[Gsc-anno] @MIT [Two-Dollar Tuesday, Professional Development Series: Patent Law, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Info Session, and much more…]
Madalyn Sarah Berns
mberns at MIT.EDU
Wed Sep 14 01:20:37 EDT 2011
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In this week’s Anno:
1. Two-Dollar Tuesdays!
2. Professional Development Series: Patent Law - THURSDAY
3. MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Info Session - WEDNESDAY
4. There is Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory: The Economics Behind Honest Tea
5. The 1st MIT-India Conference: Accelerating Innovation
6. Travel Abroad with MISTI - WEDNESDAY
7. MIT Career Fair, Call for Volunteers
8. M.I.T.LEAD workshop series
9. Grants Program Committee on Race and Diversity (CRD)
10. Ballroom Dance Workshops
11. Student Art Association (SAA)
12. MIT European Career Fair - IT Team Recruitment
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1 What: Two-Dollar Tuesdays!
1 When: Tuesday, Sept 20, 6 pm - 7 pm
1 Where: Morss Hall @ Bldg 50
1 Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu
- Enjoy a $2 dinner with your friends and fellow grad students!
- Monthly GSC tradition -- to kick it off this month we'll do Blue Ribbon BBQ!
- Tickets always sell out so get them ASAP!
- Tickets & more info at http://gsc.mit.edu/2011/09/two-dollar-tuesday-sept-20/
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2 What: Professional Development Series: "Leveraging Your Graduate
Degree In Patent Law: How to Break Into the Field and What to
Expect Once You Get There,
2 When: Thursday, September 15, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
2 Where: 5-134
2 Contact: Lei Dai (dailei at mit.edu)
- RSVP to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZQZk11MmRRMzB6dVFfenNyMFhPSEE6MQ
- Professional Development Series invites MIT alums to talk about their
careers and how their MIT education helped make their career decisions.
- Hong-Van Le, Ph.D., J.D., an alumna of MIT (course 10), is an Associate
at Jones Day whose law practice specializes in advising clients in the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
- Eileen Falvey, Ph.D., J.D. is a Partner at Jones Day whose practice
focuses on patent litigation and patent prosecution for clients in the
biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and health sectors.
- There will be food---please try to bring your own reusable tupperware/
utensils. Also bring lots of questions!
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3 What: MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition Info Session
3 When: Lunch Session, Wed 9/14, 12 - 1pm - 4-237
Evening Session : Wed 9/14, 5 - 6pm - 4-163
3 Where: Varies
3 Contact: Info at mit100k.org
- The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is a series of contests
highlighting startup ideas and companies from across MIT
- It is one of the premiere business plan competitions in the world
- We are starting to recruit the next organizing group for the competition
- Available positions are social media marketing, on- and off-campus
marketing, judge recruitment, creative/events coordinators,
sponsorship/fundraising, viral video production & many more.
- Mark your calendars for our kickoff informational meetings
- Like us @ http://www.facebook.com/mit100k to keep informed.
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4 What: There is Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory: The Economics
Behind Honest Tea
4 When: Tuesday, Sep. 20
4 Where: Sidney-Pacific, Multi-Purpose Room
4 Contact: sp-cosi-chair at mit.edu
- The SP Committee on Scholarly Interaction will be hosting Professor
Barry Nalebuff, an MIT alumnus ('80), world-leading expert in game theory,
bestselling author, Forbes columnist, and founder of Honest Tea, one of
Inc. Magazine's fastest-growing companies.
- He will speak on the topic "There's Nothing so Practical as a Good
Theory: The Economics Behind Honest Tea", with a Q+A session following
the lecture.
- Sidney Pacific residents may RSVP for the dinner afterward.
- http://bit.ly/HonestTeaLectureGSC
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5 What: The 1st MIT-India Conference: Accelerating Innovation
5 When: Friday, September 23, 2011
5 Where: The MIT Media Lab
5 Contact: indiaconference-www at mit.edu / indiaconference.mit.edu
- The conference will cover topics such as technology, health care,
frugal innovation, finance and governance in India today.
- Keynotes: Narayana Murthy (Founder-Chairman, Infosys Limited),
Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande (Chairman/Co-founder, Sycamore Networks, Inc.)
- For tickets and more information: indiaconference.mit.edu
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6 What: Travel Abroad with MISTI
6 When: MISTI Open House, Wed 9/14, 12-1:30pm
6 Where: Stata Center, 32 (http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32)
6 Web: http://web.mit.edu/misti/news/openhouse2011.html
- Over 575 MIT students crossed the globe for all-expenses-paid
international internships and research through MISTI.
- MISTI has programs in Brazil, Chile (NEW!), China, France, Germany,
India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain. All students are eligible
(all majors, undergrad and grad).
- Learn more at the MISTI Open House and country program Info Sessions.
- Explore your options and speak with program alumni. Treats provided!
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7 What: MIT Career Fair, Call for Volunteers
7 When: Sept 6 - Sept 23
7 Where: Multiple locations, see above
7 Contact: Francisco Alonso, cf-sponsorship at mit.edu
- The 2011 MIT Career Fair Board of Directors invites you to get involved
in this annual recruiting event and ramp up your job-hunting efforts
- Run logistics of this prime event and get closer to companies representatives
- Assist companies to setup their information sessions and get to know them
on a more personal level
- Work with the Board of Directors to prepare materials for our sponsors
- Get a chance to run this major event next year
- Sign up here: see http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php
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8 What: M.I.T.LEAD workshop series
8 When: Start on Tuesday, September 20 at 6pm
8 Where: 32-124 (Stata Center)
8 Contact: mitlead at mit.edu
- First of the Seminar Series. Register since Free Dinner is provided
- http://housing.mit.edu/mit_lead_registration_form.
- A one stop shop for student organizations basic functional needs. In this
workshop we will discuss understanding and utilizing your organization’s
mission and purpose, collaborating with other student organizations,
and branding and promoting your organization.
- We hope that this session will help kick start a successful year for your
student organization!
- More seminars at: http://studentlife.mit.edu/sao/leadership/mitlead
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9 What: Grants Program Committee on Race and Diversity (CRD)
9 When: Deadline is October 1st
9 Where: http://diversity.mit.edu/grants-program
9 Contact: crd-chairs at mit.edu.
- Do you have an idea to promote diversity at MIT? Apply for a grant to
make it happen!
- The Committee on Race and Diversity has a grants program for projects
that will have an impact in making MIT a racially and culturally diverse
environment.
- Take advantage of this opportunity to share about your culture and
build a space to discuss racial and diversity issues at MIT and its broader
community.
- Read about the five core areas we are looking projects at
http://diversity.mit.edu/grants-program
- Submit your proposal to crd-chairs at mit.edu by October 1st.
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10 What: Ballroom Dance Workshops
10 When: Sundays 2:30-5pm, Mondays 7:30-9pm
10 Where: Location varies, check website
10 Contact: bdc-info at mit.edu
- Interested in learning Foxtrot, Tango, Waltz, Mambo, Jive, Cha-Cha,
Samba, Rumba, or Paso Doble?
- Come to classes offered by the MIT Ballroom Dance Club!
- Fun, casual, low time-commitment
- FREE for MIT students
- Check out our website for more info: http://web.mit.edu/bdclub/index.html
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11 What: Student Art Association (SAA)
11 When: Fall term starts Wed the 14th
11 Where: W20-424 and W20-431
11 Contact: saa.mit.edu
- Take traditional art classes, non-credit, in relaxed studios taught by
professional artists
- Classes start Wed the 14th
- Over 30 different offerings
- Students only pay $120 for 24 hour studio access, most materials, and
professional instruction.
- Classes in ceramics, digital and analog photo, drawing, painting,
animation, mosaics, screen-printing, printmaking, Chinese brush and more.
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12 What: MIT European Career Fair - IT Team Recruitment
12 When: Now
12 Where: https://www.euro-career.com/ad.html
12 Contact: francisco.delgado at euroclub.mit.edu
- We are looking for motivated people to form the IT Team of the MIT
Euroclub's largest event: the MIT European Career Fair.
- This event, organized every year in January, gathers 100+ European
companies, research centers & universities
- The ECF website is the core of the MIT European Career Fair, where
we gather more than 5000 CVs every year and is the tool for managing
the hundreds of interviews held during the event.
- We need people proficient in Linux Server Maintenance and/or PHP
+ SQL for maintenance and development of our website.
- For more more informations and details on how to apply visit:
https://www.euro-career.com/ad.html
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