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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Spring Semester Help Hours:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday – Thursday: 1-5pm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Friday: 2-4pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stop by the GIS lab in Rotch Library (7-238). You don’t need an appointment!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For help during spring break (3/26-3/30), email <a href="mailto:gishelp@mit.edu">
gishelp@mit.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Upcoming Workshops:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://calendar.mit.edu/event/intro_to_gis_principles_and_working_with_historic_data_in_gis_8666#.Wpa0a-gbNaQ">Intro to GIS Principles and Working with Historic Data</a>: March 14<sup>th</sup>, 10:30am-12:30pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>GIS Skills Needed for Upcoming Hackathons:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">MIT Hack for Inclusion: March 9th-10th <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Learning more and register: <a href="http://www.mitbreakingthemold.com">
www.mitbreakingthemold.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Make the Breast Pump Not Suck: April 27th-29th<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Apply: <a href="http://www.makethebreastpumpnotsuck.com">www.makethebreastpumpnotsuck.com</a> (deadline 2/28)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Use your GIS skills to help answer questions, such as the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Geographies with no baby-friendly hospitals, no lactation services, no lactation consultants and no peer support groups have been called “first food deserts” because they create a climate of poor support for breastfeeding where it is extremely
unlikely that breastfeeding will be successful. Where are these located?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-How can we best visualize those first food deserts at national scale so that we can direct resources and support to the communities most in need? What are the implications for required investment?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Are there correlations that would provide more support for the benefits of breastfeeding- for example the relationship to educational achievement? Public health advocacy and investment to eliminate food deserts?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All disciplines welcome: students, academics, professionals, community members
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<p class="MsoNormal">No prior hackathon experience necessary. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions? Contact Elaine Harris- <a href="mailto:ejharris@alum.mit.edu">
ejharris@alum.mit.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jennie Murack<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Geospatial Data Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:murack@mit.edu">murack@mit.edu</a> | 617-258-6680<o:p></o:p></p>
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