Global Education & Career Development (GECD) is organizing a Lean In Women of MIT event to accompany the nationwide college student livestream event where Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In, discusses her book and answers student questions. This event is open to the entire MIT community – Undergraduates, Graduate students, Post Docs, Faculty and staff….
Month: October 2013
BMC’s Technology Seminar on 10/23/2013
BMC’s Technology Seminar Series returns Wednesday with Clontech. Clontech’s SMARTer system is what we use for doing RNAseq on samples with limited input. They have some new techniques coming out that may be of interest. Technology Seminar Series – 2013/2014 Sponsored by the BioMicro Center SMARTer® Solutions for Low Input Transcriptome Sequencing…
Biotechnology & Healthcare Career Panel for PhDs on 10/23/2013
Dear MIT Postdocs, the following session, sponsored by the Graduate Student Council (Academics, Research, and Careers), may be of interest: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Career Panel for PhDs: Biotechnology & Healthcare…
PDA Fall 2013 Travel Grants: Award Announcement
Dear fellow MIT PostDocs, The PDA is pleased to announce the recipients for the Fall 2013 Travel Awards. This year we have received an impressive number of high quality applications. Out of the 72 applications, the evaluation team from the PDA professional development committee has selected six outstanding applicants as recipients of the award, based exclusively on…
Presidential Charge to the Committee to form an MIT Innovation Initiative
SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT – LETTERS TO THE MIT COMMUNITY Charge to the Committee to form an MIT Innovation Initiative This document lays out a vision for an Innovation Initiative at MIT and identifies components essential for its success. I ask the committee to deliver to me by January 31st, 2014, a set of…
The MIT Energy Night: the Largest MIT Energy Technology Showcase in the Fall
The MIT Energy Night is a celebration of the ingenuity, innovation, and imagination of MIT faculty, researchers, students, and alumni. Hosted annually at the MIT Museum and organized entirely by students, the MIT Energy Night features over 70 interactive poster presentations from every energy affiliated department at MIT as well as early stage start-ups based…
JUMP-START YOUR JOURNAL ARTICLES!
The Writing Center announces A POST-DOCTORAL WRITERS GROUP in 12-132 a series of five workshops on Thurs. 4-4:50; writing 5-6 PM. Topics include time management, honing writing skills, exercises, and strategies for meeting challenges. Oct. 3: Get Going: Create your Writing Zone, Writing Identity and Schedule Assess your writing habits, time/life pressures, mitigate stresses, schedule Oct….
Poster workshop – TODAY!
Dear BE grad students and post-docs, The BE Retreat is quickly approaching! We are hosting a workshop today to help you get you poster to be its best and to learn some key skills to help you make important connections during the poster session. POSTER WORKSHOP TODAY (10/1) 12:00 – 1:00 pm 16-275 Scott Olesen…