January Career events + some resources

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Dear MIT Postdocs,

Happy New Year! There are many professional development opportunities at 
MIT in January and beyond, and numerous resources.

(1) *MIT's Independent Activity Period (IAP)* is underway, Jan. 4 - Jan 
29, 2016.
Many classes and activities meet for one hour and are free.  See details 
at *http://web.mit.edu/iap/
*You could check the listing by category, sponsor (such as academic 
department, Technology Licensing Office, etc.), or date.  There are 
multiple topics, including engineering, skill development 
(presentations, teaching, communication, leadership, research), 
start-ups, and more.

*MIT Library sessions* (on topics such as patents, data mining and 
management, literature searches, and scholarly reputation management) 
listings may be found here: http://student.mit.edu/iap/ns189.html**

*For MIT's Office of Global Education and Career Service*s' January 
sessions, see http://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events?month=2016-01
and http://gecd.mit.edu/career/postdoc
The sessions are cross-listed in the IAP catalog. Some of those sessions 
will be presented by Bob Dolan, MIT Career Advisor for Postdoctoral 
Scholars, and are summarized on the attached document.

*MIT Can Talk* *[Oral Communication Skills] *- Tony Eng 
(<tleng at mit.edu>) would like postdocs to know about the *MIT Can Talk* 
IAP program. See details at http://mitcantalk.mit.edu.Many of the great 
thinkers of the past excelled in both Engineering/Science and 
Exposition/Rhetoric/Oration. MIT engineers and scientists of today, the 
creative men and women who will be the leaders of tomorrow, can be 
excellent speakers as well. "MIT Can Talk" was organized to promote 
campus-wide awareness of good oral communication skills. This series of 
independent workshop sessions on public speaking/oral communication is 
open to anyone; the sessions are practical, hands-on, and address 
aspects of public speaking. (An additional event is a competition open 
to MIT students only.)

(2) The MIT***European Career Fair 
<https://fasmail.harvard.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=xpExdYiBvEW7ZnMYolcx-xSNPFN2_tIIXeSvccGyxzE_mmjbg0F48AaUrBtATSrD5bEQXahJMcw.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fecf.fairsey.com%2f>* 
2016 will be held Feb. 6 - 8. See the website and attached flyer for 
details.

(3) *MIT's Writing and Communication Center* - postdocs may schedule 
one-on-one appointments. See 
http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/

(4) *MIT Spouses&Partners Connect* hosts the Career Connect Consultation 
and other events for spouses and partners: See 
http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events

(5) *The MIT Work Life Center* has an abundance of resources for 
postdocs and families. Their overview is attached. (Website: 
http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/welcome)

(6)*Dr. Joanne Kamens*, who presented on Enriching your Mentoring 
Relationships on December 7, offers a *resource guide on multiple topics 
related to mentoring:*
http://info.addgene.org/download-addgenes-peer-mentor-groups-for-scientists-resource-guide

(7) See the *Career Development* tab on the Office of the VPR's 
Information for MIT Postdoctoral Scholars website 
https://postdocs.mit.edu/career-development

*BEYOND MIT*

*Effectively Communicating Research, **March 21-22, 2016: *Course open 
to MIT postdocs, tuition free. Sponsored by Harvard Catalyst*. 
****Applications due January 8. *A two-day course designed to provide 
fellows and junior faculty with the skills necessary to express their 
science clearly to diverse audiences; to prepare abstracts, manuscripts, 
and posters; and to speak effectively.
http://catalyst.harvard.edu/services/ecr/
Notice was sent by Meghan Tenca, Education Program Coordinator, Harvard 
Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical & Translational Science Center 
(<ECR at catalyst.harvard.edu>)
**

*New Directions in Cancer Care for Nonspecialists - Immunotherapy and 
Resistance to Therapy**
**Thursday, January 14, 2016*, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM at Boston University. 
Free registration.
http://www.bu.edu/cftcc/events/2016-ndcc/
Notice was sent by Catherine M. Klapperich (<catherin at bu.edu>) 
<mailto:catherin at bu.edu>
**

MIT's Office of Global Education and Career Development is passing the 
word along regarding opportunities at the *Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory* in Tennessee http://www.orau.org/ornl/
**

*iBiology is accepting applications throughJanuary 11 for the 2016 Young 
Scientist Seminars (YSS) Competition*, and offers other resources 
throughout the year. See details at 
http://www.ibiology.org/young-scientist.html
**

Regards,

Dana

-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Director of Postdoctoral Services
Office of the Vice President for Research
MIT, 10-237
tel. 617-715-4671
https://postdocs.mit.edu/

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