Annually, the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge awards up to $25,000 for innovative and entrepreneurial projects that address problems of the impoverished around the world. Previous winning projects have included: curriculum development and tools for the disabled, low-cost autoclaves for health posts in Nepal, and affordable, improved carts for street vendors in Thailand.
Sound interesting?
Maybe you:
- are great at event planning or fundraising
- have an interest in being a mentor or offering feedback
- desire to address global issues through blogging
- have awesome writing skills
- are keen on helping in other ways
Good news! You can contribute to IDEAS by joining our Volunteer Team. Our Volunteer Team will help us rally MIT, hone the ideas of the teams entering this year, build a new social impact journalism crew, and host events large and small. We have a variety of roles perfect for any skill set.
Come find out more and munch on some snacks at our first Volunteer Team meeting:
Wednesday, 10/5 @7:30pm
4-159
Please RSVP to globalchallenge@mit.edu–
Bina ChoiMassachusetts Institute of Technology
International Development Initiative & IDEAS Global Challenge | byc@mit.edu
Department of Chemistry, Class of 2011 | byc@alum.mit.edu
Workshops (register on CareerBridge)
Job Search for International Students, Thursday, October 6, 3:30-5pm, 1-190
Come learn how you, as an international student looking for a job in the US, can develop and enhance your job search and interviewing skills. This workshop will cover job search strategies, visa challenges, how to succeed in the U.S. workplace, interviewing styles and brief cover letter/resume tips. This session will focus specifically on challenges many international students may face when searching for a job and interviewing. To register, visit CareerBridge at https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/ and select Workshops, Career Fairs and Events.
Group Mock Interviews – Each session is independent (not a series), October 6, 12, 17, 25, all 2-3pm. See CareerBridge for details and to register.
In this group mock interview session, students will have a unique chance to practice and sharpen their interview skills. We will briefly review interviewing wisdom, discuss the art of giving and receiving feedback, then all participants will have a chance to answer questions and get feedback on their responses. Students who participate should first attend one of our in-person interviewing workshops or listen to our online workshop, Effective Interviewing, at http://web.mit.edu/career/www/workshops/onlineworkshops/interviewing/index.htm . The group is limited to 18 participants.
Win over the Employer! How to Interview Intelligently, Thursday, October 13, 2:30-3:30pm, 3-270
Technical skills will get you the interview; personal attributes will get you the job. This session will discuss preparation and strategies for a successful interview. Sample behavioral interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to answer those tough questions. Discuss ways to distinguish yourself from the competition, and emerge with the skills to win over an employer!
LinkedIn Lab, Wednesday, October 19, noon-1pm, 8-119
Registration required through CareerBridge (www.myinterfase.com/mit/students, click on Workshops Career Fairs and Events)
Bring your laptop to explore the many ways LinkedIn can help you in your career exploration and job or internship search. We will begin with an overview of LinkedIn and some of the key areas of a complete LinkedIn profile. This will be followed by individual work on your profile, with Career Services staff available to answer your questions.
Required: Set up a free account at Linkedin.com and begin to fill in your profile prior to the workshop. Bring a laptop to the workshop. Limited to 12 students.
Negotiating Job Offers, Thursday, October 20, 2011, 4-5pm, 1-190
The Negotiating Job Offers workshop will examine the many variables that exist during the evaluation and negotiation process of Job Offers. Knowing how, when and why you should negotiate will be reviewed. Salary vs. Total Compensation will be looked at. Strategies on the negotiation process will be discussed along with should you negotiate and "What Can" and "What Can Not" be negotiated. These strategies are used throughout your career.
The Power of Networking, Thursday, October 20, 2011, 3-4pm, 2-105
There is the right way and wrong way to network. This workshop introduces you to resources you’ll need to research companies and discuss strategies on how to effectively network using MIT and outside resources. Building relationships with fellow students, alumni and professionals is the most effective way to uncover employment opportunities. We will examine effective tactics for networking and the MIT ICAN Alumni Directory.
Amanda C. Peters
Career Development Specialist, Career Services
MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD)
617-253-4733
acpeters@mit.edu * www.linkedin.com/in/acpeters
Sustainability@MIT http://ehs.mit.edu/site/sustainability
10/4
Four Weeks for America Challenge Info Session
7pm, 2-105
The MIT Public Service Center and Teach For America have teamed up to offer MIT students an exciting challenge for IAP 2012. Work with current Teach For America teachers and help them develop more innovative and exciting ways to teach science and math. Gain first hand experience of what it's like to Teach For America. Spend four weeks solving problems that matter, driving educational change and making a difference for kids, all expenses paid! (Some restrictions apply.) There will be an info session on Tuesday, October 4, at 7:00pm in 2-105. Hear from students who have participated in this program in past years. Dinner provided! More information and application materials can be found at http://mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/fourweeks/index.html, and applications are due Friday, October 14 at 5pm. Contact 4foramerica@mit.edu for more information!
10/7
Greater Boston Universities’ Week of Service
The MIT Public Service Center is looking for 140 MIT volunteers to join students, staff, faculty, and alumni from Boston College, Boston University, Harvard University, Northeastern University, and Wellesley College in volunteering at Cradles to Crayons' Giving Factory on October 18-21, 2011. Volunteer opportunities are available from 10am-12pm and 1-3pm daily. Volunteers will inspect incoming books, match outfits, sort and test toys, stuff backpacks, or fill orders that meet the needs of individual boys and girls in their local communities. To volunteer, apply by October 7: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHprUEduTWdXelVIUExFbjNYczQ5X0E6MQ We'll follow-up with information about free buses provided to and from the Giving Factory. Thanks for volunteering! Email questions to Kristi Gundrum Kebinger, Public Service Center, volunteerplacement@mit.edu.
10/12
FSILG&D Challenge Info session
Learn how you can win the 2012 Service Cup!
Attend an info session about the FSILG&D Community Service Challenge on 10/12. Want to make an impact in the community with your peers? Engage your fraternity, sorority, living group, or dorm in the MIT Public Service Center’s 2nd annual FSILG&D Community Service Challenge! The service challenge provides an excellent structure to encourage your MIT community to serve the greater community. Participating teams have the benefit of service mentorship from the Public Service Center, exclusive access to partial Alternative Spring Break funding, and positive publicity within the MIT community. Lead your FSILG or dorm toward winning the 2012 Service Cup! Attend the info session on Wednesday, 10/12 from 7:30-9:00pm in PDR 1 & 2 to learn more about this year’s FSILG&D Community Service Challenge program over a free dinner. RSVP to servicechallenge@mit.edu by 10/7.
10/13
Pahoehoe: 8 People, 8 Service Projects
5-7pm, Venture Café, 1 Broadway, 4th Floor (Cambridge)
WHAT IS IT? Literally, it’s a type of lava flow with a multitude of active, spreading, toes. Figuratively, it’s a forum for MIT students to share their work and spread their ideas. Join us to hear from eight people working on innovative service projects around the world. You¹ll hear from people working on innovations in banking, employment, health, and much, much more. Come hear the possibilities. Find team members for your project. And find opportunities for collaboration. Email questions to globalchallenge@mit.edu.
10/14
Four Weeks for America Challenge Application DEADLINE
5pm, 4-104
The MIT Public Service Center and Teach For America have teamed up to offer MIT students an exciting challenge for IAP 2012. Work with current Teach For America teachers and help them develop more innovative and exciting ways to teach science and math. Gain first hand experience of what it's like to Teach For America. Spend four weeks solving problems that matter, driving educational change and making a difference for kids, all expenses paid! (Some restrictions apply.) More information and application materials can be found at http://mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/fourweeks/index.html,. Contact 4foramerica@mit.edu for more information.
10/19
IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner
7pm, Morss Hall
The world has problems. You have ideas. Come to the Generator Dinner on 10/19 at 7pm in Morss Hall – share your ideas, meet others with ideas, find teammates, and learn how to enter the IDEAS Global Challenge. RSVP to globalchallenge@mit.edu
10/21
Fellowships and Internships IAP application deadline
The Fellowships and Internships programs both support MIT students working on capacity-building service projects. Students work with community-focused organizations such as non-profits, schools, and social enterprises. Applications for IAP projects must be submitted by noon on Friday, October 21!
In both programs, you can:
- Work by yourself, or as part of a small team
- Create a project from scratch, or find project ideas and community partners on our website
- Work locally, nationally, or internationally, with a preference for projects in the Americas
Find more information about both programs at http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/internshipsandfellowships/
Looking for project ideas? Check-out the PSC's opportunities page http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/opportunities/
Questions? Contact Alison at hynd@mit.edu
Upcoming in November
11/3
Cambodian Dream – Rebuilding Cambodia by Empowering its Women
7:30pm, 32-123 (reception to follow in R&D Commons)
MIT PSC presents in conjunction with the Program in Women & Gender Studies, CIS, Writing and Humanistic Studies and D-Lab, Professor Alan Lightman in this lecture event. Professor Lightman will present his work over the past 6 years to empower a new generation of women leaders in Cambodia. The lecture will include slides and videos around their education.
11/21
Giving Tree
11/28
Grants application preferred deadline
5pm, 4-104
Are you an MIT PhD student, postdoc, or young faculty member passionate about science communication or science policy? Here's an opportunity to spend 2 weeks in London working with Sense about Science (all expenses paid). Sense about Science equips people to make sense of scientific and medical claims in public discussion – please see the attached file for more details.
Are you interested in science, the media, and the role that young researchers can play in public debates?
This is an opportunity for an MIT PhD student or postdoc to spend two weeks in London working with a UK‐based charitable trust, Sense About Science, that equips people to make sense of scientific and medical claims in public discussion. We are in the initial stages of setting up Sense About Science US in collaboration with the MIT Museum, and are planning to run “Standing up for Science” media workshops in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, area. The two‐weeks in England will provide the necessary introduction to Sense About Science’s work and the opportunity to be involved in organising and running one of these workshops. On returning to the US, the successful candidate will work with Sense About Science’s International Science and Policy Manager to run two workshops in Cambridge and help establish a group for early‐career researchers called “Voice of Young Science” in the US.
It would suit someone who is interested in science communication or science policy and wants to experience first‐hand some public engagement initiatives in the UK with a view to helping us become established in the US. You will gain hands‐on experience supporting one of our core areas of work ‐ our growing international Voice of Young Science network, which engages hundreds of early career researchers in public debates about research and evidence. You will also have a chance to meet people working in this field in the UK: from heads of learned societies, to politicians, patient group representatives, science journalists and many
others.
Joining our London office for a two‐week placement in November 2011, you will work closely with staff members and a visiting researcher from Harvard to:
• Organise our next Standing up for Science media workshop in Glasgow, Scotland. This will involve working closely with the workshop organizer to select the attendees, brief some of the workshop speakers, and organise the logistics. The Sense About Science staff will also brief the visiting volunteers on how to chair a session.
• Attend the workshop and be involved in the discussions that the attending UK PhD students and postdocs will have about how to get involved in public debates about science and evidence.
• Write an article/record a podcast about the workshop.
• Draft a guide to running such a workshop. This will be prepared for publication to be used internationally, to support others who wish to run similar sessions.
• Shadow members of the team to meetings and talks.
• Work with our Voice of Young Science volunteers to run the Sense About Science Annual Reception, jointly held with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. This will be a chance to meet leading scientists, journalists, science communicators and policy makers. This year’s guest speaker will be performer and broadcaster Robin Ince.
The successful applicant will spend two weeks with our small but busy team, from Monday 7th November to Friday 18th November. It’s a lively and friendly office where we all muck in and no two days are the same.
You will:
• Be a PhD student or postdoc that wants to gain experience in public engagement work in science.
• Have a broad understanding of debates about science and medicine.
• Have good writing skills.
• Be confident about public speaking.
• Be able to take initiative and work in a team.
CLOSING DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 9am ET Friday 7th October
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to lsierra@senseaboutscience.org indicating any experience giving talks or writing articles for a wider, non‐specialist audience and with organising and chairing events.
If you have any questions please contact Leonor Sierra, International Science and Policy Manager at Sense About Science.
Flights and accommodation for the duration of your visit will be covered, as will travel to and from the media workshop in Glasgow, Scotland. A daily subsistence allowance will also be provided.
Further information
The VoYS network Initially formed following the launch of our Standing up for Science media workshops in 2005, the Voice of Young Science (VoYS)network now consists of hundreds of early career researchers who want to stand up for science in public discussions. Through their work tackling misconceptions, challenging pseudoscientific product claims and responding to misinformation in all kinds of media, VoYS members send the message that you don't need to wait until the end of your career to make a difference.
"Early career scientists don't get many opportunities to speak about science and yet they are often the ones who feel most passionately about it. VoYS offered us not only a voice, but the chance to confront the bogus science head‐on."
“Beyond outreach in schools, the research community does not always encourage young scientists to engage with science in the public domain , but I firmly believe that they have an important voice. Being a VoYS member gave me the confidence and support to act on that belief.”
"The great thing about VoYS is that if there is something that concerns you, you won't be on your own. There'll be a whole team of people you can discuss and act with, so together you have a stronger voice.”
Sense About Science
Sense About Science is a charitable trust that equips people to make sense of scientific and medical claims in public discussion.With a database of over 5,000 scientists, from Nobel prize winners to post‐docs and PhD students, we work in partnership with scientific bodies, research publishers, policy makers, the public and the media, to change public discussions about science and evidence. Through award‐winning public campaigns, we share the tools of scientific
thinking and scrutiny. Our activities and publications are used and shaped by community groups, civic bodies, patient organisations, information services, writers, publishers, educators, health services and many others. For more on Sense About Science, visit our website: http://www.senseaboutscience.org
Starting September 1, 2011 Applications will be accepted for the 2012 Ford DiversityFellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.
Full eligibility information and online applications are available on our website at: http://nationalacademies.org/ford
Eligibility Requirements:
- U.S. Citizen or National
- Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based filed of Science, social science or humanities
Stipends and Allowances: - Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years
- Dissertation--$21,000 for one year
- Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution
Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows.
Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies.
Application Deadline Dates:
- Predoctoral: November 14, 2011
- Dissertation: November 17, 2011
- Postdoctoral: November 17, 2011
For Further information please contact:
Fellowships Office
National Research Council of The National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW
Keck 576
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.334.2872
Fax: 202.334.3419
Informational Session at MIT
October 7th, Room 2-142 4PM
Meet with the director of the Soros Fellowships for New Americans, talk to current fellows, and learn more about the application. For more information about the fellowship, visit: http://www.pdsoros.org/
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Award Details:
• Each fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study – in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program – in the United States.
• Each award is for up to $25,000 in maintenance grants and up to $20,000 in tuition support for each year of graduate study supported, a total of as much as $90,000.
• The deadline for submission of completed applications is November 1, 2011.
• To be eligible, you must be:
o A New American (a green card holder or naturalized citizen if born abroad; a child of naturalized citizens if born in this country).
o Not yet 31 years old, as of the application deadline.
o A college senior or holder of a bachelor’s degree.
o Not beyond your second year – if already enrolled – in the graduate degree program for which you request support.
• Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment.
• The program values a commitment to the constitution and the bill of rights.
• The program promotes a strong sense of community among fellows and alumni through fall conferences for fellows and numerous events for fellows and alumni held throughout the country.
• The top 77 applicants will be designated “finalists” and will be asked to appear for interviews in New York City or Los Angeles in late-January of 2012. Reasonable expenses will be covered by the Fellowship Program.
• The 30 fellowship winners, selected from among the 77 finalists, will be announced in February of 2012.
10/19
IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner
7pm, Morss Hall
The world has problems. You have ideas. Come to the Generator Dinner on 10/19 at 7pm in Morss Hall – share your ideas, meet others with ideas, find teammates, and learn how to enter the IDEAS Global Challenge. RSVP to globalchallenge@mit.edu
10/21
Fellowships and Internships IAP application deadline
The Fellowships and Internships programs both support MIT students working on capacity-building service projects. Students work with community-focused organizations such as non-profits, schools, and social enterprises. Applications for IAP projects must be submitted by noon on Friday, October 21!
In both programs, you can:
- Work by yourself, or as part of a small team
- Create a project from scratch, or find project ideas and community partners on our website
- Work locally, nationally, or internationally, with a preference for projects in the Americas
Find more information about both programs at http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/whatwedo/internshipsandfellowships/
Looking for project ideas? Check-out the PSC's opportunities page http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/opportunities/
Questions? Contact Alison at hynd@mit.edu
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Jennifer Currie
Senior Administrative Assistant
MIT Public Service Center
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Building 4-104
Cambridge, MA 02139
Direct Tel: 617-258-9361
Main Office Tel: 617-253-0742
Fax: 617-258-9357
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Empowering Women, Advancing Science
ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACULTY FOR THE FUTURE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE FOUND AT: www.facultyforthefuture.net
IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, APPLY ON-LINE AS OF SEPTEMBER 12TH 2011
www.fftf.slb.com
The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or postdoctoral studies in the physical sciences and related disciplines* at top universities abroad. The program’s long-term goal is to generate conditions that result in more women pursuing academic careers in scienti!c disciplines.
The Faculty for the Future program is growing each year and has become a powerful community that today stands at 194 pioneering women scientists from 54 countries. Ultimately grant recipients are expected to contribute to the socio-economic development of their home countries and regions by strengthening the faculties in their home universities, pursuing relevant research, or using their speci!c expertise to address policy issues. The end goal is to attract and retain more young women in the sciences.
Faculty for the Future grants are in the range of USD 25,000 to 50,000 per year and may be renewed through to completion of studies subject to performance, self-evaluation, and recommendations from supervisors. Final grant amounts are subject to actual costs of study and living in the given location.
Candidates should have applied to, have been admitted to, or be currently enrolled in a university abroad when submitting their Faculty for the Future grant request. Candidates must hold an excellent academic record and be able to evidence their commitment to teaching, research or using science in public policy advocacy. This includes demonstrated leadership track record in encouraging young women into the sciences. The Schlumberger Foundation is accepting applications for the 2012–2013 Faculty for the Future Fellowships from September 12th to November 30th 2011
The Schlumberger Foundation is a nonpro!t entity that supports science and technology education. Recognizing the link between science, technology, and socio-economic development, as well as the key role of education in realizing individual potential, the Schlumberger Foundation’s "flagship program is Faculty for the Future.
- Awards in biological sciences are limited to interdisciplinary research between physical and biological sciences. Copyright © 2011 Schlumberger Foundation. All rights reserved.
I write to make you aware of a tremendous scholarship-for-service opportunity for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students and to request that you encourage your best students to apply to the SMART Scholarship Program. This is a highly-selective, prestigious, national program that fully supports their education, including full tuition, a very generous stipend, book allowance, and Summer internship, while they are in school, and then provides guaranteed employment with the Defense Department upon graduation.
The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-service Program fully funds undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of technical areas, including all fields of engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Mathematics.
A SMART brochure and a poster are attached and the application web page is at www.asee.org/SMART. The application deadline is December 1, 2011 for the 2012 school year. SMART provides:
- Full Tuition – to any accredited U.S. University
- A very generous stipend while in school
- $25,000 for undergraduates
- $33,000 for masters candidates
- $36,300 to $41,800 for doctoral candidates
- Book allowance – $1,000
- Health Insurance
- Paid Summer internships
- All required student fees
- Travel for internships
Summer internships at Labs are required. In return for fully funding their education, students are required work as a civilian employee at a Service (Army, Navy, Air Force) or DoD Agency (NSA, DIA, DARPA, etc.) laboratory, or other research and development activity for a period equal to the time the program paid for their school. Students must be U.S. Citizens, able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance, and be willing to work as a civilian in the DoD upon graduation.
There will be approximately 300 new awards this year. A list of SMART awards from previous years is listed by University at: http://smart.asee.org/schools/scholar_directory
While MIT is one of the top schools in terms of the number of SMART recipients, I think we can greatly increase the number of your students supported in this program. I would appreciate your help in disseminating this information to your students, faculty, undergraduate advisors, and graduate coordinators, and by encouraging your best students to apply for this tremendous opportunity.
Please direct your interested students to: www.asee.org/SMART. There are links to the application portal and other program related information. Additional applicant and SMART related questions for students can be answered via:
Email: smart@asee.org
Phone: (202) 331-3544Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have questions at the university/ college/department level, please feel free to contact me.
Respectfully,
Knox
Senior Administrator for the DoD SMART Program
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Knox T. Millsaps, Sc.D.
Professor and Chairman
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
700 Dyer Road, Room 338
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5100 USAweb: www.nps.edu/mae
Phone: (831) 656-2586, 656-3382
Fax: (831) 656-2238
email: millsaps@nps.edu
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS - 2012 APPLICATION NOW OPEN
(Link: www.nsfsi.org )
The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a flagship international fellowship program for developing the next generation of globally engaged U.S. scientists and engineers knowledgeable about the Asian and Pacific regions. The Summer Institutes are hosted by foreign counterparts committed to increasing opportunities for young U.S. researchers to work in research facilities and with host mentors abroad. Fellows are supported to participate in eight-week research experiences at host laboratories in Australia, China, Japan (10 weeks), Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan from June to August. The program provides a $5,000 summer stipend, round-trip airfare to the host location, living expenses abroad, and an introduction to the society, culture, language, and research environment of the host location.
The 2012 application is now open and will close at 5:00 pm proposer’s local time on November 9, 2011. Application instructions are available online at www.nsfsi.org. For further information concerning benefits, eligibility, and tips on applying, applicants are encouraged to visit www.nsf.gov/eapsi or www.nsfsi.org.
NSF recognizes the importance of enabling U.S. researchers and educators to advance their work through international collaborations and the value of ensuring that future generations of U.S. scientists and engineers gain professional experience beyond this nation's borders early in their careers. The program is intended for U.S. graduate students pursuing studies in fields supported by the National Science Foundation. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply for the EAPSI. Applicants must be enrolled in a research-oriented master's or PhD program and be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents by the application deadline date. Students in combined bachelor/master degree programs must have matriculated from the undergraduate degree program by the application deadline date.
The first Summer Institutes began in Japan in 1990, and to date over 2,400 U.S. graduate students have participated in the program.
Should you have any questions, please contact the EAPSI Help Desk by email at eapsi@nsfsi.org or by phone at 1-866-501-2922.
What did you do last summer?
Over 575 MIT students crossed the globe for all-expenses-paid international internships and research through MISTI.
MISTI has programs in Brazil, Chile (NEW!), China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Spain. All students are eligible (all majors, undergrad and grad).
Learn more at the MISTI country program Info Sessions.
MISTI COUNTRY PROGRAM INFO SESSIONS
See dates below, all sessions 5-7pm
1 Amherst Street, E40-4th floor
(http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E40)
Learn about specific internship opportunities available through one of
MISTI's ten country programs, learn about the application process, and speak
with returning interns. Food will be provided.
For more information: http://web.mit.edu/misti/news/openhouse2011.html
INFO SESSION DATES
MIT-Brazil
October 4
MIT-Chile (NEW!)
October 6
MIT-China
September 29
MIT-France
October 12
MIT-Germany
October 18
MIT-India
October 20
MIT-Israel
October 11
MIT-Italy
October 5
MIT-Mexico
October 13
MIT-Spain
October 19
Caroline Fickett
Communications Assistant
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
1 Amherst Street, E40-428
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.258.0385
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We are proud to announce Hacking Medicine, the first event of its kind. Engineers, scientists, physicians, and entrepreneurs, in one location, creating disruptive healthcare solutions today.
If you want to radically change healthcare, then apply now: http://bit.ly/nXIF3P. Bring your skills, your ideas, or both. We're selecting 100 people just like you.
Be part of the inaugural conference. Leave with a team and a hack on its first steps towards becoming a company and disrupting healthcare.
For more information or to apply to be one of the 100: http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/
Hacking Medicine takes place October 22nd and 23rd at the Media Lab at MIT. If you are selected we will send you more detailed logistics.
Healthcare needs you, come be part of the solution.
The Hacking Medicine Team
Dear Beth,
I'm a graduate student in HST and I'm organizing a novel student-led medical conference called Hacking Medicine (http://hackingmedicine.mit.edu/). I believe many students in Eng Systems would be interested, and I'm hoping that you can forward information about the conference to your student lists.
Hacking Medicine's aim is to catalyze the formation of healthcare solutions, implementable today. At our inaugural conference we will select 100 passionate thinkers and doers to form a truly multidisciplinary group. Teams composed of engineers, scientists, physicians, and entrepreneurs will build on each other's skill sets to envision concrete solutions they can carry forward after the conference.
The ultimate aim of this conference is to enable people to enact real change in healthcare now; to inspire medical entrepreneurship; and to form strong teams that can truly work well after the conference.
I believe students in Eng Systems who have interest in medical applications have incredibly valuable skill sets and visions, and I would love to see them engage in our conference.
Can you please forward the below email to your student lists?
Thanks very much, and please let me know if you have any questions.
Allen
Allen Cheng
MD-PhD Candidate in Biophysics/MEMP/HST
Synthetic Biology Group - Prof. Timothy K. Lu
Harvard Medical School | MIT
Dear Women Graduate Students and Post-docs,
Are you considering a career in academia? Are you going to be seeking a position in the next couple of years? Are you concerned about navigating the application and tenure process?
The Office of the Dean of Graduate Education is pleased to announce the opening of this year’s application to our Path of Professorship workshop. This workshop is designed to provide graduate and post-doctoral women with information about academic scientific careers and the application process. Each year we are able to gather a wonderful group of female professors from MIT and beyond to talk about their experiences in academia. This year is no different and we are expecting an exciting and informative weekend.
Path of Professorship will run from Friday, October 28th at 1pm through Saturday, October 29th at 5pm and cover topics ranging from “What Institution is Right for You?” to “The Tenure Process.” More information is available at http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/
The application for Path of Professorship is now open and available here.
The application will close on October 5th and selected applicants will be notified shortly thereafter.
We strongly encourage all women with an interest in academia to apply.
Yours truly,
Path-of-Professorship Team 2011
This workshop is sponsored by the MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate Education