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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"docs-Roboto",serif;color:#202124;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA">What does it take to be a great mentor? Learn from MIT faculty</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"docs-Roboto",serif;color:#202124;mso-ligatures:none">How do you develop great mentorship skills? What are skills you can already apply during your postdoc and gain during your first years
as a faculty member?<br>
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Join the winners of MIT PDA's mentorship awards to learn how these MIT faculty members have learned to be effective, supportive mentors to their postdoctoral scholars. Moderated by PDA Alumni Chair, Dani Coogan, you'll have a chance to hear about their experiences
mentoring students and postdocs, their strategies for effective mentoring, and insights they would like to share with you. <br>
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<b>Featured panelists are:</b><br>
Prof. Muriel Medard (EECS, 2022 winner)<br>
Prof. Jing Kong (EECS, 2024 winner, Established Mentor)<br>
Prof. Laura Lewis (IMES/EECS 2024 winner, Early Career Mentor)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"docs-Roboto",serif;color:#202124;mso-ligatures:none">Date: Thursday, May 1st, 12pm-1pm ET<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"docs-Roboto",serif;color:#202124;mso-ligatures:none">RSVP to attend:
</span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA" title="https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://forms.gle/2GL8DCXN73a9nrcDA</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Do you think your PI deserves recognition, and to be on the next Mentoring Best Practices Panel? <b><a href="https://pda.mit.edu/mentoring-award/">Nominate your PI for the 2025 MIT PDA Excellence
in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award</a>! </b>A friendly reminder that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="color:black;background:yellow">nominations are due this Friday (April 25th).</span></b><span style="font-family:Optima"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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