Calendar
Conferences & Workshops (February 21 through February 25)
Thursday, February 21
- 10:00 AM Employer-in-Residence: PA Consulting Group
- IS&T SCV Tutorial - Programming in R
- 12:15 PM East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Roundtable Discussion
- 1:00 PM Decision Making Workshop
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to SAS
- 3:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to SPSS
- Graduate School Decision Making Workshop
- 5:00 PM Express Workshop: Resumes
- 5:30 PM Express Workshop: Cover Letters
Friday, February 22
- 9:00 AM Geriatrics Section Education Conference Series
- 10:00 AM New York Career Forum 2013
- Free Search Marketing Industry Summit for Students
- IS&T SCV Tutorial - R – C/C++ Programming
- 12:30 PM Innovation and Implementation: Bringing new health technologies to the developing world
- 1:00 PM Innovative Job Search Strategies
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Introduction to Information Visualization
- 3:00 PM PA Consulting Group Workshop
Saturday, February 23
- All Day 17th Annual European Career Fair at MIT
- 12:00 PM Public Health in Action: Gun Control
- 1:00 PM BU Bike's Bicycle Mechanics Class
Sunday, February 24
Monday, February 25
- 1:00 PM Time Management Workshop
- 2:00 PM IS&T SCV Tutorial - Tuning MATLAB Codes For Better Performance
- 4:00 PM Interviewing for Success
- 5:00 PM Express Workshop: Resumes
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