PRISE 2012 Calendar
Wednesday, May 30: Fellows check-in, 6-9pm
Thursday, May 31: Fellows check-in, 9am-9pm
Friday, June 1: Fellows check-in, 9-12noon
Friday, June 1: Orientation lunch and Opening activities, 1:00pm, Gore Courtyard
Friday, June 1: Inaugural dinner, 6:00pm, Dudley House (Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Rob Lue)
Saturday, June 2: CHANGE: Rainy Day Charades, 2:00pm, Winthrop JCR
(Saturday, June 2: Cambridge River Festival, 3:00pm, Memorial Drive)
Saturday, June 2: Research Village Group Dinners on the Square, 5:00pm, Winthrop JCR
Saturday, June 2: Movie Night (Patch Adams), 8:00pm, Winthrop JCR
Sunday, June 3: Amazing Race--Harvard Edition, 11:00am, meet in Gore Courtyard
Sunday, June 3: Circle of Life Study Break, 6:00pm, Winthrop JCR
Monday, June 4: First Dudley House dinner, 6:00-8:00pm, Dudley House
Tuesday, June 5: Science and social activities planning groups, 8:30pm, JCR
Thursday, June 7, Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Noam Elkies, 8:00pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Friday, June 8: Boston Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals, 7:00pm, Fenway Park
Sunday, June 9: Boston Pops 20th Anniversary Gospel Night, 8:00pm, Symphony Hall
Monday, June 11: Activities proposal meeting and presentations, 8:00pm, JCR
Thursday, 14: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Xiao-Li Meng, 7:30pm, Fong Auditorium
Monday, June 18: Responsible Conduct in Research training seminar, 7:45pm, Location TBA
Thursday, June 21: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Erin O’Shea 7:30pm, Fong Auditorium
Friday, June 22: The Physics of Bowling, Cambridge Bowling Center
Friday, June 22: “Mama Mia!”, 8:00pm, Boston Opera House
Saturday, June 23: Kayaking on the Charles, 1:00pm
Saturday, June 23: Waterfire, 6:00pm
Saturday, June 23: PRISEbee (PRISE Frisbee), 6:30pm, MAC Quad
Sunday, June 24: Neuroscience Journal Club, 11:00am
Sunday, June 24: PBP Journal Club, 12:00noon
Sunday, June 24: Boston Red Sox vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:30pm, Fenway Park
Sunday, June 24: Card Tower Challenge!, 2:00pm, JCR
Sunday, June 24: Bouldering
Wednesday, June 27: Professional Development Series: GSAS Graduate School Fair, 3:00pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Wednesday, June 27: Summer Undergraduate Research Barbeque, 5:00pm, Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub
Wednesday, June 27: Diversitas Discussion Group, 9:00pm, JCR
Thursday, June 28: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Emory Brown, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, June 29: Cambridge Dance Party, 7:00pm, meet at JCR
Friday, June 29: Rube Goldberg Machine Competition, JCR
Saturday, June 30: White Mountain Trip, TBA
Saturday, June 30: PRISEbee, 6:30pm, MAC Quad
Sunday, July 1: Neuroscience Journal Club, 11:00am
Sunday, July 1: PBP Journal Club, 12:00noon
Sunday, July 1: PRISEbee, 3:00pm, MAC Quad
Sunday, July 1: Roger Williams Zoo trip
Monday, July 2: Professional Development Series Screening of “Naturally Obsessed,” 7:45pm, Location TBA
Wednesday, July 4: HOLIDAY!
Thursday, July 5: Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Scott Kominers, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, July 6: PBP Karaoke night, 9:00pm, JCR
Saturday, July 7: Taza Tour / Hot Pot
Sunday, July 8: Pancake Competition, Time TBA, Winthrop Dining Hall
Sunday, July 8: Boston Harbor Island Tour, Time TBA, Winthrop JCR
Monday, July 9: Harvard i-Lab dinner and presentation, 6:300pm, HBS
Tuesday, July 10: Sing Along Jam, Time TBA
Thursday, July 12: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Howard Georgi, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, July 13: Stargazing at the Harvard Observatory, Time TBA
Saturday, July 14: PBP Beach Party
Saturday, July 14: Tanglewood
Saturday, July 14: PRISE Bhagra, Time, TBA, Winthrop JCR
Sunday, July 15: Annual PRISE Whale Watch
Sunday, July 15: Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Monday, July 16: Professional Development Series: Public speaking workshop and PRISE presentations information, 7:45pm, Sever 103
Wednesday, July 18: GRE, Grad School, and National Fellowships panel (hosted by Harvard Chemistry Club), 7:30pm, Mallinckrodt B23
Wednesday, July 18: Miracle berry tasting, Winthrop JCR
Thursday, July 19: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Melissa Franklin, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, July 20: OURI OFFICE CLOSED
Friday, July 20: Salsa Night, 9:00pm, Winthrop JCR
Saturday, July 21: Paintball
Saturday, July 21: Isabel Stuart Gardner museum tour
Sunday, July 22: Walden Pond bike trip
Sunday, July 22: Boston Nature Center tour
Monday, July 23: Professional Development Series: Distinguished Guest Professor Stephen Kosslyn , 7:45pm, NWLabs B103
Tuesdya, July 24: BLISS Special Speaker Christopher Chablis, 7:30pm, CGIS-South 020 (Belfer Case Study Room)
Tuesday, July 24: Sushi making workshop
Thursday, July 26: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Alyssa Goodman, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Friday, July 27: PRISE Bowl, Winthrop JCR
Saturday, July 28: Six Flags trip
Sunday, July 29: PBP Talent Show, Winthrop JCR
Monday, July 30: Presentation practicum , 7:30pm Dudley House
Tuesday, July 31: Special Dinner Guest: Laura Malisheski, OCS (Graduate School Planning), 6:15pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Tuesday, July 31: House Masters Open House with Chief and Coach, 9:00pm, Leverett House Masters Residence
Tuesday, July 31: Sing Along Jam, Time TBA
Wednesday, August 1: PBP Alumni Dinner, 6:00pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Thursday, August 2: Distinguished Speaker Series: Professor Shah Khoshbin, 7:30pm, Sever Hall 113
Saturday, August 4: Potato Cannon / Egg Drop contest
Sunday, August 5: Buccaneer Bellacosity
Monday, August 6: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Maxwell Dworkin
Tuesday, August 7: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Maxwell Dworkin
Tuesday, August 7: Special 'Thank You' Dinner, 5:30-9:00pm, Dudley House Dining Hall
Wednesday, August 8: Presentations, 2:30-5:30pm, Maxwell Dworkin
Thursday, August 9: Closing Dinner, 6:00pm, Williams Room, Spangler Center (HBS)
Friday, August 10: Check-out, 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday, August 11: Check-out, 10:00am-5:00pm