From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Thu Dec 2 00:23:06 2004 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:23:06 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Upcoming events of CSSA in Dec Message-ID: Dear all: Below please find the upcoming events of CSSA in Dec, and please go to our website for more details: http://cssa.mit.edu/new/forum/index.php?act=calendar Good luck with your finals! CSSA Executive Board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MITea Time -- WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT INTERNSHIPS (Today) "Are you an international student looking for internship or summer experience?" "Do you know what are Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT)?" "Are you familiar with all the regulations regarding internships?" Speaker: Ms. Maria Brennan (Assistant Director, International Student Advisor) Time: Thursday, December 2nd, 5:30 pm Location: 4-163 Pizza and Soda will be provided This event is open to the whole MIT community. A short talk will be followed by the Q&A session. Contact: zhyzhang at mit.edu Sponsored: GSC funding board, International Scholars Office (ISO) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Ties Conference and Venture Capital Conference Dec 2nd-4th India and China's Entrepreneurial Trajectory Volunteer for free passes! Contact: miaoye at mit.edu, xuemin at mit.edu Details: http://global-ties.mit.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- China Today Seminar -- From'made in China¡¯ to 'Design of China' Speaker: Prof YI Jiang from Zhongshan University of China Language: Chinese Time: Dec 4th, 1pm-2pm Place: E25-111 Open to all MIT affiliates for free Contact: linhan at mit.edu Coorganizers: OCEAN, EMBA of Zhou Shan University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ China Today Seminar -- Biological Sciences Research in China SPEAKER: Professor Xiaodong Wang, Director of National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing. DATE: Tuesday, December 7th TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ROOM: 2-105 Pizza and drinks will be provided Dr. Wang will interview people who interests in working in NIBS after talk. Contact: zhyzhang at mit.edu, hidyhu at mit.edu Sponsors: GSC funding board, NIBS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULAR EVENTS Freeride Time: Ever other Sat (Dec 4th, Dev 18th) Place: Ashdown front door to Super 88 market Contact: yinyp at mit.edu, zhangh at mit.edu Entrance: Open to MIT Chinese students ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free English Class Time: Ever Tues 3-4:30pm (Dec 7th) The place: Room 5-233 (MIT main building) Open to: All MIT students and their spouses Refreshment will be provided. Contact: zhangh at mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venture Capital Club Time: Every Sat night 6-8pm Place: E25-117 Seminar topics: http://www.ocean-usa.org/ Co-organized by: CSSA and OCEAN Contact: linhan at mit.edu, hidyhu at mit.edu, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Movie Library Office Hour: Every Friday 12noon-12:30pm Place: 13-5057 Find Details on-line: http://cssa.mit.edu/new/movie/lib/movie.pl Contact: chuxy at mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIT CSSA Executive Board From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Fri Dec 3 16:06:44 2004 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:06:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] CSSA [Seminar from NIBS and Recruiting ] Message-ID: Dear all: There will be a seminar on the coming Tuesday. Prof Wang Xiaodong from NIBS will give a talk on Biological Sciences research, and recruit people who are interested in working in China as well. Please check the details below, and help spread the words to your friends. CSSA executive board ------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: China Today Seminar -- Biological Sciences Research in China SPEAKER: Professor Xiaodong Wang, Director of National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing. DATE: Tuesday, December 7th TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM ROOM: 2-105 Pizza and drinks will be provided Dr. Xiaodong Wang, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS) in Beijing, will speak to us about the current status and future directions of biological sciences research in China. He will describe the functions and missions of NIBS. Dr. Wang is interested to recruit new PI's for NIBS, and he would like to meet with all biomedical scientists who are interested in going back to china after the talk. Speaker Bio: Xiaodong Wang is the director of NIBS in Beijing. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1991. Dr. Wang is currently the George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair Professor in Biomedical Science, UT-Southwestern, and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Wang is a member of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by NIBS and GSC Funding Board China Today program Department of Career and Academic Development Chinese Students and Scholars Association @ MIT From hidyhu at MIT.EDU Thu Dec 30 21:14:27 2004 From: hidyhu at MIT.EDU (Yuhua Hu) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:14:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MIT CSSA Outreach] Need your help! (fwd) Message-ID: Dear all; You probably have heard about the "South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami" recently, which cause a lot of damage and loss of lives. The American Red Cross has set up a means to raise donations on line. If you would like to give a hand on that, please visit: www.bostonredcross.org For details, please check the email below. Thanks, CSSA executive board ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:59:33 -0500 From: Feng Han To: Yuhua Hu Subject: Need your help! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, I am sure you have all seen the devastation in Sri Lanka, my native country, on the news by now. Over 25,000 confirmed dead, thousands more missing, and more than a million people (over 5% of the country's population) rendered homeless in less than 15 minutes-and that's just in Sri Lanka. The devastation in Indonesia, and other countries in the region, is similar. I just found out that my cousin's wife lost her entire extended family. They were on a family vacation. He and his wife are in shock, after pouring through corpses all day trying to find their relatives. They are not among the dead; they are just a few of the missing. There are tens of thousands like them. The human dimension of this tragedy is hard to fathom. The millions of men women and children weeping hopelessly at this very moment desperately need your support. Please do not look away. I hope you find it in your hearts to give at least a little to help them through this difficult time. It will only take two minutes of your time. Every dollar counts. The American Red Cross has set up a means to track the contributions raised through this Harvard community effort. Donations can be made online, and are tax deductable. Please visit: www.bostonredcross.org On the donations screen, please select "South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami" under designation, and "Harvard Community Tsunami Relief Effort" under source. I know there are tons of charities out there. I recommend giving directly to the Red Cross, primarily because emergency relief is their core competence, and they are the front line in the effort to help those affected. They are politically neutral, have the capacity and infrastructure to get resources mobilized faster than anyone else, have a volunteer to paid worker ratio of 40:1, and they help all victims free of charge. Basically, giving directly to the Red Cross is the fastest and most efficient way to get help to those who urgently need it. Please pass this request on to as many people as you can. Thank you. Sincerely, Nayana Nayana N. Mawilmada HARVARD | BUSINESS | SCHOOL MBA Class of 2005 nmawilmada at mba2005.hbs.edu Tel: 617-817-7993