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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
Students arrive in Boston, check in at the John Jeffries House after
2 p.m.
Meet at 5:30 in the Jeffries House lobby with hosts, current PAOC Students,
to go to dinner together.
Reservation confirmation numbers for rooms will come
from Carol Sprague (carols@mit.edu)
in email messages before the Open House begins.
THURSDAY, MARCH
20
Students have coffee at John Jeffries House.
Morning
| 9:30 |
Coffee, juices and pastries served, Charney Library, 54-1425 |
| 10.00 |
Chair of the
Department of Earth,
Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Maria Zuber, 54-915 |
| 10:30 |
PAOC Program Overview, Director,
Alan Plumb, 54-915 |
| 11.00 |
Coffee break 54-915 |
| 11:30 |
Current Research,
Paul O'Gorman, new PAOC Faculty, "Precipitation and
Extratropical Storms in Changed Climates," 54-915 |
Afternoon
| 12:30 |
Lunch with
current Graduate Students in 54-923 |
| 1:30 |
MIT Campus Guided
Tour; meet current Students in 54-915 |
| 2:30 |
Meet PAOC
Faculty
and
Researchers
in their offices |
| 5:45 |
Dinner with PAOC Faculty at a nearby
restaurant, Legal Seafoods, Ames at Main St.
At 5:50 in 54-1620, Kerry Emanuel meets those visitors and
faculty who want to walk
over together. |
| 7:15 |
Visit area clubs with current
PAOC Students who'll meet our visitors at Legal Seafoods. |
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
Prospective Students
have full breakfast at John Jeffries House, pack up. Those
staying through tonight will check in this afternoon at the
Residence Inn.
Store luggage at the PAOC office, 54-1710.
| 9:00 |
Coffee, juices and pastries, Charney Library, 54-1425 |
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9:30 - 11
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Current Graduate Student Presentations, 54-1615
(Ian Fenty, John Moskaitis, Brian Tang,
Angela Zalucha) |
| 11:00 |
Meet with PAOC
Faculty (arranged appointments
in offices) |
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12:00 |
Only Prospective Students and PAOC faculty go to
lunch with the Joint Program. |
| afternoon |
Prospective Students are welcome to join the MIT/WHOI Joint
Program activities schedule. |
| 7:00 - 9:00 |
Optional dinner, MIT Faculty Club: PAOC and MIT/WHOI
Joint Program Faculty and Students welcome with advance
reservation. |
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
Students
depart from Residence Inn. Free day to tour Boston area.
Contact MIT/WHOI Joint Program for sightseeing options. WHAT TO DO on your own around
campus, Cambridge, and Boston? Start with this web page:
http://web.mit.edu/visit/do.html
VISITOR
ACCOMMODATIONS
For Wednesday and Thursday nights, we have reserved a
block of rooms at
John
Jeffries House, a local New England Bed and Breakfast in the
historic Boston neighborhood, Beacon Hill, just across the bridge
from MIT. Friday nights guests will stay at the
Residence Inn, closer to campus. All rooms will be prepaid by the
Department.
Contact
Carol Sprague (carols@mit.edu,
617-253-3381) to be assigned a space in a suite. The week before
the Open House, she will send visitors their room confirmation
numbers.
VISITOR TRAVEL
All Prospective
Students should make their own travel reservations. For
reimbursement, save all receipts for travel and food; after the Open
house ends, give them to Carol Sprague. |
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