May 17: FAIL! Stories from professors who failed and succeeded (6 pm in 26-100)

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

To MIT Postdocs - forwarded message about a TED-Style Talk series, called FAIL!, in which 5 renowned leaders from academia will speak about their life stories and setbacks and how they have transformed their failures into successes.
See below and the attached poster for details and registration.
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FAIL! - the moments we generally don't share
Thursday, May 17th, 2018 6:00pm
Location: 26-100

Paper submissions, proposal deadlines, project evaluations... The ghosts of failures are always hunting us.
Do you feel that pressure? Does failure play a role in these processes? If so, how can we try to make the most out of them?
Find out at FAIL!, where brilliant guests from MIT and the Boston area are going to share how they turned failure into success. FREE ticket can be obtained through this link<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fail-the-moments-we-generally-dont-share-tickets-45628112914>.

Confirmed speakers Include:

Maria Castells: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel Jackson: MIT CSAIL
Nuno Loureiro: MIT PSFC
Allan Adams: MIT Future Ocean Lab
Arthur Bahr: MIT Literature


Please do not hesitate to contact visiting-board at mit.edu<mailto:visiting-board at mit.edu> or visit our Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/events/806375459562330/>.
The event will be hosted by Kirsty Bennett from MIT Women's League and is organized by the Visiting Student Association.

We also thank the MIT MindHandHeart and the Graduate Student Council for their sponsorship.

Food will be served after the talk.

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