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<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of the Vice President for Research is putting together focus groups to explore possible improvements to its websites, such as postdocs.mit.edu and research.mit.edu. Because postdoctoral scholars are a vital part of MIT’s research
community, your perspective on potential new features and layouts for these sites would be especially welcome. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Focus groups will last an hour and be conducted over Zoom by a consultant from outside MIT. If you’d be willing to participate, times are available from March 17 to March 20, and you can RSVP for the time most convenient for you by visiting
<a href="https://calendly.com/debbylevinson/vpr-website-focus-groups">this link</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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These focus groups will help inform the long-term strategy for the VPR websites. We anticipate that this work will conclude the initial discovery phase of this project, but if you have feedback about the sites that you’d like to share outside the focus groups,
or questions about this project, please contact Emma Boettcher, the VPR web projects and content specialist, at
<a href="mailto:eboettch@mit.edu">eboettch@mit.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emma Boettcher<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:none">Emma Boettcher (she/her) | Web Projects and Content Specialist | eboettch@mit.edu | 617-715-5802<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#8E0000;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;mso-ligatures:none"> |
<a href="https://research.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">MIT Office of the Vice President for Research</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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