Dear group, Anybody that wishes to associate themselves with the center, can e-mail Rita Tavilla ("Rita Tavilla" <rtavilla(a)rle.mit.edu>du>, ). This adds you to their mailing list. Also, if you are paid by the center (JAMES, PATRICK, ALEJANDRO) definitely you should be on the list and go to the event below. People that do not belong but are "associated" if they wish (Leslie is going) are encouraged to show up. That way you can meet the students and postdocs of the other people in the center (e.g. Keith Nelson's Baldo's, Bawendi's, etc.) Cesar, Jacob, Joel and others:, are you interested? Alan For those of you interested in knowing what the center of excitonics, see here: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/ Good Morning, The Center for Excitonics has scheduled an All Hands meeting to take place on October 1st. The Center's students and postdocs are expected to attend. The meeting will be happening at the Endicott House in Dedham. This will be a great opportunity to meet each other and hear some information about the science and management of the center. We have also invited noted MIT public speaking expert Prof. Patrick Winston to present "How to Talk" at the meeting. Presentations from some of the students will also be scheduled. The meeting will start at 3:00pm and include a BBQ and run until 7:00 - 8:00pm. Transportation to and from Endicott will be provided if you should need it and will leave the MIT campus at 2:30pm. You can contact Rita Tavilla with any questions you might have. Please RSVP and indicate your need for transportation at http://www.doodle.com/knyyunrux7mfzbea. Thank you, Marc Baldo & Rita Tavilla Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu