[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[Interested in Clean Tech?, Interested in Asset Management?, Rent Monkey Off-Campus Housing Website...]
Chuck Gammal (GSC Secretary)
gsc-secretary at MIT.EDU
Mon Apr 19 15:36:21 EDT 2010
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Highlights:
1. Interested in Clean Tech?
2. Interested in Asset Management?
3. Rent Monkey Off-Campus Housing Website
4. Graduate Women at MIT Spring Kick-Off
5. Go-Karting at F1 Boston in Braintree
6. MIT Global Health Ecosystem Kick-off
7. 2010-11 Interfaith Dialogue and You?
8. Info Session - STeLA Leadership Forum 2010
9. The Who, What & Why behind the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
10. Spring Weekend Concert w/ N.E.R.D. and Super Mash Bros
11. Vote for MIT Graduate Student Directors at the COOP!
12. Tufts Graduate Student Council 5K Run/Walk
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1 What: Interested in Clean Tech?
1 When: Wednesday, April 21, 12 - 1 PM
1 Where: E51-151
1 Contact: RSVP by Tuesday to gscevents at mit.edu
- Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
- Andy has been recognized as one of the Top 100 technology deal makers
- Andy will talk about the challenges and opportunities he sees in clean tech,
focusing on a couple companies
- Lunch will be served!
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2 What: Interested in Asset Management?
2 When: Friday, April 23, 12 - 1 PM
2 Where: E51-149
2 Contact: RSVP by Tuesday to gscevents at mit.edu
- Dr. Gary Bergstrom, Chairman, Acadian Asset Management
- Gary has over 40 years of continuous experience in global investing
- Gary has a PhD from MIT
- Gary will talk about the founding of his firm
- Gary will talk about how to think about a career in asset management
- Lunch will be served!
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3 What: Rent Monkey Off-Campus Housing Website
3 Contact: http://rentmonkey.mit.edu
- Rent Monkey is an off-campus housing website that tracks rental
information provided by MIT students for MIT students.
- It enables current off-campus students to find roommates and
those on the market to contact landlords directly instead of incurring
large realtor fees.
- Rent Monkey is brought to you by the Graduate Student Council
and the Off-Campus Housing Office.
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4 What: Graduate Women at MIT Spring Kick-Off
4 When: Monday, April 26 - Friday, April 30
4 Where: More info at http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html
4 Contact: RSVP at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=43284&groupID=194
- [Mon 4/26] Keynote, "The Evolution of Bias" (5:30-6:30, 46-3002)
- [Tues 4/27] Workshop, "Negotiating Difficult Situations" (1:30-3, 66-168)
- [Wed 4/28] Panel, "Collaboration in Invention" (6:30-8, 56-154)
- [Thur 4/29] Panel, "Life Choices: Work and Everything Else" (6:30-8, 4-237)
- [Fri 4/30] Graduate Women Mixer (5-6:30, 6-321)
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5 What: Go-Karting at F1 Boston in Braintree (http://www.f1boston.com/)
5 When: Saturday, April 24th, Noon - 5pm
5 Where: Meet at Sidney-Pacific Dorm at Noon if transportation needed
5 Contact: rmolian at mit.edu
- F1 Boston is high speed, high intensity go-karting at its best, and the GSC
is subsidizing a trip!
- With Transportation: $30 for MIT grad students, $35 for guests
Without
Transportation: $25 for MIT grad students, $30 for guests
- Each graduate student may buy up to 1 guest ticket and both must have
valid driver's license (foreign licenses accepted)
- Tickets sales EXTENDED to Tuesday, April 20th at
https://gsc.mit.edu/f1boston/register.php (certificates required)
- There can be 6 people in a team so if you would like to be in
a group please have a team name to be entered at check-out
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6 What: MIT Global Health Ecosystem Kick-off,
6 When: May 5th 5-7pm
6 Where: R&D Commons in Stata
6 Contact: http://globalhealth.mit.edu/lights
- The MIT LiGHTs (Leaders in Global Health Transformation) Fellows cordially
invite you to the Global Health Ecosystem @ MIT Kick-Off Event:
- Meet experts engaged in Global Health from 5 key areas at MIT
- Learn about classes and research opportunities
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7 What: 2010-11 Interfaith Dialogue and You?
7 Contact: ora at mit.edu
- Addir Fellows-MIT Interfaith Dialogue now recruiting Grad and Undergrad students.
- Students of all faiths (and secularists!) are urged to apply.
- Getting to know "the other" is not often part of "regular" life.
- Getting to know "the other" is THE purpose of the Addir Fellows program.
- Overwhelmingly past fellows report that Addir more than met expectations.
The food is really good too!
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8 What: Info Session - STeLA Leadership Forum 2010 @Beijing this summer!
8 When: Wed Apr 21, 6pm
8 Where: MIT room 1-132
8 Contact: email: application at stelaforum.org or web:http://www.stelaforum.org
- This Year: Aug15-Aug23 @ Peking University, Beijing, CHINA
- Theme: “Lost in Development: Technology Transfer -Energy and Agriculture”
- lectures,workshops,discussn. w/collab. MIT Leadership Ctr & Harvard Kennedy Sch
- Participants: Grad & Undergrad students studying in Japan, USA, China & France
- Info Session Wed. Apply http://web.mit.edu/stela-mit/next/2010/application.html
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9 What: The Who, What & Why behind the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
9 When: Thursday, April 22, 12:30-2pm
9 Where: Mezzanine Lounge, Student Center (W20-307)
9 Contact: Ed Canton, Awards Program Officer, lemelson_awards at mit.edu
Learn about the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and join this
year's Student Prize Winner and Finalists as they discuss what it
means to be an inventor, the inventive process, and their portfolio
of inventions. Free lunch will be provided!
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10 What: Spring Weekend Concert w/ N.E.R.D. and Super Mash Bros
10 When: Friday, April 23 at 8pm
10 Where: Johnson Athletic Center
10 Contact: sw-staff at mit.edu
- A rock-rap band with the hottest mash-up group!!
- Tickets online at sao.mit.edu/tickets
- $15 MIT students - $20 guests and local college students
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11 What: Vote for MIT Graduate Student Directors at the COOP!
11 When: Elections end Monday, April 26, 2010
11 Where: Student Elections @ www.thecoop.com
11 Contact: mitcoop at mit.edu
- you WANT cheaper textbooks, a nicer MIT Coop store, and better merchandise
- you NEED MIT student representation on the Coop Board of Directors
- All you have to do is VOTE for MIT Student Directors at thecoop.com!
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12 What: Tufts Graduate Student Council 5K Run/Walk
12 When: Saturday, May 8th, 10 AM
12 Where: Eaton Hall Patio at the Tufts Medford Campus
12 Contact: gsc-vicepresident at tufts.edu.
- All proceeds of this run will go to Project Hope and RESPOND Inc.
- Registration is $20 and is available online at go.tufts.edu/gsc
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