WEEK of July 16

[Marilyn T. Smith]

*Summer 2007 Academic Career Series -  3rd Event
All interested students are invited to the Academic Career Series - 
panels on topics on academic careers, featuring MIT faculty, alumni 
faculty from area schools, and MIT PhDs/Postdocs who've successfully 
been through an academic job search and will be starting new faculty 
positions for the coming academic year. Q&A follows each panel 
presentation. 
Surviving your first year as an assistant professor
July 18, 2007 at 4:00pm in Room 10-250  
Panelists: 
  Dr. Joshua Fischman. Assistant Prof, Tufts University,  Dept of Economics
Dr. Penny J. Beuning, Assistant Prof, Northeastern University,  Dept 
of Chemistry and Chemistry Biology 
Dr. Christopher Capozzola, Associate Prof, MIT,  Dept of History 
Dr. Tomas Palacios, Assistant Prof, MIT,  Dept. of Electrical 
Engineering and Computer Science
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Co-sponsored by the MIT Careers Office, the Graduate Student Council, 
and the Postdoctoral Advisory Council.


  NEXT:  Aug 15 Transitioning from Academia to Industry (or vice 
versa) 4:00-5:15pm,10-250
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Information Workshops, Sponsored by the Engineering and Science 
Libraries (on-going series)
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these 
hands-on workshops.
Feel free to bring your lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided. 
No advance registration required.
Patent Searching Fundamentals
July 20, 2007 at noon - 1 pm in 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center )
While you won't come out of this session qualified to be a patent 
attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references 
from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and 
diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum which will help 
de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key 
resources for finding patent literature. Using patent literature is 
important for understanding competitive technologies and keeping 
abreast of current product innovations.
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