[Gsc-anno] @MIT [Spring Fever : MIT/Harvard Mixer Party, Sustainability and the Student Experience, Institutions, Politics, and Land in African Cities, and much more…]
Madalyn Sarah Berns
mberns at MIT.EDU
Wed Apr 18 10:29:50 EDT 2012
GSC ELECTIONS:
Housing and Community Affairs Committee
WEDNESDAY April 18th 6p - 7p
Orientation Committee
TUESDAY April 24th 5:30 - 630p
SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT: http://gsc.mit.edu/anno
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In this week’s Anno:
1. Spring Fever : MIT/Harvard Mixer Party
2. Sustainability and the Student Experience
3. Become an MIT Career Fair Director!
4. Sign up for the Graduate Student Symposium
5. Backpack to Briefcase
6. Institutions, Politics, and Land in African Cities
7. SP/Ashdown April Brunch
8. Science for Sinners!
9. The MIT Sidney Pacific/Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series:
“The Clean Energy Future: Opportunity or Train Wreck?"
10. An entrepreneurial path from IT to Biotechnology with a little help
from MIT, by Jeff Behrens
11. Engaging the Bystander
12. Choose to Reuse
13. Community Choice Vote Open! 2012 MIT IDEAS Global Challenge
14. Comedy Night II at the Thirsty Ear Pub
15. YouPitch : Pitch Video Competition
16. "Presenting Technical Information to People Outside of Your Field"
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Message brought to you by: The MIT Graduate Student Council
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Visit us online at: http://gsc.mit.edu
Submit an announcement: http://gsc.mit.edu/anno
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1 What: Spring Fever : MIT/Harvard Mixer Party
1 When: Saturday, April 28 at 9 PM
1 Where: Sidney-Pacific
1 Contact: sp-vp-reslife at mit.edu<mailto:sp-vp-reslife at mit.edu>
- MIT and Harvard are coming together once again to dance the night
away at this annual event.
- Tell friends, dress to impress, and dance the night away with us!
- Free admission, cash bar, ID required.
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2 What: Sustainability and the Student Experience: Exploring
opportunities for engagement in an environment and
sustainability initiative at MIT
2 When: Thursday April 26th from 5:30 to 7pm
2 Where: 56-154
2 Contact: Info and RSVP at: http://gsc.mit.edu/committees/arc/sustainability/earthday2012panel/
- In light of the Environmental Research Council report, the panel will
focus on how students can engage in environment and sustainability
initiatives
- Event will explore sustainability in the classroom, MIT as a living
laboratory, and initiatives beyond campus
- Panelists include: Prof. Dara Entekhabi; Steven Lanou; Jennifer Liu;
Dr. Amanda Graham; and Dr. Stephen Hammer
- Sponsored by: GSC Sustainability; CIS Global Sustainability WG;
Sustainability at MIT; UA Committee on Sustainability; and EHS
Sustainability
- An Earth Day 2012 Forum Event (see:
http://earthdaychallengemit.wordpress.com<http://earthdaychallengemit.wordpress.com/>)
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3 What: Become an MIT Career Fair Director!
3 When: ASAP
3 Contact: cf-directors at mit.edu<mailto:cf-directors at mit.edu>
- Want to run one of the largest Career Fairs in the US?
- Interested in having close contact with over 300 of the top employers?
- The MIT Career Fair is looking for new leadership and YOU could be
one of the next Directors
- Director Positions: Employer Relations, Treasurer, Sponsorship, Publicity,
Week-of Logistics, Day-of Logistics, Facilitator
- Apply/Info: http://gsc.mit.edu/2012/02/becoming-a-career-fair-director/
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4 What: Sign up for the Graduate Student Symposium
4 When: Deadline Apr 30th
4 Where: Walker Memorial
4 Contact: You and the MIT graduate alums
- Do you want to have a discussion about your research/project with
academic/industrial leaders and network with them over a free dinner?
- On June 9th, MIT alumni will come back on campus and there will be
a poster session for graduate students to demonstrate their latest research.
- Show your work to them and get expert advices! Posters and/or
prototypes welcome!
- Register at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZNQWtNU05rdGVDdUdRMERfS0dGSmc6MQ#gid=0
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5 What: Backpack to Briefcase
5 When: Thursday, April 26, 2012
5 Where: Stata (32-123)
5 Contact: Elena Byrne, aa-student-services at mit.edu<mailto:aa-student-services at mit.edu>
- Free food and practical advice from alumni and industry professionals.
- Topics: Real Estate (renting & buying), Finances, and Dressing for
Success
- Register for FREE and let us know what sessions you plan to attend
at http://alum.mit.edu/students/GraduatingStudents/Backpack_to_Briefcase.
- Graduate students and their families welcome!
- Attendees who fill out the survey after the seminar will be entered in a
raffle to win one of three $50 TechCash cards!
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6 What: Institutions, Politics, and Land in African Cities
6 When: Thursday April 19th, 4:15 PM
6 Where: MIT 9-450
6 Contact: elresor at mit.edu<mailto:elresor at mit.edu>
- Organized by UrbanAfrica at MIT
- Featuring Ellen Bassett of Portland State, Michale Hooper of the GSD,
and Garth Myers of Trinity College
- Moderated by Balakrishnan Rajagopal of MIT DUSP
- Sponsored by the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies, the
International Development Group, and the Department of Urban
Studies and Planning
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7 What: SP/Ashdown April Brunch
7 When: April 22
7 Where: SP MP Room
7 Contact: sp-brunch-chair at mit.edu<mailto:sp-brunch-chair at mit.edu>
- Free food and Fun!
- Bring your own plate and utensils.
- Come early to help prepare food, and get first dibs!
- Sponsored by ODGE and GradRat
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8 What: SCIENCE FOR SINNERS!
8 When: Thursday, April 26, 6-9pm
8 Where: MIT Museum
8 Contact: Brindha Muniappan: brindha at mit.edu<mailto:brindha at mit.edu>
- Eat, drink & "speed geek" your way through the MIT Museum, talking
with nine different researchers about their takes on the seven deadly sins.
- Learn about greed from a neuro-economist, hear from health scientists
about gluttony and lust,
- and find out what game theory, mental illness, and foreign travel have
to do with vice and virtue.
- Space is limited for this 21+ event. $15 admission includes two drinks,
light dinner and dessert.
- http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/programdescriptions.html#sin
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9 What: The MIT Sidney Pacific/Presidential Distinguished Lecture
Series: “The Clean Energy Future: Opportunity or
Train Wreck?"
9 When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 6:30pm (doors open/refreshments at
6:00pm)
9 Where: MIT Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence, Multipurpose Room
9 Contact: http://goo.gl/HH3SY
- The MIT Presidential Fellows/Sidney Pacific Distinguished Lecture Series
hosts leading thinkers at Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence
- Lectures are open to the public and followed by dinner for up to 40
lecture attendees (by lottery; RSVP required) and the speaker at Sidney Pacific
- .Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and
Engineering Systems and Director of the Energy Initiative
- He currently serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for
Science and Technology (PCAST)
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10 What: An entrepreneurial path from IT to Biotechnology with a little
help from MIT, by Jeff Behrens
10 When: Friday, April 20, 11.30am-1pm
10 Where: E51-345
10 Contact: dailei at mit.edu<mailto:dailei at mit.edu>
- RSVP to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFM2aENQU09XOHV4X3phbDFEa3MwZ1E6MA
- Jeff is CEO of Sialix, a biotechnology firm focused glycobiology and
its impact on oncology and inflammation.
- Jeff made a transition from IT to life sciences by spending 2 years at
MIT/HST's Biomedical Enterprise Program and currently teaches HST590.
- He has previously worked at Edimer, Alnylam, and Biogen Idec. Prior
to MIT, Jeff was founder and president of The Telluride Group.
- There will be food---please try to bring your own reusable tupperware/
utensils. Also bring lots of questions!
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11 What: Engaging the Bystander
11 When: 7-8 PM, Sun. Apr 22, 2012
11 Where: Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence (NW86)
11 Contact: sunnyvb at mit.edu<mailto:sunnyvb at mit.edu>
- April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month; a team of peer counselors
and Violence Prevention and Response advocates will be coming to
talk about:
- Sexual assault portrayal in the media, and how this shapes popular
beliefs about this issue.
- We'll show a collection of clips from pop. culture, discuss their
implications, & decipher how they represent societal knowledge about
sexual assault.
- Dinner is provided - please bring your own dishware!
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12 What: Choose to Reuse
12 When: Thursday April 19 8AM-1PM
12 Where: Stata TSMC lobby (with the funny mirror)
12 Contact: Rosalie, ro_br at mit.edu<mailto:ro_br at mit.edu>
- Come and pick up free stuff!!!!
- Bring in clean, reusable items such as clothes, mugs, magazines, or
whatever you don't have space for anymore.
- Drop-off begins at 8:00 AM. Pick-up starts at 11:00 AM. Event ends at
1:00 PM.
- We will be co-hosting with the Spouses & Partners @ MIT group and
featuring children and toddler clothing additionally.
- Everything that remains will be donated or recycled by the Department
of Facilities Recycling Program.
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13 What: Community Choice Vote Open! 2012 MIT IDEAS Global Challenge
13 When: Through midnight EST on April 29, 2012
13 Where: online at http://globalchallenge.mit.edu<http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/>
13 Contact: globalchallenge at mit.edu<mailto:globalchallenge at mit.edu>
- 37 teams from around MIT are entered into this year's IDEAS GC.
- With your help, 3 teams will win a $1500 Community Choice Award.
- Meet the teams with innovative ideas to make the world a better place.
- Place your three votes!
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14 What: Comedy Night II at the Thirsty Ear Pub
14 When: Tuesday, May 1, 7:30pm
14 Where: Thirsty Ear Pub
14 Contact: TEEC <teec-officers at mit.edu<mailto:teec-officers at mit.edu>>, GAME <game-officers at mit.edu<mailto:game-officers at mit.edu>>
- Join us for another comedy night at the Thirsty! This month: Standup!
Performances by the MIT Standup Comedy Club and YOU
(contact succ at mit.edu<mailto:succ at mit.edu>)
- Free food and drink for all guests; free pint glasses / bottle openers
/ t-shirts will also be given away!
- Presented by the Thirsty Ear Executive Committee (TEEC) and Graduate
Association of Mechanical Engineers (GAME).
- Sponsored by the Peter de Florez '38 Humor Fund and the GSC
Funding Board.
- 21+ govt ID required for entry. Please have ready to show at door!
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15 What: YouPitch : Pitch Video Competition
15 When: Till April 25th 2012
15 Where: Online (http://mit100k.org/youpitch)
15 Contact: info at mit100k.org<mailto:info at mit100k.org>
- MIT $100K CBRF YouPitch is an online pitch competition where
students from all over the world make a 60 second pitch video on their
innovative ideas
- They have the opportunity to win 5000$ and have access to world
class entrepreneurial resources.
- The winning team will get a VIP ticket to receive their reward at the
MIT100K BPC Finale where they can network with biggest VCs on
the East Coast
- For more information/registration visit: http://mit100k.org/youpitch.
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16 What: "Presenting Technical Information to People Outside of Your Field"
16 When: Wednesday, April 25, 6pm to 7:15pm
16 Where: Room 4-149
16 Contact: Thalia Rubio trubio at mit.edu<mailto:trubio at mit.edu>
- Academics and professionals frequently need to pitch their ideas to
non-technical audiences or to people in other fields.
- Situations include: application essays, grant proposals, interviews
for academic positions, and presentations to venture capitalists.
- The ability to clearly and persuasively present technical information
to different audiences can be a powerful force in your career development.
- In this workshop, we will explore ways to effectively present the key
points of your work.
- Attendees must register at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9oRFZiVnZLZ3paMUpRN29YazJGMmc6MA
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