Weekly PDA newsletter - Dec 13, 2015
Kathrin Graetz
graetz at mit.edu
Sun Dec 13 20:58:58 EST 2015
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Dear MIT Postdocs,
It is the week of the final exams for all MIT students. So don't wonder at empty hallways and concerned faces but rather give them an encouraging smile and give your UROPs and graduate student colleagues some cheery words! We have all been there!
Have a great week!
Best,
Kathrin
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Dr.-Ing. Kathrin Graetz
Corresponding Secretary
Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)
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Next PDA meeting: December 14, 12pm @E25-202 register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-vT1gzgyik3JHFWaRgQwAVeVoiaoQFK7iP2MO4dtKwo/viewform> Lunch will be provided!
This Week's Topics:
· Upcoming PDA events
· Feature on PDA committees:
o Postdoc Initiative Grant Committee (PInG)
· From the PDA PInG Initiatives
· Other events at MIT
o Race & Reality: A Community Dialogue on Race and Diversity at MIT
o 4th Annual Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation
o 2016 IMPACT program for advanced pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees
o MIT European Career Fair 2016
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Upcoming PDA Events:
PDA Sports: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Sport%20Activities%20for%20MIT%20Postdocs
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Feature on PDA Committees:
Postdoc Initiative Grant Committee (Chair: Elizabeth Stewart)
Do you want to help choose initiatives and programs that will benefit our postdoc community in the next year? Join the Postdoc Initiatives Grant (PInG) Committee! The first meeting will be in early January. Our responsibilities will include: a) Updating Grant Guidelines, b) Calling for Proposals, c) Evaluating and Awarding Proposals, and d) Supporting Funded Proposals. Please email Elizabeth Stewart, ejstewar at mit.edu<mailto:ejstewar at mit.edu>, if you would like to join this committee or learn more about PInG.
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>From the PDA PInG Initiatives:
[[GLIMPSE logo]]Episode 4: Dr. Le Nguyen Hoang is a postdoctoral research associate in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), at MIT, with Patrick Jaillet. Le studies applied mathematics and we discuss Benford's law, cake cutting, and online optimization. We also discuss how to pick the right toilet, why pi sucks, and why you should watch plenty of Youtube videos!
Le is also the creator of Science4All website and Youtube channel!
If you would like to be interviewed by GLIMPSE podcast or would like to help with the podcast (music, logo, artwork), please contact us at glimpse.podcast at gmail.com<mailto:glimpse.podcast at gmail.com>. For more information, please visit us at: http://glimpse.mit.edu/
Yoga Classes
on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at Marlar Lounge 37-252. Tickets and more info are available here.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mit-yoga-postdoctoral-initiative-mypi-tickets-17836512489>
Dec. 2, Dec. 9, Dec. 16, 2 weeks break for Christmas and New Year's, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10
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Other Events:
Race & Reality: A Community Dialogue on Race and Diversity at MIT (Sponsored by MIT ICEO)
Universities in the US have historically served as hubs for social and political activism. Recent events spotlight how universities continue to underserve students of color. The Institute Community and Equity Office will facilitate a community dialogue on the role of MIT in supporting a diverse population of students, staff and faculty. All are welcome and lunch will be provided. We want to hear from you. Please RSVP at the link below.
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 16 from 11:45am to 1pm
Location: Stratton Student Center, Sala de Puerto Rico (W20-202)
RSVP here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-reality-a-community-dialogue-on-race-and-diversity-at-mit-tickets-19843413183>
4th Annual Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation (pdf files in original mail)
The Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation is to recognize and honor Excellence in Biomedical Sciences conducted by postdoctoral fellows. The prize winner will receive a check for $50,000 and the home institution will receive an additional $5,000 to help support a seminar series. MIT has been invited to submit 2 postdoc applications.
The Vice President for Research office will be handling the internal competition for postdocs ONLY. The graduate student competition will be handled by Scott Tirrell in the Dean for Graduate Education office.
Candidates MUST be nominated by their Department Head/Lab Director/Dean using the attached Nomination Form. The form must be signed. Please be sure to check off the Postdoctoral Fellow option under 'Level of Training.'
Postdocs who would like to submit a proposal for this should send the following materials to Debra Martin (debra at mit.edu<mailto:debra at mit.edu>) by Wednesday, December 16, 2015 (early date due to upcoming holidays).
1) Signed Nomination Form
2) Candidate CV
3) PDF files of 2-3 publications representative of candidate's research
4) 2-page, single space Research Proposal (Guidelines for "Dream Project" descriptions are in attached pdf file)
2016 IMPACT program for advanced pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees
We are happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2016 IMPACT program. Based on the successful pilot run last year, the program will provide group interdisciplinary mentorship with teams from academia, medicine, and industry, to help participants focus their research ideas and career goals.
Participants will be challenged to:
- explore and defend the real world impact of their research
- develop the capacity to talk about their work and themselves to diverse audiences
- increase their appreciation for different career paths, and for the mechanisms through which research progresses from lab to real world impact
- build, support, and use diverse professional networks
- craft pro-active strategies for their personal career development.
Participants will leave with a clearer definition of the impact of their work, and will have expanded their professional network in ways that will help them for years to come.
The application form can be accessed at bit.ly/impact16<http://bit.ly/impact16>
Applications are due Dec 18, 2015.
MIT European Career Fair 2016 (organized by the MIT European Club)
The European Career Fair<https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=xpExdYiBvEW7ZnMYolcx-xSNPFN2_tIIXeSvccGyxzE_mmjbg0F48AaUrBtATSrD5bEQXahJMcw.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fecf.fairsey.com%2f> (ECF) is an annual recruiting event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is organized by the MIT European Club in partnership with the European Commission, the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives, the German American Business Council, and the German Academic Exchange Service. Our mission is to connect employers from all over Europe with the most talented students and young professionals in the US.
Date: February 6th 2016 at the MIT
It is our 20th anniversary and the ECF will continue to serve the Boston area universities and colleges by providing opportunities for students at all levels to connect with European companies and non-profit organizations. This career fair is the largest of its kind in the United States with an average of 4000 submitted résumés and 100 companies from the Research, Technology and Finance/Business sector. Past participating companies are amongst others:
Bayer, Roche, BMW, Shell, Volkswagen, Siemens, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Total, Audi, Novartis, Allianz, Deutsche Bank, Munich RE, IBM, Philips, Generali, Merck, BASF, SAP, Sennheiser, Thales Group and many more.
No matter what you are looking for - from summer internships to leading management positions - at the European Career Fair you can find it all.
Submit your résumé now under https://ecf.fairsey.com/.
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For questions contact: support_ecf2016 at mit.edu<mailto:support_ecf2016 at mit.edu>
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