<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;" class="">Dear Postdocs </span><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><font face="AvenirNext-Regular" color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><font face="AvenirNext-Regular" color="#000000" class="">Happy 2023 to all! </font><span class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The PDA is looking to improve the postdoctoral onboarding at MIT for all postdocs. We separately want to assess how visas are issued for international postdocs. Currently, both are handled at the Department/Lab/Center level and subject to a lot of variation - which can affect your productivity as a researcher at MIT.</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><b class=""><i class="">To do this, we need your help!!</i></b></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;">Please fill out <a href="https://forms.gle/je3A1NBgNpvZvX8v8" class="">this confidential survey</a> which takes no more than 5-10 minutes by <b class=""><i class="">January 31st</i></b>, and have a chance to <b class=""><i class="">win a</i></b> <b class=""><i class="">25$ voucher for Area4 pizza</i></b>!</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;">Thank a lot in advance and have a great week</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;">Your PDA</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="">
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