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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Postdoctoral Scholars,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">If you haven’t already answered MIT’s 2024 Quality of Life Survey, I encourage you to do so. The survey covers a number of important topics such as workload, stress, wellness, and departmental
climate. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><br>
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The survey is voluntary and confidential. Your department will not have access to individual responses. The results will be presented in aggregate in a way that protects the privacy of respondents. More information can be found in the survey </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/qol" target="_blank" title="http://web.mit.edu/qol"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0078D7">FAQs</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">MIT has used results from previous surveys to implement several important initiatives, such as the employee T pass benefit, expanded childcare on campus, and the increased number of lactation
rooms. In addition, the MIT Postdoctoral Association uses the results to inform their advocacy efforts on behalf of postdocs. Every postdoc response can help make the community stronger. In addition,
</span><span style="color:#212121">MIT will award<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">10 grand prizes</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(valued at $500 each) and 750 additional
prizes (valued at $25 each) to randomly drawn survey participants.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><br>
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To access the survey, please click on the link that was included in the invitation email from President Kornbluth that was sent on February 15. Another way to access it is to </span><a href="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IL7Hukfaz4suoe" target="_blank" title="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IL7Hukfaz4suoe"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0078D7">retrieve
your unique link to the survey</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> using your MIT certificate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:AkayaTelivigala;color:#212121">Ann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Ann Skoczenski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Director, MIT Postdoctoral Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:postdocservices@mit.edu">postdocservices@mit.edu</a>
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