All About UROP: Student Panel
| Feb/02 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-237 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Come learn about all aspects of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is available, and more. Panel will be current MIT undergrads participating in UROPs across campus.
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: J Alex Hoyt, 7-104, 617 324-6700, JAHOYT@MIT.EDU
AMITA Women Mentoring and Networking
AMITA, Association of MIT Alumnae
| Jan/30 | Mon | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 10-105 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
The Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) invites undergraduate and graduate students to an informal night of networking with MIT alumnae in the Bush Room (10-105). We'll talk about life choices and share our experiences in selecting grad schools and integrating family life and career. Pizza will be provided. Please pre-register* so we'll have enough food. Student registration is FREE.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Art of Behavioral Interviewing
GECD-IAP
| Jan/10 | Tue | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 4-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
While your technical skills will get you the interview, it is your behavioral attributes that will get you the job. This session facilitated by Bob Dolan will discuss preparation and strategies for a successful interview. In addition, sample behavioral interview questions will be provided along with tips on how to answer those tough questions.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Assertiveness Workshop for Women
Holly Sweet, PhD, licensed psychologist
| Jan/31 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:30PM | TBD |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/27
Limited to 20 participants
In this workshop, we will explore different styles of communication with
others, including passive, passive-aggressive, assertive and aggressive
behaviors. Through role playing, personal inventories, and group
discussion, we will examine what gets in our way of being assertive and
what helps us be more assertive in both personal and professional relationships.
Limited to 25 participants. Sign up link: http://goo.gl/forms/tUf9i6jg9t.
There will be a waiting list.
Priority will be given to women undergraduate in Course 6.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Sheena Nie, HKN Outreach, xnie@mit.edu
Career negotiation 1: How to turn a connector into a champion
Tad Mayer
| Jan/11 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:30PM | 5-233 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Are you hesitant to ask for informational interviews because you feel like you’re asking for a favor without offering anything in return? What if you understood what was important to the connector and could offer them something of value? Instead of a one-off meeting, you have the foundation for a partnership. Would that change your motivation to ask for the meeting? Let’s say you’re in a job interview with the hiring manager and you ask, “Beyond the job description for this role, what else is important to you for the team to accomplish?” What if you then demonstrated how you could contribute to their additional aspirations?
Join us for an interactive talk on negotiation and career development. We will focus on understanding what is important to the other person—be it an informational or job interview—and what to do about it. We will discuss how to figure out what interests connectors and decision makers have, how to bring them into the discussion, and how to generate options to fulfill them. We will also look at your own interests and how to get them met. Instead of pleading for an informational interview or a job, this workshop will change the frame to how you and connectors can help each other, and how you can focus on the fit with decision makers for potential jobs.
3 additiona related, in-depth workshops on negotiation during IAP. Please see listing, “Career negotiation 2: Become an expert negotiator to jump-start your job search and career advancement.”
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Carly Inkpen, carly.inkpen@gmail.com
Career negotiation 2: Become an expert negotiator to jump-start your job search and career advancement
Tad Mayer, Justin Wright, Carly Inkpen, Israela Adah Brill-Cass
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Whether you want to advance in an organization, pivot your path, or land that dream engagement as a freelancer, building your career is the product of interactions with people—would be employers, colleagues, clients, and advisors (not firms or departments)—the intersection of career and negotiation. This course will explore that intersection and introduce how to approach three specific negotiations that all take place in each stage of constructing your career. The workshop will go on to provide a guide to how the three negotiations advance you through each phase of your career from finding focus to building fulfillment.
This set of workshops will provide a framework, exercises, and hands-on negotiation practice to:
Advance sign-up required. Sign up by 1/13.
Attendance: Participants welcome to attend individual sessions or all sessions.
Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/7eflqM8a7RtaxNzw2
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Carly Inkpen, carly.inkpen@gmail.com
| Jan/18 | Wed | 06:00PM-08:30PM | 5-233 |
Justin Wright, Tad Mayer, Carly Inkpen, Israela Adah Brill-Cass
| Jan/23 | Mon | 06:00PM-08:30PM | 5-233 |
Justin Wright, Tad Mayer, Carly Inkpen, Israela Adah Brill-Cass
| Jan/30 | Mon | 06:00PM-08:30PM | 5-233 |
Justin Wright, Tad Mayer, Carly Inkpen, Israela Adah Brill-Cass
Careers in Law for STEM Students: A Panel
| Feb/02 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | E19-202 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Come for the pizza, stay for the career advice. At this panel, you will learn about career opportunities at the intersection of technology and law and the various career paths that panelists have taken to get from their STEM backgrounds into law. Panelists include patent lawyers, MIT alum, and other professionals who use their STEM expertise in the field of law.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Open to students, alumni and postdocs.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Choose the BEST Opportunity in a Robust Job Market!
Beverly Kahn, Risa Kahn, Alan Wagner, Course 6 alum
| Jan/18 | Wed | 05:00PM-07:30PM | 34-401A |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Our presentation will share with you what goes on in the hiring process that is below the radar screen.
Join recruiting industry veterans in an interactive discussion led by Beverly Kahn Founder/President of New Dimensions in Technology (NDT), a boutique Boston-area recruiting firm, that has worked successfully to place many MIT students and alums over 30 years and Risa Kahn, Recruiting Manager, New Dimensions in Technology (NDT) who offers 15+ years of coaching "early career" tech professionals. NDT has successfully partnered with generations of MIT students and alums to build and grow their careers!
All are welcome.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Anne Hunter, 38-476, 617 253-4654, ANNEH@MIT.EDU
Coaching in Effective Speaking with International Training in Communications members
Ruth Levitsky
| Jan/12 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | E51-149 |
Enrollment: sign-up to be coached-no sign up required for others
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 10 participants
Prepare a short 3 minute talk on any topic (yourself, your hobbies, your research, a toast) - or be assigned an impromptu topic- and receive feedback on your speaking skills: organization, vocal variety and body language.
Information will also be available for those interested in the ITC club forming on campus (http://powertalkinternational.com)
Send an email to levitsky@mit.edu to sign up for coaching. Auditors are welcome!
January 12th: 12-1:30
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, 857-266-3400, LEVITSKY@MIT.EDU
Convert your CV to a 2-page Resume for Industry
| Jan/12 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 4-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
If you are considering exploring Industry positions, you will need to have a resume that effectively positions you for this path. This workshop presented by Bob Dolan will discuss the process of converting your 4-6 page CV into a 2-page resume for industry, and creating a document that effectively targets the Hiring Manager. Can your resume survive a 15 second scan and still get into the YES pile? Discussions will surround the strategies of effective messaging and how to be "on-point" with your written communication. Actual MIT PhD/Postdoc resumes will be provided as handouts.
Pre-registration is requested on Careerbridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Creating a Successful Career--Strategies, Techniques, and the Big Mistakes You're Going to Make
Mark Herschberg 95, MNG 97, 05, Principal, White Knight Consulting
| Feb/01 | Wed | 07:00PM-08:00PM | 32-155 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Upon graduating from MIT you will begin a career. MIT has provided you with countless facts and formulas to help you with your job, but what have you learned to help you with your career? This talk gives you structure to think through your career and help you maximize both your income and happiness. It will teach you how to answer questions such as: How do you know which job is right? Where will you be in 20 years? What to ask for in job negotiations? The talk also covers the common job mistakes and how to avoid them. Register today! Walk-ins welcome.
MARK HERSCHBERG Educated at MIT (with degrees in physics, EE/CS, and a masters in cryptography) Mark has spent his career launching and fixing new ventures at startups, Fortune 100s, and academia. Mark has worked at and consulted to number startups typically taking on roles in general management, operations, and technology. He has been involved from inception and fundraising through growth and sale of the company. These startup companies have included a wireless application platform, online advertising, OLAP, and new language development. Mark was instrumental in launching ServiceLive.com Sears online home services labor market; he also helped fix NBCs online video marketplace (now Hulu.com). In academia, he spent a year at HBS working with two finance professors to create the upTick system now used to teach finance at many of the top business schools and at MIT helped launched UPOP at which he's taught the past 15 years.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Departmental Exploration (DEX)
Shauna Peterson, Staff Associate, Amgen Scholars, Meghan Kenney, Assistant Dean, New Student Programming
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
First-year students, have you picked your passion yet? Don't miss this series of departmental exploration (DEX) events sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.
DEX will be a structured time at the end of IAP for academic discovery that will allow students to experience what it’s like to be an undergrad in various department. Events include: student panels, open houses and showcases of projects and research. Each day there will be at least one topic panel featuring students and faculty from departments listed who will speak about their in and out of class experiences studying and teaching in this department.
http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2020/choiceofmajor/events.html
Events will take place from January 30 - February 3. No sign up is necessary, just come to whatever sessions you are most interested in!
Monday, January 30: Technological Engineering, featuring Courses 1, 3, 6-1, 16 and 22
Tuesday, January 31: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Biology & Biological Engineering, featuring Courses 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10
Wednesday, February 1: Economics & Management, Design & Infrastructure, Politics & Policy, featuring Courses 11, 14, 15, and 17
Thursday, February 2: Math, Physics, & Computer Science, featuring Courses 6, 8, and 18
Friday, February 3: Choice of Major Open House
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Shauna Peterson, 7-104, 617-324-8128, scpeter@mit.edu
| Jan/30 | Mon | 11:45AM-12:45PM | 1-131 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering identifies natural & manmade problems & finds creative solutions with a global impact. Our students travel the globe to find sustainable solutions to some of society's biggest challenges, including: climate change, air quality and infrastructure stability. Join us for lunch to learn more about our hands-on undergraduate research opportunities and the exciting places that CEE can take you.
| Jan/30 | Mon | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 10-105 |
Featuring courses 1, 3, 6-1, 16, and 22
| Jan/31 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 32-124 |
Featuring courses 3 and 5
| Jan/31 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 32-124 |
Featuring courses 3, 7, and 9
| Jan/31 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | Stata Lobby |
Come learn about exciting new research coming out of the Chemical Engineering labs at MIT and learn a bit more about what it's like to be in the department! Refreshments including delicious bubble tea will be provided.
| Jan/31 | Tue | 01:30PM-02:00PM | 2-135 |
Featuring course 5
| Jan/31 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-131b |
Lab tour for the Department of Materials Science & Engineering
| Jan/31 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 32-124 |
Panel of Course 10 students and faculty
| Jan/31 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:00PM | 32-124 |
Interested in Biology and hoping to make the most of Course 7? Come learn more about Biology classes and opportunities from current students and faculty. Refreshments will be served.
| Feb/01 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 32-155 |
Featuring course 14
| Feb/01 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 32-155 |
Featuring course 15
| Feb/01 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 32-155 |
Politics, Public Policy, Law, and Social Science Statistics Panel featuring course 17
| Feb/01 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-131b |
Lab tour for the Department of Materials Science & Engineering
| Feb/01 | Wed | 03:30PM-05:00PM | 9-255 |
Meet students and faculty in course 11, learn about cutting edge research and practice in urban planning, and discover how you can get involved. Refreshments provided.
| Feb/02 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 32-144 |
Featuring courses 6 and 18
| Feb/02 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | In front of 33-202 |
A tour of the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel (http://aeroastro.mit.edu/wbwt) and Student Projects Lab, Thursday February 2, 2017, 1-2 pm, starting in front of Room 33-202. If you are interested in the tour but can't make it on Thursday, please contact Joe Figura '17 at figura@mit.edu or 224(772-4281).
| Feb/02 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-237 |
Come learn about all aspects of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is available, and more. Panel will be current MIT undergraduates participating in UROPs across campus.
| Feb/03 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 1-390 |
Over IAP, freshmen students have had the opportunity to learn more about the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering by working hands-on in our labs with graduate students or postdocs. Get a taste of the current research that¿s happening in CEE, meet some of our faculty and students and see what our freshmen mini-UROPers have been working on. Lunch will be served.
| Feb/03 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 7-103 |
Still not sure what you want to major in? Trying to decide between 2 (or 3 or 4) departments? Stop by 7-103 to chat with current Associate Advisors and UAAP staff to talk it out! Snacks provided.
Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others
David Nino, Senior Lecturer, GEL-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 60 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Graduate Status
Are you interested in developing professional skills that can amplify your impact in today’s high technology environments? If so, then consider investing in your future by completing the new Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Graduate Program IAP series on leadership development.
Join us for this inaugural series of workshops designed specifically for MIT graduate students who are interested in making a positive difference in their chosen fields. Grounded in leadership research but experiential and engaging in delivery, these workshops will build practical skills that apply to engineering and technology environments.
This series is offered through the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of Graduate Education and the Graduate Student Council.
Students are welcome to attend some or all of these workshops. Those who attend the entire series will receive a certificate of completion from the Gordon-MIT Engineering Program.
Additional cosponsor: Graduate Women at MIT.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Amy Shea-Slattery, amyshea@mit.edu
| Jan/19 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 32-124 |
Turn a smart group of people into a committed and effective team! This isn't easy and it won't happen naturally. Equips students with a proven framework for designing and leading new teams in engineering and technology environments.
Attendees completing the workshop will be able to
| Jan/24 | Tue | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 32-124 |
The heart of leadership is the ability to inspire people without relying on authority. Only one in ten practicing managers are skilled in motivating others. Learn how to engage and develop people to deliver their best work.
You'll be able to
| Jan/26 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 32-124 |
In a safe group environment, conflict can engender innovation, trust, and learning. This workshop will focus on encouraging constructive conflict.
Attendees will learn to
Leverage conflict to improve problem solving processes.
Increase your confidence in having difficult conversations.
Assess your own preferences for managing conflict.
| Feb/02 | Thu | 12:30PM-04:30PM | 32-124 |
These workshops assume that anyone can learn to lead. This final session focuses on mapping a pathway to leadership for the good others and oneself.
Attendees will learn to
Discover strengths grounded in your personality, values, and life story.
Identify when to develop new capabilities and let go of old ones.
Invent a future that aligns with your talents and life aspirations.
Effective Presentation Skills - GECD
| Jan/12 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 4-270 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Do you present your work to your lab, at conferences, or to a faculty or industry hiring committee? If so, this workshop presented by Bob Dolan is designed to provide you with tips and strategies for delivering an effective presentation. The more prepared you are, the more confident you will be. Discussions will include room set-up, proper dress, room management, and actual professional delivery to your audience.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Exploring Public Health Through the Lens of Endometriosis
Aleshia Carlsen-Bryan, Senior Assistant Director for Prehealth Advising
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
On the week of January 23-27 from 10am-12pm, the Prehealth Advising Office will be offering a non-credit course that will explore public health through the lens of endometriosis. Endometriosis is a gynecologic disease that can only be diagnosed through laparoscopic surgery. One in 10 women are affected by the disease and on average it takes about 10 years to diagnose. Throughout the week, guest speakers like Dr. Malcolm Mackenzie, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, will be exploring the disease with you. The course will explore the disease from various aspects with include the patient perspective, clinical challenges, and the importance of advocacy of the disease. This course is great for anyone interested in learning about the disease or anyone looking to become a health professional in the future. Please register here: https://goo.gl/forms/MO3M37RaFfTEWqzh1.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Aleshia Carlsen-Bryan, 39, 617 253-5011, ACARLSEN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/23 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | TBD |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | TBD |
Aleshia Carlsen-Bryan - Senior Assistant Director for Prehealth Advising
Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: MIT Sci/Tech Policy Bootcamp
William Bonvillian, Director, MIT DC Office
Enrollment: Fill out application by deadline
Sign-up by 12/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants should attend all sessions but it is not mandatory
This activity examines the public policy behind, and the government's role in the science and technology based innovation system. Emphasis placed on the U.S. S&T system, but international examples discussed. The seminar aims to equip those planning careers in and around science and technology with the basic background for involvement in science policymaking.
We cover the following topics:1)drivers behind science and technology support: growth economics, direct and indirect innovation factors, innovation systems theory, the "valley of death" between R&D and public-private partnership models; 2)organizing framework behind US science agencies, their missions and research organizational models, and the DARPA model as an alternative; 3)the way innovation is organized when it's face-to-face; 4)barriers and challenges to health science advance; 5)The energy technology challenge - how the science/tech innovation system needs to be organized to meet it within an existing and established complex economic sector; and 5) upcoming competitiveness challenge in advanced manufacturing.
Please fill out this web form by December 9 to participate in activity:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NcFaLgghD6h5j2XsAhjfEUauQ3eejZmioulI_f3sEJA/edit
Sponsor(s): Political Science
Contact: Gyung Hoon Kang (Kenny), gkang@mit.edu
| Jan/23 | Mon | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 56-114 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | Location TBD |
Get a Patent on your Invention & Turn it into a Startup!
Christopher Noble
| Jan/11 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 3-133 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
You've invented something really cool. Can you get a patent? Can you create a company around it?
Christopher Noble (MIT Technology Licensing Officer) will help you learn how and when to file a patent (and if you need to) and how your startup can spin the invention out from MIT and get that coveted “exclusive license”.
Christopher will also show you how the MIT Technology Licensing Office can help you; and will tell you what investors are looking for when they ask you: “What about your IP?”
To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Hack your potential: using a growth mindset to succeed at MIT and beyond
Lourdes Aleman, Research Scientist
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Many students arrive at MIT riding on years of academic success and praise from teachers, parents, and colleagues. But what happens when you encounter uncertainty and failure? Have you been in a challenging class where you worry about how others will perceive you if don't sound "smart" enough? When you fail to achieve a specific goal, how do you manage and overcome discouragement and self-doubt? In this course, we will examine how our own notions of potential and ability can have a fundamental impact on how we approach our work, how much we learn, and how successful we can be in achieving our goals. The course will focus on recent, evidence-based insights regarding human performance, neuroplastictiy, motivation and on how deliberately cultivating a "growth-mindset" can improve our willingness and ability to face challenges and to innovate, despite the risk of failure.
This course is limited to 20 students. Please send a brief description of who you are and why you would like to take this course to Lourdes Alemán at laleman@mit.edu. You will be notified via e-mail to confirm registration. Registration is open until 1/8.
Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, 617 715-5348, LALEMAN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E51-085 |
How people learn, neurosplasticity, struggling and how it relates to learning.
| Jan/13 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E51-085 |
The relationship between different types of mindset, learning and achievement.
| Jan/17 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E51-085 |
Learning to embrace challenges and learning from them: cultivating a growth mindset.
| Jan/20 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E51-085 |
Using deliberate practice & evidence-based studying strategies to improve learning and achievement. This optional session builds upon Sessions 1-3, but can also be attended as a stand-alone session.
Hacking a Software Interview -- Mastering Programming Interview Questions
Ron Chaney
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: one MIT programming class or equivalent; 6.006 useful
Ever wanted to work at a company like Akamai, Facebook, Google, or TripAdvisor? There's just one thing standing in your way: the interview. Whether you're a beginning programmer or a seasoned expert, this class can help you prepare for a technical interview. The class will focus on computer science topics that frequently come up in programming interviews. We will cover topics like time complexity, hash tables, binary search trees, and some other things you might learn in 6.046. Most of the time will be spent teaching participants how to formulate responses to technical questions during an interview. Real life examples will be used. If you have any interest in working at a computer science company, make sure you don't miss this class!
Sponsor(s): Student Information Processing Board, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Jaime Perkins, jperkins@akamai.com
| Jan/18 | Wed | 05:30PM-07:00PM | 32-155 |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 05:30PM-07:00PM | 32-155 |
Helping PhDs and Postdocs Identify Skills
| Feb/01 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E19-202 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
You will have the opportunity to learn more about the skills you have gained in your PhD and/or postdoc. This session will feature activities to help you identify skills. It will also discuss research that has been done to identify skills you have learned that employers desire in various industries.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
How to Work a Career Fair - GECD
| Jan/26 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:00PM | E19-202 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Many students are overwhelmed when attempting to navigate a career fair with many employers. This workshop will provide tips and strategies on how be effective during the upcoming Career Fairs. You will learn what to do in preparation for the fair, what to do at the fair, and what to do after the fair. The fair is an excellent opportunity to connect with employers -- create a strategy that will help you in this competitive employment environment!
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Open to students, alumni and postdocs.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Informational Interviewing 101
| Jan/27 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | E19-202 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Informational interviewing is an effective, low-pressure form of networking, and a valuable tool for both career exploration and job search. Come learn the basics of informational interviewing, including who to speak with, how to set one up, potential questions to ask, and tips on how to make the most of informational interviews.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
LinkedIn Lab - GECD
| Jan/18 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | E19-202, Bring your laptop. |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
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. We’ll also cover some ways LinkedIn can be used as job search tool. This will be followed by individual work on your profile, with Career Services staff available to answer your questions.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Making the Most of Your Presentation
| Jan/19 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 10-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr Doumont’s book Trees, maps, and theorems, about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations. Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright. Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. More at www.principiae.be.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
Me, Myself and I: How do you define yourself in the 21st century?
| Jan/30 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E19-202 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
We all hold multiple identities and they interact in our lives in different ways. At home, in the classroom, at the office, the words we use to describe ourselves have power and can change the way we see ourselves in these environments. What words have you used to describe your identity? How have others described you? How do our perceptions of ourselves impact the roles we play in our daily lives and the roles we hope to play in our professional careers? This interactive workshop will explore these questions and give you the opportunity to refine your sense of self as you step into your daily life and your career.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Open to students, alumni and postdocs.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
MIT Can Talk!
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02
Attendance: 30-min slot on Friday, Feb. 3 and finals on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Do you have a silver tongue or the gift of the gab? Are you the one always picked out to share out the small group’s discussion? Do you never back down from a dinner discussion? Then show your stuff at the MIT Can Talk oratory competition!
Participants will give a 5-minute speech on the topic “How Change Happens”. Material must be original but can include excerpts from elsewhere, including poems, stories, songs, etc. as long as sources are properly attributed. A panel of judges will determine who wins the top prizes! The contest is open to everyone in the MIT community; competitors must attend at least one of the MIT Museum's IAP 2017 science communication workshops in order to participate in the preliminaries on Friday, February 3 from 5-8pm. The final competition will be from 1-3pm on Saturday, February 4 in the MIT Museum.
**Competition registration and details will be sent by email to science communication workshop participants. Please contact Jennifer Novotney (novotney@mit.edu) with questions.
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@mit.edu
MIT VMS Boot Camp Series - Kent Summers Crash Course in Enterprise B2B Sales
MIT Venture Mentoring Service & Kent Summers
| Jan/13 | Fri | 08:45AM-04:00PM | MIT Classroom 4-370 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: None
Email vmsbootcamp@mit.edu to enroll
In its 6th year, this popular IAP workshop is consistently received by attendees with enthusiasm. Providing practical knowledge of "how to sell," the Sales Boot Camp is designed to provide entrepreneurs starting a new venture and business school graduates entering a new profession with basic tools for success—how to target enterprise sales opportunities, manage a sales process, acquire customers and generate revenue.
The workshop is comprised of two 3-hour sessions, combining lecture, interactive exercises, and anecdotal evidence from real-world sales situations. Attendees will trouble-shoot “failed sales” Case Studies and recommend corrective action or behavior. The first session focuses on basic concepts and "tools and mechanics" required for sales focus and efficiency. The second covers more subtle aspects of selling with emphasis on how to navigate an organization, overcome bias, build consensus, negotiate and close deals.
Kent Summers has been offering the Sales Boot Camp in collaboration with VMS since 2008. He regularly presents the Sales Boot Camp at the MIT Sloan School, the Harvard MBA program and the Wharton School of Business. Summers founded and sold three software companies in the Boston area, and since 2002 has served as a trusted mentor to dozens of MIT start-ups. His success with early-stage ventures and enterprise sales is uniquely suited to the needs of start-up ventures.
Sponsor(s): MIT Venture Mentoring Service
Contact: Haley Webb, W31 - 310, 617-258-0720, vmsbootcamp@mit.edu
Modern Pure Mathematics for the Modern Applied Mathematician. A not-for-credit short course of 6 loosely-connected lectures
Homer Reid
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Do you---as an engineer---sometimes consult pure-math papers or textbooks in the hope of deriving insight into a puzzling mathematical challenge, only to be stymied by an impenetrable wall of jargon such as short exact sequences and functoriality?
Do you---as a physicist---need to know what things like cohomology and p-forms are, but can't learn from pure-math textbooks because of the dense thicket of abstract terminology and concepts lying between the title page and the interesting content?
Or do you---as an applied or numerical mathematician---simply wonder what your pure-math colleagues are doing down the corridor all day?
If so, this is the course for you!
http://homerreid.com/teaching/MoPuMMAM
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Homer Reid, (857) 829-1667, homereid@mit.edu
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:30PM-04:00PM | E25-117 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:30PM-04:00PM | E25-117 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | E25-117 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 02:30PM-04:00PM | E25-117 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 02:30PM-04:00PM | E25-117 |
| Feb/03 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 32-144 |
Patent Law Fundamentals
Jeffrey A. Meldman, Senior Lecturer
| Jan/18 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of U.S. patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Designed for students in all MIT departments.
Topics include: Requirements of utility, novelty, and non-obviousness; Eligibility of software, business methods, and genetic material; Applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims; New U.S. law of inventor priority; Infringement, defenses, and remedies; Comparing patent protection with the protection of copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
Reading materials include key sections of the U.S. patent statute (Title 35, U.S. Code) and related judicial decisions. All readings and lecture slides will be posted on Stellar. No textbooks or course packs.
Meets with 15.S51, which offers 3 units of G credit. Students who wish to receive credit should register for 15.S51 and plan to take a comprehensive quiz in the final class meeting on February 1. (For the benefit of non-credit participants, the MIT community will have access to the 15.S51 website throughout IAP.)
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Jeffrey Meldman, E62-317, 617 253-4932, JMELDMAN@MIT.EDU
Robotics and Innovation Co-working Spaces
Fady Saad SM '13, Co-founder and Director of Partnerships, MassRobotics
| Jan/17 | Tue | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Alumnus Fady Saad SM '13 will speak about his journey from North Africa and Europe working in Fortune 500 companies to MIT, startups, robotics, and finally MassRobotics located here in Cambridge. Other topics include Fady's research, his theory on startups lifecycle, and the rise of new forms of innovation spaces.
Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU
Sampling of Careers in Biology
Biology Department & Biology Graduate Students
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
This program will cover eight career paths for Biology PhDs.
Sponsor(s): Biology
Contact: Adam Martin, 68-459, 4-0074, acmartin@mit.edu
| Jan/17 | Tue | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Intellectual property & patent law are fields with growing opportunities for PhD holders. Meet professionals working at a wide range of institutions, from research institutes & pharmaceutical companies to private firms, who have moved away from the bench, into careers where they apply their scientific background in order to understand, communicate & protect new discoveries and cutting-edge technology in a legal framework.
Shoji Takahashi - PhD, Associate Director of Intellectual Property, Seema Basu - PhD, Director, Licensing & Strategic Collaborations, Adam Poulin-Kerstien - JD, PhD, Patent Attorney, Fang Xie - PhD, Of Counsel
| Jan/18 | Wed | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
If you enjoy thinking about how science can improve the world, come learn about careers in science policy. Panelists will explain how science policy affects allocation of laboratory funding and how discoveries are translated into new technology and laws.
Alison Leaf - PhD, Hellman Fellow in Science & Technology Policy, Julie McNamara - MSc, Energy Analyst with the Climate & Energy Program, Daniel Pomeroy - PhD, Program Manager, MIT's Policy Lab
| Jan/23 | Mon | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Are you interested in careers that utilize your skills from grad school but takes you away from bench science? Come hear about how our panelists made their transition from bench to consulting and investment roles.
Maria Denslow - Healthcare Lead Analyst, Bigyan Bista - Life Sciences Strategy Consultant, Kate Moreau - Analyst, William C. Mills - Healthcare Equity Analyst
| Jan/24 | Tue | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
If you enjoy talking about and explaining science, come learn about the diverse career paths in scientific communication including journal editors, medical writers, and journalists. Panelists will explain how a PhD can be advantageous in their field and how to transition from science to science writing.
Joseph Caputo - MSc, Media Relations Manager, Julie Sollier - PhD, Scientific Editor, Megan Thielking - Report and Lead Writer, Lisa Welch - MSc, Medical Writing
| Jan/26 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 68-181 |
Interested in starting your own company, or learning the process for what it takes? Come hear about how different founders started their companies as well as resources at MIT and funding opportunities to take your venture further.
Jacob Rubens - Associate, Trish Cotter - Associate Managing Director, Vyas Ramanan - Associate, Reshma Shetty - Co-founder, Andrew Warren - Founding Scientist and Product Development Lead
| Jan/31 | Tue | 01:30PM-03:30PM | 68-181 |
Are you considering a job in industry? Join us for an exciting Q&A session with a panel of scientists who belong to different areas of industry. Learn about their day-to-day life, how they transitioned from academia to industry, and find out whether industry is right for you.
Eric Bell - PhD, Senior Scientist, Translational Biology, Dan Denning - PhD, Investigator II, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Diseases, Ann Marie Faust - PhD, Investigator II, Synthetic Biology group,, Setu Roday - PhD, Senior Scientist,Materials Discovery & Characterization
Science Communication: Effective Delivery
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
| Feb/03 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | MIT Museum (N51) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/02
Limited to 30 participants
Take part in a series of 5 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.
What's the secret to effective and successful public speaking? In this workshop, we'll consider some of the keys to success, including often overlooked factors like your attitude: to the material you're presenting, to your audience, and even - surprise, surprise! - to yourself. The session will be illustrated with examples of good and bad practice, and led by John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum and Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology, & Society Program.
Pre-register here to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-can-talk-effective-delivery-tickets-29868836494
* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU
Science Communication: Story Telling
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
| Jan/31 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | MIT Museum (N51) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Limited to 30 participants
Take part in a series of 5 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.
Being able to express your ideas clearly to others is a key element in successful communication. During this interactive workshop will help you to transform your thoughts into a succinct presentation with a solid structure, with a focus on telling a good story. This session will be led by Dr. Faith Dukes, StoryCollider presenter and boxing instructor.
Pre-register here to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-can-talk-story-telling-organizing-your-thoughts-tickets-29868636897
* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU
Science Communication: Talk To Me!
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
| Feb/02 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | MIT Museum (N51) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 02/01
Limited to 30 participants
Take part in a series of 5 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.
You’re prepared, you know what you want to say and you even practiced. But when it comes time to perform, you'll want to be engaging and not sound like you are reciting a memorized script. As an audience member, I want you to connect with me! Come to this session to learn some ideas for how to do that. Tony Eng, creator of the MIT Can Talk competition and EECS Senior Lecturer will lead this session.
Pre-register here to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-can-talk-audience-engagement-tickets-29868787347
* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU
Science Communication: Your Place on Stage
Brindha Muniappan, Director of Programs, MIT Museum, Jennifer Novotney, Public Programs Coordinator, MIT Museum
| Feb/01 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | MIT Museum (N51) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 30 participants
Take part in a series of 5 independent IAP workshop sessions on public speaking during the last week of IAP. The sessions are meant to be practical and interactive, and are open to all members of the MIT community. Each session is limited to 30 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged but drop-ins are welcome if space is available.
Are you tired of reading tiny font and listening to a presenter in the background? Then come to this workshop to learn how to make yourself stand out from your slides! Work with a professional actor to practice effective body language, and explore how to use your body to emphasize and enhance your presentation. Please wear loose clothing conducive for physical movement. This session will be led by Debra Wise, Artistic Director of the Underground Railway Theater.
Pre-register here to attend this session: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-can-talk-your-presence-in-space-tickets-29868670999
* Participants of this session are encouraged to take part in the “MIT Can Talk” oratory competition on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4 at the MIT Museum (see IAP listing for more details).
Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Jennifer Novotney, x4-7313, novotney@MIT.EDU
Social networking sites & article sharing
Katharine Dunn, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Courtney Crummett, Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/19 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2984875
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 30 participants
Many researchers promote and share their publications on sites like Twitter, Facebook, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu. Come to this IAP session to learn about how sharing on these sites relates to copyright and open access, as well as how the sites compare to institutional and subject repositories like DSpace@MIT or arXiv.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2984875
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katharine Dunn, 14E-210, 617 253-9879, KHDUNN@MIT.EDU
Startups, Coding, and a Contest
Kevin Cheung
| Jan/18 | Wed | 05:00PM-07:00PM | 32-141 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: coding experience, interest in startups and competitions
Join us to learn about startups and coding, and our launch of a new coding project contest to connect student developers with startups. The current hiring process doesn't give student developers enough room to stand out, and often rewards networking more than coding ability.
Slides of the talk are available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rAjhjUGXkpAubxNKioneItrxqPUHclO52kW_T4PcZ88
In our presentation, we'll reveal our candid take on startups so you can make an informed decision on whether they're right for you. Next, we'll go over some non-obvious coding lessons we had to learn the hard way. Then, we'll invite you to participate in our code contest as well as share relevant details. Finally, we'll give our closing remarks and direct you to the food!
If you're interested in working at a startup or launching your own, or if you're looking for a way to stand out to employers, this talk is for you.
Register for this event at codecontest.org/register.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Kevin Cheung, kevin@codecontest.org
Structuring Your Scientific Papers
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 10-250 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Papers are one of the few deliverables of the work of researchers. Well-designed, they efficiently allow each reader to learn only what he or she needs to. Poorly designed, by contrast, they confuse readers, fail to prompt decisions, or remain unread. Based on Dr Doumont's book Trees, maps, and theorems, about effective communication for rational minds, the lecture shows how to structure scientific papers, theses, and technical reports effectively at all levels to get the readers' attention, facilitate navigation, and, in this way, get the message across optimally. Dr. Doumont holds an engineering degree from the Louvain School of Engineering and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford. He specializes in professional speaking, writing, and graphing, and incorporates a unique engineering perspective. More at www.principiae.be.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
The Optimally Dismal Laboratory II: Now Even Worse!
Dr John F. Carrier, Sloan School of Management
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 66-110, bring a story and photo from your lab |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Would you like to reduce your lab's output by 10%, 20%, or even as much as 50%?
Then Optimally Dismal Laboratory is a must attend event for you!
In this session, we provide an optimal approach for disrupting productivity, reducing safey, and dampening morale for your laboratory. We will explain the rationale behind these techniques through the systems and psychological studies of several notable MIT faculty, including Jay Forrester, John DC Little, Ed Schein, Douglas McGregor, and Kurt Lewin.
Finally, we will show some "best practices" from several MIT labs. Also, feel free to submit photos of your lab's best productivity-disrupting activities for inclusion in the talk.
Finally, we'll issue a "playbook" for implementing it in your lab.
Common Questions
Q: I am worried about the impact on my colleagues' productivity.
A: No need to worry. It will reduce their productivity as well.
Q: Could these techniques be used in reverse to improve productivity, safety, and morale?
A: Yes, but that would require a modicum of consideration and self-discipline.
Q: Will I regret not attending?
A: Most likely, but if you don't come, you'll never know.
Help make MIT less un-Great again!
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering, Sloan School of Management, Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: John Carrier, JFCARRIE@MIT.EDU
Using Improv to Improve Confidence
| Jan/20 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E25-117 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Participants will engage in improv activities with others. This session will focus on how doing improv can improve one’s confidence, especially regarding communication skills and meeting new people.
Pre-registration is requested on CareerBridge.
Open to students, alumni and postdocs only.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: GECD-IAP, gecd-iap@mit.edu
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