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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Postdoctoral Scholars,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">National Postdoc Appreciation Week begins on Monday, September 20<sup>th</sup>. MIT is proud to host almost 1500 postdoctoral scholars from all over the world, and we recognize and are grateful for the role
you play in making the Institute a great place. Here are some events that we have planned and curated to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week. They include both virtual and in-person events, and we hope that you can take part in some/all of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--Ann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Events to celebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2021</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Monday, September 20, 2021 – 1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">Virtual</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> NPAW Keynote address, “Values, Virtues and Vocation”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Speaker: Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hosted by the National Postdoctoral Association (MIT sponsors free NPA membership for all MIT postdoctoral scholars)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1555427"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Register
here</span></a> </span></i><i><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Tuesday, September 21, 2021 – 1:00-3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">In-person</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Headshot Clinic, providing MIT postdocs with professional photos for your career<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Photographer: Justin Knight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hosted by MIT Postdoctoral Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050848AFAD2DA0FD0-mitpostdocs"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Register
here</span></a></span></i><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Wednesday, September 22, 2021 – 1:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">Virtual</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Workshop, “Centering your identity and interests while preparing for your next career step”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Presented/hosted by the Postdoc Academy (Boston University/NIH)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsfu6grzouHdL2uCv6_m5xohu89cUVnZg1"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Register
here</span></a></span></i><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thursday, September 23, 2021 – 11:00-12:30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">Virtual
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">MIT Postdoc Resource Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> and call for nominations for the inaugural Excellence in Postdoc Mentoring Award</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Welcome remarks: Maria Zuber, MIT Vice President for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hosted by MIT Postdoctoral Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Registration opens Monday, 9/20 at 5:00 pm</span></i><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Friday, September 24, 2021 – 2:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">In-person</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#C00000">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Talk, “Growing Your Leadership Competencies as Women in Science”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Speaker: Angeliki Diane Rigos, Executive Director, MIT Tata Center for Technology & Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hosted by MIT POWER (Postdoctoral Organization for Women Engaged in Research)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUfKETfVm4DIPdn6HORgMUQyJXDUd_LPwOnKLO2a8s-FbV0A/viewform"><span style="color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Register
here</span></a></span></i><i><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more National Postdoc Appreciation Week events, visit the
<a href="https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/general/custom.asp?page=2021NPAW">NPA web site</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Ann Skoczenski, PhD</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Director of Postdoctoral Services</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:annskocz@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">annskocz@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black">others can be a great blessing.” –Uncle Iroh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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