Weekly PDA newsletter - Dec 20, 2015

Sun Dec 20 19:43:14 EST 2015

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Dear MIT Postdocs,

It is Christmas week and only eleven days until New Year's Eve!
Although we are a very diverse bunch of people with very different cultures and religions and thus only some of us celebrating Christmas, I encourage you to take a step back and look back on this year...on the good and bad things that happened, on all your achievements (and I am sure that it is much more than you think) and the people you met during the year.

We wish you a wonderful Holiday season, some relaxed days and a great start in 2016!

Best,
Kathrin
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Dr.-Ing. Kathrin Graetz
Corresponding Secretary
Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)
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Next PDA meeting:   January 11, 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

·         Postdoc Orientation Sessions

·         From the PDA PInG Initiatives

·         Other Events at MIT

o   Independent Activities Period

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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Postdoc Orientation Sessions:

After a first trial run last summer, the PDA now offers Postdoc Orientation Sessions open to all postdocs at MIT. Topics covered include:

  *   Data on postdoc population at MIT
  *   MIT oversight of postdocs
  *   Defining postdoc expectations
  *   Differences between fellows and associates
  *   PDA structure and initiatives
  *   How to get involved
The sessions will be typically the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 12pm (45-60min) in E19-306. Lunch will be provided.
The dates for the next six months are as follows: Jan 4, Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 22, Mar 7, Mar 21, Apr 4, Apr 25, May 2, May 16, June 6, June 20

If you are interested in participating, you can register via Atlas or using this link<http://web.mit.edu/training/course.html?course=CDT21061c>.

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>From the PDA PInG Initiatives:

[[GLIMPSE logo]]Episode 5: Dr. Will Porter is a postdoctoral associate in Prof. Colette Heald's group. Will is a physicist studying how weather patterns affect air quality. We discuss Will's journey from comparative literature to teaching in Japan and culminating at MIT. We also discuss the weather (!), the importance of scientific fluency, bioenergy crops, and what city is most prone to bad air quality!

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 at MIT:

Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2016
For over four decades, IAP has provided members of the MIT community (students, faculty, staff, and alums) with a unique opportunity to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, recitals and contests. The topics are endless, including engineering, skill development (presentations, teaching, communication, leadership, research), patents, start-ups, data management, figure skating, dancing, music, and much more. Some sessions require pre-registration.
Date: January 4 - 29
Browse Listings here<http://web.mit.edu/iap/>

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/.
For more updates follow us on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAIAAAiIQzwBEUUPf5T1hJeioSQnXMFZfMeEX9o&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ECF.MIT/>.
For questions contact: support_ecf2016 at mit.edu<mailto:support_ecf2016 at mit.edu>

Free affiliate membership with the National Postdoctoral Association: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members

Other helpful sites:
postdocs.mit.edu (Office VPR)
MIT GECD Events<https://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Spouses&Partners Events<http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Events<http://events.mit.edu/>

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