[Gsc-anno] @MIT [Two Dollar Tuesday @ 20 Chimneys, Japanese Hanami Party, Rivers of Ice, and much more…]
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mberns at MIT.EDU
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In this week’s Anno:
1. Institute Award Nominations - Extended!
2. Two Dollar Tuesday @ 20 Chimneys
3. GSC Dissertation Boot Camp
4. GSC Mead Tasting @ Thirsty Ear
5. LSC: Mission Impossible IV - Ghost Protocol
6. Lutheran Episcopal Ministry Agape Meal with Communion + Good Friday Service
7. Lutheran Episcopal Ministry Sunrise Service and Breakfast
8. Sidney-Pacific Officer Info Session
9. SP Regalia Rental
10. Japanese Hanami Party
11. Entrepreneurial Big Pharma: Myth or Reality?
12. Geothermal & Renewable Energy in the Middle East, lecture by Khaled Sabawi
13. Fighting Occupation with Architecture, lecture by Alessandro Petti
14. Ashdown Brunch
15. Open Mic Session with Former President/CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center
16. Food for Thoughts: Eat ice cream and share your thoughts at a volunteering focus group event
17. Rivers of Ice
18. Book Launch of book tour for "White House Burning by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
19. Yoga for Youngsers Program
20. MIT Recreational Sports Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament
21. Argentine Tango workshops with Javier Antar and Kara Wenham
22. China Urban Development: Sustaining Personal Mobility in Urbanizing China
23. GAME/BioE Interdepartmental Coffee Hour
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1 What: Institute Award Nominations - Extended!
1 When: April 11, 2012
1 Where: http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/institute-awards/
1 Contact: gsc-awards at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-awards at mit.edu>
- We've extended the nomination deadline for 3 of our awards.
- Graduate Teaching Awards: Presented to TA or Professor for
excellence in teaching graduate courses
- Horton Fellowship: Presented to student or group that fosters
fellowship within the graduate student community
- Sizer Award: Presented to student or group for significant
improvements to MIT education
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2 What: Two Dollar Tuesday @ 20 Chimneys
2 When: 6 PM - 7 PM, Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012
2 Where: Twenty Chimneys (W20-306)
2 Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-ac at mit.edu>
- Come for a special TDT at 20 Chimneys in the Student Center!
- Hugely subsidized dining for grad students & guests, only once per
month!
- We'll be having Indian-Chinese fusion with Mumbai Chopstix!
- Also, since Pakistan borders both India and China, Pakistani agriculture
will be the theme of our charitable efforts this time!
- Tickets & Info @ http://gsc.mit.edu/2012/04/tdt-apr10
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3 What: GSC Dissertation Boot Camp
3 When: April 9-20, 8:30 am -5:30 pm
3 Where: Pritchett Dining Hall
3 Contact: Lindsay O'Brien, lbobrien at mit.edu<mailto:lbobrien at mit.edu>
- Quiet and focused environment for writing theses
- Coffee and breakfast provided
- Please supply your own laptop computer
- Register by 4/9; registration fee $20, refundable deposit $40
- http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/dbc/
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4 What: GSC Mead Tasting @ Thirsty Ear
4 When: Saturday, April 7, 4 PM - 8 PM (2 sessions)
4 Where: Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House (NW35)
4 Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-ac at mit.edu>
- Spring is here and the birds and the bees are abuzz! Take advantage
and try out some honey wine, or "mead"!
- Humans and Norse gods have been enjoying mead for almost 10,000
years, and now it's your turn!
- The top meaderies in Massachusetts and Maine are bringing their
best meads to the Thirsty Ear next weekend for you to experience!
- Featuring the winner of the GSC Craft Beer Tasting! Act now before
we run out of space!
- Tickets & info at http://gsc.mit.edu/2012/03/mead/
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5 What: LSC: Mission Impossible IV - Ghost Protocol
5 When: April 6 & 7, at 7 & 10pm
5 Where: 26-100
5 Contact: lsc at mit.edu<mailto:lsc at mit.edu>
- Academy Award-winning director Brad Bird (Ratatouille) makes his
live-action feature directorial debut with the fourth "Mission Impossible"
- Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, and Simon Pegg
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6 What: Lutheran Episcopal Ministry Agape Meal with Communion +
Good Friday Service
6 When: Wednesday, April 4, 5:15pm (meal) Friday, April 6, Noon
(good friday service)
6 Where: W11 Main Dining Room
6 Contact: lem at mit.edu<mailto:lem at mit.edu>
- [Meal] Come celebrate the traditional Maundy Thursday service with
a communal meal in W11.
- [Service] We will gather in a darkened chapel to remember Jesus'
crucifixion with a simple service of reading, prayer, and reflection.
- Everyone is Welcome
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7 What: Lutheran Episcopal Ministry Sunrise Service and Breakfast
7 When: Sunday, April 8, 4am
7 Where: Bus leaves from W11 for SSJE Monastery, Harvard Square
7 Contact: lem at mit.edu<mailto:lem at mit.edu>
- Easter morning worship with the community of The Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge.
- Community Easter Breakfast, 7:30am, W11 Main Dining Room
- Everyone is Welcome!
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8 What: Sidney-Pacific Officer Info Session
8 When: Wednesday, April 4th at 9 PM
8 Where: Sidney-Pacific Multi-Purpose Room
8 Contact: spec at mit.edu<mailto:spec at mit.edu>
- You don't need to be a Superman to become an SP officer. In fact, you
don't even need to be a current SP resident! Run for a Committee Chair
position
- Gain leadership experience! Get guaranteed SP housing for 2011-12!
Get priority on room selection!
- Open to the entire MIT graduate community. Come to our
informational coffee hour to learn more about the positions.
- Read up on the different officer descriptions
(http://s-p.mit.edu/about_sp/officer_positions.php)
- Apply at http://s-p.mit.edu/apply. Applications open 3/21-4/11
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9 What: SP Regalia Rental
9 When: Now-April 21st
9 Where: Sidney-Pacific
9 Contact: sp-regalia at mit.edu<mailto:sp-regalia at mit.edu>
- Rent MIT-colored regalia for June graduation
- $99 for current SP residents, $109 for rest of MIT community, plus a
$320 deposit (will be returned when gown is)
- Reserve by April 21st (but hurry, they may run out!)
- Find out more and register at http://s-p.mit.edu/regalia/
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10 What: Japanese Hanami Party
10 When: Fri. Apr. 13th, 2012, 7:00pm-9:00pm
10 Where: Hulsizer room, Ashdown (NW35)
10 Contact: jam-hq at mit.edu<mailto:jam-hq at mit.edu>
- Get a Sushi box for $5!
- Enjoy traditional Japanese food (rice ball, Kenchin soup, rice dumplings)
for $1 each!
- Enjoy Japanese games (whack-a-mole, chopstick pistol, bean transfer
game) for free!
- Enter a raffle to win a prize!
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11 What: Entrepreneurial Big Pharma: Myth or Reality?
11 When: Wednesday, April 4th, 11:30-1pm
11 Where: MIT Entrepreneurship Center (E40-160)
11 Contact: Jordi Mata-Fink, matafink at mit.edu<mailto:matafink at mit.edu>
- Can Big Pharma be innovative? How will it impact the world of
biotech?
- Join us as MIT professors and entrepreneurs go head-to-head with
Pfizer execs
- Read more at http://miter.mit.edu<http://miter.mit.edu/>
- Lunch provided
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12 What: Geothermal & Renewable Energy in the Middle East, lecture
by Khaled Sabawi
12 When: April 12, 7-8:30 pm
12 Where: Room 6-120
12 Contact: palestine-contact at mit.edu<mailto:palestine-contact at mit.edu>
- First Event of Palestine Awareness Week 2012 (PAW)
- Lecture by Khaled Sabawi, founder and president of MENA Geothermal
- Geothermal & Renewable Energy in the Middle East: energy
inefficiency in the MENA region! Why does it need an energy diet?
- Story of geothermal energy in Palestine!
- Cosponsored by: MIT Energy Club, MIT Energy Initiative, Chaplain to
the Institute Dr. Robert M. Randolph, Arcade, Arab Student Organization
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13 What: Fighting Occupation with Architecture, lecture by Alessandro
Petti
13 When: April 18th, 7 pm-8:30 Pm
13 Where: Room 6-120
13 Contact: palestine-contact at mit.edu<mailto:palestine-contact at mit.edu>
- Lecture by Alessandro Petti, Director of Decolonizing Architecture Art
Residency
- Program for an Architecture of Decolonization
- Decolonization seeks to unleash a process of open-ended
transformation toward the goals of equality and justice.
- Cosponsored by: School of Architecture and Planning Headquarters,
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Center for International
Studies at MIT
- more info: http://palestine.mit.edu/paw2012
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14 What: Ashdown Brunch
14 When: Sunday, Apr 8th noon – 1:30pm
14 Where: Ashdown House Hulsizer Room
14 Contact: ashdown-brunch at mit.edu<mailto:ashdown-brunch at mit.edu>
- Come join us for a Chinese and Iranian theme brunch!
- Try dim-sum and Iranian pancake and other typical brunch foods
from China and Iran
- Food privided in two batches, one at 12:00pm and the other at
12:20pm
- Please bring your own plates and utensils
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15 What: Open Mic Session with Former President/CEO of Beth Israel
Medical Center
15 When: Tuesday, April 10th (7-9PM)
15 Where: Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, One Amherst Street,
E40-160
15 Contact: Andrea Ippolito (ippolita at mit.edu<mailto:ippolita at mit.edu>)
- Hacking Medicine at MIT is hosting an event with Eric Buehrens, the
former interim CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center.
- The goal of this event is to help connect entrepreneurs to the
marketplace and give you open access to Eric Buehrens.
- Please sign up for the event here: http://bit.ly/GZLoZg
- If you are interested in pitching your idea at the event, please email
the contact info listed.
- Hacking Medicine’s mission is to create an ecosystem at MIT and
beyond for the Boston medical community, tech entrepreneurs, and
clinicians.
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16 What: Food for Thoughts: Eat ice cream and share your thoughts at
a volunteering focus group event
16 When: Friday, April 6, drop by anytime between 1-3pm
16 Where: Chipman Room, 6-104
16 Contact: RSVPs appreciated (but not required): volunteering at mit.edu<mailto:volunteering at mit.edu>
- Do you volunteer in the local community?
- If so, the MIT Public Service Center invites you to share your thoughts
about resources for MIT volunteers.
- Drop by the Chipman Room (6-104) on Friday, April 6, anytime
between 1:00-3:00pm.
- We’ll have a short survey, some informal discussions, and, of course,
delicious ice cream sundaes from Toscanini’s!
- RSVPs are appreciated, but not required: volunteering at mit.edu<mailto:volunteering at mit.edu>
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17 What: Rivers of Ice
17 When: Friday, April 13 from 5:30-7:30pm
17 Where: MIT Museum
17 Contact: Brindha Muniappan
- The MIT Museum welcomes to you to the public unveiling of Rivers of
Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalaya.
- Take a special opening day tour of the exhibition with MIT faculty and
staff knowledgeable about such topics as glaciology, water rights,
geology
- and then join a fast-paced discussion about how your exhibit
experience was influenced by your guide’s scientific perspective.
- Tours begin at 5:30 with discussion to follow at 6:00. Light
refreshments served.
- Free admission!
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18 What: Book Launch of book tour for "White House Burning by
Simon Johnson and James Kwak
18 When: April 10, 2012, 12 to 1:00 p.m.
18 Where: Wong Auditorum
18 Contact: Michelle Fiorenza at fiorenza at mit.edu<mailto:fiorenza at mit.edu>
- The discussion will investigate topics such as:
- Does the U.S. face a fiscal crisis? What are the real dimensions of
this crisis, and which issues are exaggerated by the current debate?
- What measures are needed to stabilize or reduce the US debt-to-GDP
ratio? Is there any chance that such steps will soon find political support?
- How and when exactly did the US lose its long tradition of fiscal
responsibility? Will we find our way back to policies consistent with
that tradition
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19 What: Yoga for Youngsers Program
19 When: April 22 - May 13
19 Where: Zesiger Center Multi-Activity Court (MAC)
19 Contact: fitness at mit.edu<mailto:fitness at mit.edu>
- Content will include yoga poses, breathing exercises, meditation,
yoga songs, yoga games
- Ages 4 - 7 welcome
- members $32; Nonmembers $48
- VISIT mitrecpsorts.com/youth<http://mitrecpsorts.com/youth> programs
- Registration in now open!
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20 What: MIT Recreational Sports Third Annual Dodgeball Tournament
20 When: Saturday, April 21st at 10 am
20 Where: duPont basketball courts at the Zesiger Center
20 Contact: rmull9 at mit.edu<mailto:rmull9 at mit.edu>
- FREE Event!
- Register for this event at either the Zesiger or Alumni/Wang Main
Desk or on-line at mitrecsports.com<http://mitrecsports.com/>
- Prizes Include: Individual Championship T-Shirts and Championship
Hall of Fame Plaque Placement
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What: Argentine Tango workshops with Javier Antar and Kara Wenham
When: April 4th - April 8th
Where: MIT campus (check info site)
Contact: tango at mit.edu<mailto:tango at mit.edu>
- Javier and Kara are two of the creme de la creme of Buenos Aires
based dancers
- Known around the world as teachers with exceptional presence,
generosity and effectiveness, they will profoundly improve your dance.
- We are offering these workshops to MIT students at HIGHLY discounted
price, so DO NOT miss this opportunity.
- For more info: http://tango.mit.edu/index.php
- Javier/Kara performance video: http://youtu.be/e-R-WczXO2g
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What: China Urban Development: Sustaining Personal Mobility in
Urbanizing China
When: 12:30pm-2pm, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 (Lunch starts at 12:10pm)
Where: 9-354
Contact: Dong Wang (billwang at mit.edu<mailto:billwang at mit.edu>)
- Speaker: Dr. Jiawen Yang, Assistant Professor of City and Regional
Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
- China's massive population, high density and fast economic development
produce huge demand for transportation investment.
- How to sustain city and regional mobility in the ever-expanding and
high-density megacities or megaregions in China?
- Please RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5Y5F8YQ.
- More info: http://dusp.mit.edu/cud/cud_series.html
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What: GAME/BioE Interdepartmental Coffee Hour
When: 4/6/12
Where: Bush Room (10-105)
Contact: leahm at mit.edu<mailto:leahm at mit.edu>
- Joint GAME & BioE coffee hour
- Featuring coffee, donuts, bagels
- Sponsored by Graduate Student Life Grants
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