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IAP 2011 Activities by Sponsor

Chemistry

"Survive the Drive"
Bob Green, Betty Lou McClanahan
Tue Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 32-123

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

Bob Green, legendary racing and driving instructor, will talk about what it means to drive safely in the age of multiple distractions. Engaging and humorous, Bob has spoken to some 65,000 high school students about "surviving the drive" over the past ten years. Co-sponsored by Society of Automotive Engineers, New England Section.

Come and learn what it means to drive safely! Survive the Drive!
Contact: Betty Lou McClanahan, blm@mit.edu

Introduction to the Olympic Lifts
Betty Lou McClanahan, Denis Reno- USA Weightlifting Coach
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

The sessions will be lead by USA Weightlifting Coaches: Senior
International Coach Denis Reno and Club Coach Betty Lou McClanahan.
After a technical introduction, we will practice the different
elements of the lifts with PVC pipes.
Contact: Betty Lou McClanahan, 56-579, x3-0630, bl@media.mit.edu

Clean & Jerk
Betty Lou McClanahan
The sessions will be lead by USA Weightlifting Coaches: Senior
International Coach Denis Reno and Club Coach Betty Lou McClanahan.
After a technical introduction, we will practice the different
elements of the lifts with PVC pipes.
Thu Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 32-144

Snatch
Betty Lou McClanahan
The sessions will be lead by USA Weightlifting Coaches: Senior
International Coach Denis Reno and Club Coach Betty Lou McClanahan.
After a technical introduction, we will practice the different
elements of the lifts with PVC pipes.
Thu Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 32-155

Organic Chemistry Seminars
Professor Rick Danheiser
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/news/organic.html
Contact: Tyler Brezler, 18-293, x3-1879, tbrezler@mit.edu

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture
James L. Leighton, Columbia Univ. & Martin D. Eastgate, BMS
Thu Jan 13, 04-06:00pm, 6-120

Andre Yudin, University of Toronto
Professor Rick Danheiser
Thu Jan 20, 04-06:00pm, 6-120


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Last update: 7 Sept. 2011