PRISE 2009 Calendar
Wednesday, June 10: Fellows check-in, 5-9pm
Thursday, June 11: Fellows check-in, 9am-9pm
Friday, June 12: Fellows check-in, 8-11am
Friday, June 12: Orientation lunch and PRISE Octathlon, 12:00pm, MAC courtyard
Friday, June 12: Inaugural dinner, 6:30pm, Dudley House (Distinguished Speaker Series: Dean Evelynn Hammonds)
Saturday, June 13: Boston Pops Apollo 11 Anniversary, 8:00pm, Boston Symphony Hall
Monday, June 15: Meeting of PRISE social activites groups, 8:00pm, JCR
Tuesday, June 16: Meeting of PRISE science activities groups and REP study break, 8:00pm, JCR
Thursday, June 18: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Noam Elkies, 8:00pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Monday, June 22: Activities proposals meeting, 8:00pm, JCR
Wednesday, June 24: Activities proposal scheduling, 8:00pm, JCR
Thursday, June 25: Distinguished Speaker Series: Dean Mike Smith, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Monday, June 29: Seminar Series: Managing Expectations in the Lab, Craig Rodgers, BSC, 7:30pm, Dudley House
Tuesday, June 30: Faculty Chat with Dr. David Malan (Host: Mike Teodorescu), 1:00pm
Wednesday, July 1: Faculty Chat with Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, 8:00pm, D-entryway classroom (Host: Chris Kozak)
Thursday, July 2: PRISE MatLab course session 1, 5:00pm, Science Center, B-09 (basement computer lab)
Friday, July 3: Holiday observance (Labs/dining services closed)
Friday, July 3: Red Sox vs. Seattle, 7:00pm, Fenway Park
Saturday, July 4: PRISE at the Esplanade
Monday, July 6: Seminar Series: Writing Successful Fellowships Proposals, Greg Llacer, 7:30pm, Dudley House
Tuesday, July 7: PRISE MatLab course session 2, 5:00pm, Science Center, B-09 (basement computer lab)
Wednesday, July 8: PRISE Latek course session 1, 9:00pm, JCR
Thursday, July 9: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Paula Johnson, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Sunday, July 12: Aquarium tour, 11:00am, New England Aquarium
Sunday, July 12: Whale watcing trip, 1:30pm, New England Aquarium
Monday, July 13: Seminar Series: PRISE Fellow Alum Talk about Getting into Graduate School
Tuesday, July 14: SurPRISE!! Lottery (details to be sent via e-mail announcement)
Wednesday, July 15: All-science campus party at the Cambridge Queen's Head Pub, TBA
Thursday, July 16: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Shah Khoshbin , 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, July 17: Harvard Night at the Museum of Science, 4:00-9:00pm
Saturday, July 18: Canoeing down the Charles
Sunday, July 19: Run Around Boston Scavenger Hunt
Monday, July 20: Seminar Series: Careers Off the Bench, 7:30pm, Dudley House
Tuesday, July 21: Citizen Schools Pizza Brainstorming Session with Harvard Scientists, 6:00pm, NW Labs
Tuesday, July 21: Hyperdedocahedron!, 9:00pm, JCR
Thursday, July 23: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Adam Cohen, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Saturday, July 25: Boston Harbor Islands Tour
Sunday, July 26: Red Sox vs. Baltimore, 1:00pm, Fenway Park
Sunday, July 26: Broadway musical RENT, 8:00pm, Colonial Theatre, Boston
Monday, July 27: Seminar Series: The Art of Effective Public Speaking for Scientists, 7:30pm, Dudley House
Tuesday, July 28: Longwood-PRISE Research Symposium, HMS, 12:00pm
Wednesday, July 29: Faculty Chat with Dr. Marcus Kronforst (Host: Jeremy Hsu), 8:00pm, JCR
Thursday, July 30: Distinguished Speaker Series: Dean Stephen Kosslyn, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Saturday, August 1: Six Flags Trip
Sunday, August 2: Physics and psychological strategies in water balloon warfare, Leverett House, 12:00pm
Sunday, August 2: PRISE Bowling, Cambridge Lanes and Games, 2:00pm
Monday, August 3: Presentation practicum, 7:30pm Dudley House
Tuesday, August 4: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Marc Hauser, 12:00pm, Location TBA (lunch will be served)
Thursday, August 6: Distinguished Speaker Series:Professor Alyssa Goodman, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Saturday, August 8: PRISE Ball, 8:00pm, Dudley House
Sunday, August 9: Tanglewood Trip
Monday, August 10: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Science Center
Tuesday, August 11: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Science Center
Tuesday, August 11: Special 'Thank You' Dinner, 6:00-7:30pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Wednesday, August 12: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Science Center
Wednesday, August 12: Perseids Meteor Shower viewing, TBA
Thursday, August 13: Closing Dinner, 6:30pm, Northwest Labs
Friday, August 14: Check-out, 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, August 15: Check-out, 10:00am-5:00pm