achieve career goals and to be better prepared before the completion of your postdoctoral training, apply here! (sign in with a gmail
account)</span></font></div>
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program will kick off in April and run until September, at the peak of hiring season in 2020. Successful applicants will be paired with mentors based on background and career goals into small groups (2~3 mentors + 8 mentees). Mentors will share valuable professional
insights and have in-depth discussions about your career development through monthly informal sessions.</span></span></span></div>
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cover academia (for example MIT professors from various departments) and a wide range of industries and companies. To participate, please complete the online application by
<strong><span lang="en-CA">April 30th</span></strong>, 2020.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0px 0px 8pt"><font color="#C00000" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><strong>This program is for MIT postdocs</strong></span></font></div>
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deadline</strong></span></span></font><font color="#C00000" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><strong>:</strong> </span></span></font><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"></span></span></font><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span class="highlight" id="0.31145658612229354" name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="background-color:rgb(255,238,148); font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:16px; text-align:justify; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">April
30th, 2020</span></span></span></span></font></span></div>
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first week of May 2020</span></span></span></span></font></span></div>
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here</span></span></a><font color="#1F497D" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"> </span></font><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">(applicants
will be requested to sign in with their gmail account)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"></span><font style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">For any further
question, please contact us at</span><font color="#5a5a5a" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"> </font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">pda-professional@mit.edu or email me directly at qbukhari@mit.edu.</span></font></span></div>
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