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Join us for our monthly PDA meeting! Enjoy coffee and snacks while we connect, share updates from PDA officers, and discuss postdoc life. We're reformatting our coffee hour to be more casual—drop by for a relaxed chat, share your thoughts and concerns, and
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Tuesday, April 29th, 12pm-1pm</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); font-weight: 700;">In person @ 24-115 </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">*NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE*</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">On Zoom @ <u><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/96221008860" id="OWA5f098b62-0d01-edb0-7c42-6b8bf7afb275" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;">https://mit.zoom.us/j/96221008860</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><font size="4">Webinar with an Expert Immigration Attorney </font></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please join an informational forum webinar that will be held on Friday open to all MIT community members. The PDA will take
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notes</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and keep </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1y6mBRVDmteByuBszAGtvd_lZZV2xXKTrX01QUD-ewU8/edit" id="OWAa89c0217-5b73-5403-6275-44708ae02bb6" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">a
living document</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> of all resources that we are aware of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Friday, April 11th, 1:30–2:45 pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Online access: <u><a href="https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mit/s25/1/" id="OWAe9c2f03e-897a-889d-3e28-393842c9e579" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;">https://web.mit.edu/webcast/mit/s25/1/</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submit your question in advance: immigration-questions@mit.edu</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><font size="4">Non-Faculty Careers Q&A Panel (and Pizza)</font></span></div>
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Interested in learning about careers outside of academia? Curious about how those careers differ from postdoc work? Join the PDA and CAPD for:</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Diverse Non-Faculty Careers with MIT Postdoc Alums</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 5pm - 6pm ET | Maclaurin Buildings (4), 4-149</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">On Zoom: <u><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/98336458373" id="OWA47a07382-a6a7-6a9b-8ac0-1ba87e8df90a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;">https://mit.zoom.us/j/98336458373</a></u></span></div>
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Our panelists will be:</div>
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Ziling Chen: Senior Research Scientist, Analog Devices (Postdoc: Mechanical Engineering)</div>
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Darcy Gordon: Instructor of Blended and Online Initiatives, MIT Biology (Postdoc: Biology)</div>
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Simran Kaushal: Scientific Writer, Myriad Genetics (MIT Postdoc: Biological Engineering)</div>
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Jonas Wulff: Senior Engineer, Open Evidence (Postdoc: CSAIL)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><font size="4">Visa and green card application information sessions</font></span></div>
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We will host a second session with The Arkell Immigration Team at Dunn Law Firm:</div>
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Presenter: Jim Arkell</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Date: April 11th</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Time: 12pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Join Zoom Meeting: <u><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81345671813" id="OWAe60da32f-6ff4-867f-eb1e-7457c3046609" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81345671813</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">** Questions about visas sponsored by MIT or for work at MIT should be directed to IScho. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><font size="4">Group outings to Harvard Bookstore & MIT museum</font></span></div>
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Join fellow postdocs at group outing to:</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Dr. Jack Szostak at Harvard University on his new book “<i>Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Date and time: Thursday, April 10th, 6pm-7pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">MIT museum special program:<i> In Pursuit of Innovation: A Fireside Chat with Robert S. Langer and Michael John Gorman</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Date and time: Thursday, April 17th, 6pm-7pm</span></div>
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Check your MIT email and postdoc slack channel for sign up information!</div>
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<i>Reading is to learn, to experience things we never could in our own lives, to see other perspectives, and to reflect in the experience of others.</i></div>
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We are starting a book club for the MIT postdoc community!! Whether you are already a book lover, want to read books you wouldn't normally pick, to learn how other readers think, plus, to meet like-minded postdocs at MIT, join the MIT PDA book club!!</div>
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For the first event, we will read <span style="font-weight: 700;">Intermezzo by Sally Rooney</span> (Zoe’s pick!!)</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RSVP and more info can be found here: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/SWvhume8zcvyo8us7" id="OWA7d94900d-9472-26f7-90b9-b6dc242298c3" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://forms.gle/SWvhume8zcvyo8us7</a></u></span></div>
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MIT PDA Community Building Committee Book Club Team</div>
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Ayoub, David, Olivia, Shahina, Yiqiao and Zoe</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><font size="4">Postdoc Buddy Program </font></span></div>
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Are you excited for the summer chapter of the postdoc buddy program?! You will be paired with fellow postdocs in other departments/institutes that share similar interests or career aspirations. It is a great opportunity to get out of the lab bubble, meet new
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contact the Community Building Committee (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:pda-community@mit.edu" id="OWAfe6f15ad-f2ad-1688-33b2-446916dbfb25" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">pda-community@mit.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)
and co-chairs Yiqiao (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:yqzheng@mit.edu" id="OWA8fc382ac-d945-c285-2719-3dd474e80530" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">yqzheng@mit.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)
and Megan (</span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:megp@mit.edu" id="OWAfd066633-c4a5-0881-346a-646262fd3430" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">megp@mit.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)
if you have any questions or suggestions.</span></div>
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Hosted by the PDA and CAPD: Come engage with the faculty who are past winners of the MIT PDA Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award 2025 as they share their experience and advice on providing quality and effective mentorship.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To nominate your PI, please upload your nomination
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Check your email inbox for full details on the nomination process! (Dani will be sending periodic reminders.)</span></div>
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This year, the award will have two categories:</div>
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1) <i>Early Career Mentor Award</i>: Mentors with less than 8 years of postdoctoral mentoring experience will be considered for this category. </div>
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2) <i>Established Mentor Award</i>: Mentors with 8 or more years of postdoctoral mentoring experience will be considered for this category.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b>Nominations will close on 04/18/2025 at 11:59PM EST.</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> If you have any questions or concerns, please contact
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700;">Sign up for a </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://pda.mit.edu/pins/postdoc-orientation/" id="OWA568de2eb-0a37-2ed2-b0a2-12f749ef0dab" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">Postdoc
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join the Slack channel: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="https://mit-postdocs.slack.com/" id="OWA7692526b-6dbd-d972-fdd5-d6e04f4d8774" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">https://mit-postdocs.slack.com/</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Email the PDA: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a href="mailto:contactpda@mit.edu" id="OWAc84a1b69-4fd6-4478-75b1-2dea1484aab2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;">contactpda@mit.edu</a></u></span></div>
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