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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Hello Postdoc Scholars,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">I hope you all enjoyed some rest over the long weekend. Among the many events that fill the ‘fire hose’ of life at MIT, two stand out this week that may be of interest to postdocs –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">First, <b>TODAY, April 22</b> at 3:00pm the National Postdoctoral Association is hosting a webinar in their Smart Skills series:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Presenter: Brian Delaney, Esq., immigration lawyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima"><a href="https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1885055&group=">https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1885055&group=</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Note that you need to activate your
<a href="https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/Join">free membership</a> to the NPA, using your MIT email address, to access Smart Skills seminars and other NPA resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">On <b>Thursday, April 24</b>, the MIT Chemistry Department is hosting a ‘Research on the Mind’ seminar at 4:00pm:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">“Bold Move: How to Thrive Through Uncertainty”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Speaker: Luana Marques, PhD, Harvard Medical School<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima"><a href="https://calendar.mit.edu/event/colloquium-series-research-on-the-mind-3083">https://calendar.mit.edu/event/colloquium-series-research-on-the-mind-3083</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Location: MIT 6-120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Time: 4:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Optima">Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions or concerns about your postdoctoral experience.<o:p></o:p></span></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;mso-ligatures:none">Ann Skoczenski, PhD</span></i></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Director of Postdoctoral Services</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office of the Vice President for Research</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://postdocs.mit.edu/" title="http://postdocs.mit.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://postdocs.mit.edu/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:annskocz@mit.edu" title="mailto:annskocz@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">annskocz@mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">“While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next Condensed",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">others can be a great blessing.” –Uncle Iroh</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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