aspuru-list February 2009

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Head-Gordon visit, 2/19

by Leslie Vogt

Hi everyone, Martin Head-Gordon is visiting Harvard on 2/19 as part of his Theochem seminar visit. We can take a small group to lunch - if you are interested, let me know. Leslie -- _______________________ Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] new material for PV?

by Semion K Saikin

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37711

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: 2009 Team Fitness Challenge!

by Anna B. Shin

If anyone's interested, let me know. If there's more than 8 folks, maybe we can form 2 teams. Last year we were known as Team nano-Wired (I made up the name ok!) and surprisingly we didn't make last place. Kathleen and I both won a prize - Ms. Congeniality or something or other. Anna P.S. Alan, this is a given. I'm signing you up. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: heminfo <heminfo(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:31 AM Subject: 2009 Team Fitness Challenge! Hello 2008 Team Captains The 2009 Team Fitness Challenge deadline is approaching! Get your rosters in SOONER than later PLEASE! I will be out the later half of next week so the sooner we can get those rosters in hand the better! We will be spicing things up this season with "Bonus" workouts where you can earn double points (yes that's right DOUBLE points). So get your rosters in ASAP! Let's make 2009 the biggest challenge yet! Kerry *Attached is the registration packet. * For additional information visit the following link: http://www.gocrimson.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=102195&SPID=11955&DB_OEM_ID… -- Anna B. Shin Aspuru-Guzik Group Administrator Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 phone 617.496.9411 fax anna(a)chemistry.harvard.edu Aspuru-Guzik Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] There are sandwiches in M110

by James D Whitfield

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [Fwd: [Ap-gradstudents] SEAS Professional Development Seminar]

by James D Whitfield

James D Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847 web: aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/people/James_Whitfield ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sorell Massenburg <massenburg(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:32 PM Subject: [Fwd: [Ap-gradstudents] SEAS Professional Development Seminar] To: hmsg(a)googlegroups.com SEAS is having a professional development series, every Monday at noon in Pierce 307. This next topic is on time management. One of the presenters will be Vinny! Last monday's talk was on things I did and didn't do right in grad school. The slides from that are posted on the following website, which also shows the schedule of topics. http://seas.harvard.edu/profdev Some future topics include: Writing papers, Choosing a career path and Grants; writing proposals. I encourage all the HMSG grad students and post docs to attend. Sorell -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ap-gradstudents] SEAS Professional Development Seminar Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:06:59 -0500 From: Susan Wieczorek <wieczore(a)seas.harvard.edu> <wieczore(a)seas.harvard.edu> To: deas-grads(a)seas.harvard.edu To: SEAS Grad Students I was asked to send you the following announcement. Best, Susan ----------------------------------------- SEAS Professional Development Seminar Series, Spring 2009 All graduate students and post-docs are welcome! Date: February 9th Speakers: Vinothan Manoharan, Assistant Professor of Physics and Chemical Engineering Matt Welsh, Associate Professor of Computer Science Topic: Time management; Surviving grad school and beyond Professor Welsh and Professor Manoharan will lead a discussion on different aspects of time management during a graduate student's career, including but not limited to staying organized, planning milestones, and avoiding distractions. Time: Mondays, noon to 1pm Location: Pierce 307 Lunch will be provided. Website: http://seas.harvard.edu/profdev Please help spread the word about the seminar series to others that may be interested. We look forward to seeing many of you! _______________________________________________ Ap-gradstudents mailing listAp-gradstudents@deas.harvard.eduhttps://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ap-gradstudents --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "HMSG" group. To post to this group, send email to hmsg(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hmsg+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <hmsg%2Bunsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hmsg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] A Mechanism for Determining a good Group Meeting Time

by Cesar Rodriguez

Group: I have decided on a simple mechanism for determining what would be a not-so-bad permanent group meeting time. I made a schedule for the whole week, in blocks of 30mins. Each person should put their initials next to the times that are BAD for them. If a time is bad, but you might be somewhat flexible, just initial it and put an asterisk next to your name. Fill the schedule before Wednesday's group meeting. The paper with the schedule is posted in my cubicle's bulletin board, just come by and write your initials. Please, write your initial in small letters, as there are many of us that need to fill it. Thanks. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] IIC Colloquium - Wed- Feb 11 - Daniel Russell - Finding what you seek: How Google users think about search (and how they actually search)

by Pavlos Protopapas

Daniel Russell, Uber Tech Lead, Search Quality & User Happiness, Google Finding what you seek: How Google users think about search (and how they actually search) Date: February 11, 2009 Time: 4:00 p.m., refreshments at 3:30 p.m. Location: 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Is search a solved problem? Certainly not from the user's perspective. Some Google users are incredibly effective at finding stuff with search engines; others seem to have trouble getting their questions framed, let alone answered. Why are some searchers so good, and what do they do differently than others? Learning how to search and do research today is different from what you might have learned in a library skills class 20 years ago. This talk will include tips, tricks and insights. More information: http://iic.harvard.edu <http://iic.harvard.edu/> _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Wednesday of this week

by Edward Farhi

Dear Qanta We are going to meet tomorrow, that is, Wednesday at 3:00 in 6-310. We will meet again on Monday February 2 at 3:00 to organize for the term. The assumption is that we will continue to have the group meetings on Mondays at 3:00 so please let me know if there is a problem with that time. Note that on Monday Vidal is speaking at noon. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] College Fellows Program.

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Taken from: http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/323/59… HIGHER EDUCATION: New Ph.D.s to Teach Harvard Undergrads *Susan Gaidos**<http://www.sciencemag.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/323/59…> Harvard University plans to hire up to 20 recent Ph.D.s to teach undergraduate courses in a move that officials say will improve instruction and help students facing a tough job market. The new College Fellows Program was announced last week in an e-mail to faculty and will go into effect this fall. Fellows will be paid $48,000 with full benefits to work in some 20 academic departments throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The program is open to all recent--since 2005--Ph.D. graduates. The awards are for 1 year, with a second year possible, and the money will come from the university's instructional budget. "A large part of the goal was to support graduates and mentor excellent teaching among recent Ph.D.s, and [another] was to meet essential teaching needs in Harvard College," says Allan Brandt, dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. "We wanted to develop strong teaching for our Harvard College students and to make sure our teaching needs were met." Each fellow will be assigned a faculty mentor, and teaching-focused seminars are planned. The program, Brandt says, "is designed for people who have a deep interest in university teaching." Fellows will be expected to carry 70% of the teaching load of a faculty member, leaving them some time to pursue their research. "At this career stage," says Brandt, "it's very important that they have some protected time to continue their research endeavors." James Hanken, Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology, says the program offers new Ph.D. recipients "a sort of a temporary hold" in a tough job market. "If it's a teaching postdoc that doesn't consume all of your waking hours and leaves you time to do some research, I think it can be a good deal," he says.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Meeting with Nocera, Monday Feb 9th at 2:30pm

by Cesar Rodriguez

Group: Dan Nocera from MIT, will meet our group on: Monday, 9 February at 2:30pm at our Lobby area Please, join me there. Alan won't be here, but he wants several people from the group to talk to him. He is giving at 4 p.m. seminar "Personalized Energy: A Carbon-Neutral Energy for 1 (x6 Billion)" Woodward Lectures in the Chemical Sciences, Organic Chemistry Seminar Pfizer Lecture Hall More info about his research: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/dgn/www/research/index.html Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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