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Event ID: 1009244

Organization:	Getty Research Institute
Location:	Getty Research Institute, 1200 Getty Center Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90049 | Google Map
Host Name:	Michele Ciaccio, MA'97 (Social Science)
Geographic Location:	Los Angeles Metro Area
Host Title:	Associate Editor in Publications
About the Organiztion:	The Getty Research Institute is a nonprofit research institute that exists to bring together the activities and resources required to advance understanding of the visual arts in their widest possible significance. The publications department publishes scholarship that advances critical inquiry into the creation and reception of all forms of visual art. It also manages the editorial aspects of manuscript preparation and production. http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/
About the Host:	Michele Ciaccio got her BA in Classics in 1996 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and her AM in Social Science in 1997 from the University of Chicago. She was also in the Classics PhD program at the University of California at Berkeley, where she taught courses in Latin language and Greek civilization. She has expertise in: manuscript editing, Classics and art history. For the past 4 1/2 years, Michele Ciaccio has worked for the Getty Research Institute, first as a research assistant, then as an assistant editor, and now as an associate editor. She edits books on a wide range of art historical topics and assists the head of publications with book development, creating idea and development proposals for the books that have been recommended for publication. In addition, she answers any Greek or Latin language questions both within the publication department and for curators; supervises the research assistants, training them as well as assigning and evaluating their work.
Special Requirements:	It is probably better if the extern has a car--public transportation in Los Angeles is less than ideal.

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Event ID: 1008151

Organization:	Gotham Books
Location:	375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 | Google Map
Geographic Location:	New York Metro Area
Host Name:	Jessica Sindler, AB'03 (English)
Host Title:	Assistant Editor
About the Organiztion:	Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the US affiliate of the internationally renowned Penguin Group, the second-largest English-language trade book publisher in the world. Formed in 1996 as a result of the merger between Penguin Books USA and The Putnam Berkley Group, Penguin Group (USA) is a leading US adult and children's trade book publisher. The Penguin Group, with primary operations in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and Canada, and smaller operations in South Africa and India is owned by Pearson plc. Pearson is an international media company with market-leading businesses in education, business information, and consumer publishing. Penguin Group (USA) publishes under a wide range of prominent imprints and trademarks, among them Berkley Books, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin, Philomel, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Riverhead Books, Viking, and Gotham Books. Gotham Books is a division of the Penguin Group, founded by publisher William Shinker on September 4, 2001. A relatively new imprint, Gotham is building a tightly focused list of high-quality, commercial nonfiction. Gotham Books launched its debut list in winter 2003. Successes to date include Jim "Uncle Griff" Griffith’s The Official eBay Bible, in two editions, The Lucky Shopping Manual by Kim France and Andrea Linett, Henry Grayson’s Mindful Loving, Jim McLean’s Golf Digest’s Ultimate Drill Book, Every Shot Must Have a Purpose by Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott with Ron Sirak, and James Hollis’ Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life. National bestsellers so far have been Lynne Truss’s Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Talk to the Hand, Thomas Moore’s Dark Nights of the Soul, Sarah Turnbull’s Almost French, Adrian Wojnarowski’s The Miracle of Saint Anthony, and Patti LaBelle’s Light Cuisine, by Patti LaBelle and Laura Randolph. Subjects that Gotham’s editors specialize in include: business, current affairs, consumer reference, food writing, golf, health and fitness, history, memoirs, personal finance, popular culture, self-help, spirituality, sports, pets, travel narrative, and narrative nonfiction across a wide range of subjects. For more information about Penguin Group, please visit: http://us.penguingroup.com/
About the Host:	As an Associate Editor at Gotham, Ms. Sindler works closely with the Senior Editor and the President/Publisher to edit original hardcover and paperback titles, taking them from idea to finished product and preparing them for publication. Her day-to-day duties include attending meetings, reading and evaluating book proposals from agents, writing book jacket copy and sales copy, line editing manuscripts and writing editorial letters, and otherwise maintaining correspondence with and fielding questions from our authors. Ms. Sindler has been with Gotham for four years, beginning as an Editorial Assistant and working her way up to Associate Editor, handling her own titles and beginning to grow her own list of authors.

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Organization:	Random House
Location:	1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 The externship is accessible via public transportation via A C E / B D F /1/ NRQ and W trains. | Google Map
Geographic Location:	New York Metro Area
Host Name:	Andrew Van Der Laan, AB'97 (Economics)
Host Title:	Director, Projects Group, Publishing Operations
About the Organiztion:	Random House, Inc. is the world's largest English language trade publisher. The company is a division of Bertelsmann AG, a global media company. Publishing Operations encompasses many of the business functions of publishing: Paper Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Operations and IT. The Projects Group is comparable to an internal consulting group, and focuses on a variety of projects, which may include redesigning business processes, developing new businesses, evaluating potential acquisitions, looking for cost savings, or providing analytical support to other groups at RH. For more information about Random House, please visit: www.randomhouse.com
About the Host:	Mr. Van Der Laan works on a variety of projects. Currently, his projects consist of (1) a $75MM contract renegotiation for the Children's Publishing Group, (2) leading a team to examine and better the $100MM annual paper spend, and (3) working with a broad cross-disciplinary team to better understand the supply chain to reduce excess cost by $25MM. Mr. Van Der Laan also leads all environmental initiatives at Random House and he is the Deputy Chair of the employee Green Committee. This externship, although brief, should give you a great chance to see how you might apply your University of Chicago education in a business setting. The book industry is a mature industry with slow top line growth, but one that is undergoing massive change because of the explosive growth of digital content, the rise of online bookselling, and ever-bigger blockbuster authors. Honestly, it's a very exciting time in publishing, and I'd be glad to let you see what my life here at Random House is like. If you do have any special interests (sales, production, general book publishing, digital content, sustainability and environmental initiatives etc), please let me know ahead of time and I'll try to arrange some interesting meetings or conversations.

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To apply for externships, please follow the instructions:

1. Please go to Monstertrak.com
2. Once you have entered your username and password on the MonsterTRAK login page under student username and password on the right, you will be taken to UChicagoTRAK from which you can click on the Interview/TRAK tab at the top right.
3. Once in InterviewTRAK, you can search for externships two ways:
   • Under “include results with” at the top, find “resume submission deadline” in the drop down menu and make sure that 1-21-08 is included in the time window you select.
   • To locate a specific externship, enter the 7-digit EVENT ID # listed in the externship description. Enter this ID in the search box titled “Search only with ID.”
   • To see all externship listings, type the keyword “ABG” into the field titled “Optional Company Name.” All externships will be displayed.
4. You may apply to as many externships as interest you. Each externship requires a different cover letter, though you may use the same resume for all.

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