School of Science News & Honors
Tenure Track Faculty Lunch Program
A new lunch meeting, specifically for junior faculty in the School of Science. The goal of these meetings is to introduce you to junior faculty in different departments and to provide a forum for discussion of important issues. At some meetings, relevant speakers will discuss key topics of particular interest to junior faculty.
Upcoming Meetings:
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Fall 2012 |
TBD |
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PAST MEETINGS |
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February 7, 2008 |
Effective Teaching |
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April 17, 2008 |
Advising Students |
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June 2, 2008 |
Research Presentations by Dennis Kim and Lindy Elkins-Tanton |
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September 5, 2008 |
The Promotion Process |
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November 14, 2008 |
Research Presentations by Gabriella Sciolla and Carlos Lois |
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March 6, 2009 |
Managing Research and Everything Else |
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May 1, 2009 |
Research Presentations by Sarah O’Connor and Adam Burgasser |
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October 1, 2009 |
Research Presentation by Joe Formaggio |
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October 30, 2009 |
Research Presentations by Rebecca Saxe and Joshua Winn |
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November 20, 2009 |
MIT Benefits & Resources |
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February 26, 2010 |
Presentation by MIT Medical on Mental Health Awareness |
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May 14, 2010 |
Research Presentations by Bernd Surrow and Laurie Boyer |
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September 30, 2010 |
General Updates and Discussion on Harassment |
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November 19, 2010 |
Research Presentations by Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano and Aude Oliva |
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February 28, 2011 |
Discussion on current initiatives and events at MIT, including Vision 2030 and postdoctoral considerations |
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April 27, 2011 |
Research presentation by Elizabeth Nolan and thoughts as the academic year winds down |
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November 15, 2011 |
Discussion on Mentoring for you by you |
December 8, 2011 |
Presentation by Jacqueline Lees, Professor of Biology and Associate Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, on submitting competitive research proposals and Myriam Heiman, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, will discuss novel methodology to analyze gene expression in brain cells. |
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April 24, 2012 |
Research presentation by Nuh Gedik |
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June 4, 2012 |
Mircea Dinca, Professor of Chemistry, will present, “Tailoring Sponges for Energy Applications” and Jeff Gore, Professor of Physics, will discuss cooperating, cheating, and collapse in microbial populations. |
Junior faculty lunches are held from 12-1:30 PM at the MIT Faculty Club, E52-6th floor unless otherwise noted.
